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UP’s CMTS System |
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 Brothers and Sisters,
I cannot stress how important it is for each and every one of you to grant your Local Chairman access to your timekeeping information.
Currently these are the screens in UP’s CMTS System I cannot access without you ensuring permission box checked:
1) Pay History Screen
2) Time slip Inquiry Screen
3) Employee Statistics-this includes information about Vacation and PL day qualifications and trip counts.
4) Guarantee Screen
Obviously I need to have these screens in order to do research for our members. Please let me know via email when you have filled out the permission screen to furnish me access. See my post in the members section for the user id's needed or email me at verna@blet28.org .
This is all information I had access to yesterday but not today. In fact your Local Chairman has had and used this information to serve you for many years.
In Solidarity,
Vince Verna
Local Chairman
BLET Division 28
4400 E. Broadway Blvd. Ste. 600-K
Tucson, AZ 85711
520-742-5525
520-742-2262 (FAX)
520-712-7998 (PGR)
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Division 28 Custom T-Shirts |
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Order your Division 28 custom T-Shirts now to be sure you get the size and color you want! These are really nice looking shirts! They are 100%cotton heavyweight shirts w/ left chest pocket, Union made and Union printed. They display the BLET logo on the front pocket along with "Div. 28". The back has BLET and the AFL-CIO and PALF (Pima Area Labor Federation) logos blended together nicely with the slogan "Pulling Together". We have partnered with the PALF to make these shirts and support the Labor Day Party/Picnic/Parade for 2009. There are a limited number of shirts. They are available in M, L, XL and XXL, short sleeve or long sleeve. The colors are Navy and Ash (Grey). The price is only $16.50 for M, $18.00 for L and XL. (XXL is $20.00). Order in advance to be sure you get the size and color you want. Checks need to be made out to "PALF". You can mail your order or track down Jon Hurst or Nick Johnson. Mail it to us at: BLET Division 28 c/o 1531 N. Sant Rosa Ave Tucson, AZ 85712 or place it in the box at 22nd St. Be sure to specify what you want. This is a great way to support Labor in Tucson!
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Annual Holiday Party |
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As many of you know, we had a very successful Christmas party Friday, the 19th. It was well attended and many good times were reported. We had a 2 month old in attendance with ages ranging all the way up to a some octogenarians. Santa managed to coax a bunch of smiles out of the kiddies and had a well worn lap when he left.
We were able to pull this off with some very generous help from the law offices of Rossi, Cox, & Vucinovich, who are BLET designated counsel. If you find yourself in need of designated counsel, please consider Jim Cox. 800 325 4014
Jon Hurst
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Short Term Disability plan |
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Please see the members forum for an important announcement on the Short Term Disability Plan.
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FRA Emergency Order 26 |
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| See Local Chairman Forum for important information regarding FRA Emergency Order 26-Use of Electronic Devices.
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Old Pueblo Velo |
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| Seems some rails got together and started a cycling club, they have a site up for those that may be interested www.oldpueblovelo.com/index.html here's a copy of their mission statement.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote a healthy lifestyle through cycling in Arizona. We will strive to provide a friendly social environment in the cycling community. We are committed to the spirit of competition, camaraderie, integrity, and sportsmanship. We pledge to respect the laws of the road, our community, and our environment. We will represent our sponsors proudly and respectfully.
Thanks to Ywaine Klix for the submission.
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Voices of Women on the Railroad |
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The United Pacific Foundation recently gave Renee Ross, oral historian at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, a grant to record the memories of women who worked (or who are still working) on the railroad.
Called, Voices of Women on the Railroad, the project adds to a previous compilation of audio tapes recorded by Ross last year.
Tapes and transcriptions of both compilations may be found at the museum, located at the Downtown Historic Depot, 414 N. Toole Ave, Tucson.
For information regarding the oral history project, contact Renee Ross at brross@mindspring.com or
520-575-1421.
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New railroad book on Tucson |
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 jsmith writes "I have run across an new book called “Tucson was a RailroadTown by William D. Kalt 111. I have not read the whole book yet, but it looks good. There are a lot of pictures of people that I fired for. It is a whos who of the peoples of the early days. You will recognize some of the family names that still work here today. There are not as many pictures of steam engines as I would like. But it is rich in pictures of people and the stories behind them. It was published in 2007 by VTD Rail Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9719915-4-5"
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2008 Vacation Trades |
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| For those interested in vacation trades there is a topic started in the trades forum under the members section of the forums. Post a reply to it with your info if interested once vacations are assigned.
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AOL YAHOO MSN HOTMAIL Users |
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It's been brought to our attention that some of you may not be getting your registration emails. If you use one of the above free email accounts or have spam filtering on your email account, please check your spam folders or bulk email folders for the registration email. If you still dont get the registration email, send me an email at admin@blet28.org and we will see about getting it sorted out. Thanks!
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