UPCOMING EVENTS ROCK & ROLL BLOOD DRIVE 1/26/19 FIDELITY ONE ON ONE MEETINGS 2/28/19 SPARKS IBEW Local Union 364 Monthly Newsletter Business Manager’s Message Alan Golden - Business Manager - [email protected] - X231 The December Union Meeting is always the biggest meeting of the year with members being recognized for their years of service to the Brotherhood. Congratulations to all IBEW members who received pins or retirement watches. At this years meeting we hosted two special guests: former Assistant Business Manager Jerry Tongue, who celebrated his 95th birthday on December 4th, happy belated birthday to Brother Tongue and International President, Lonnie Stephenson, who was on hand to present Beau Cummins with the Lifesavings Award for his actions on September 14th. President Stephenson rearranged his schedule so he could be on hand to present Brother Beau Cummins with this award. As you heard at the meeting, he was very honored to be invited here to present this award. Congratulations to Brother Beau Cummins on being presented the IBEW Lifesavings Award, it was definitely a well-deserved award. Every year our November Union meeting is the tip off for the holiday season with Thanksgiving being the first up. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, the biggest community event of the year takes place in Rockford, Stroll on State. Our LMCC was proud to be a premier sponsor for this year’s Stroll on State. This year’s event had an attendance of 88 thousand people. Thank you to all that helped transform our Labor Day float into a Christmas themed float for this parade. Their hard work was sincerely appreciated. Now for our kids Christmas party! At this year’s party we had a record attendance with over 550 RSVP’s! This event is, bar none, the best one of the year. With this being such a busy month, there is also a big thank you due to all that took time out of their busy schedules to help with this year’s Christmas party. This is about the only time of year that for approximately 3 hours there is no talk of business, projects or politics. It’s all about the kids and grandkids of the IBEW. If you want to know how important this party is to our Local, look no further than retired Brother Tyler Hillman. Tyler sits in his Santa chair, in a very warm costume for three hours every year and refuses to take a break because he doesn’t want any of our kids to miss Santa. This was Brother Hillman’s 18th year as Santa, and again, we thank him for his part in this year’s Christmas party. Now it’s time for me to give out some well-deserved thank you’s. IBEW, Local Union 364 was one of the busiest Locals in the Sixth District in 2018. I would like to give a sincere thank you to the Business Agents and office staff for all their hard work throughout the year. To the Officers and the Stewards, it is extremely important that you all know how much your hard work and the time you put in is appreciated. I would also like to extend a thank you to all our members who stepped up and served on committees this past year, you were a big part of our Local Union’s success in 2018, and there is no doubt that you will continue to be involved and part of the future. With that said, one of our officers will be retiring, Brother Jeff Schnaiter has been a big part of everything we do here in the Local Union and on the Apprenticeship Committee, and I want to wish him a happy and healthy retirement. It’s very easy to talk about what you’re going to do, but to go out and get it done for the Local membership is one of the most rewarding feelings you can experience within the brotherhood. I am extremely proud of all that we have been able to accomplish this past year and am looking forward to a very bright future with this group of officers and staff. We have accomplished a lot as a Local Union but there is much more work to be done. Last thing is, I would like to ask the Brothers and Sisters the same thing I have asked in past years, keep the families of all the IBEW, Local Union 364 Brothers and Sisters who passed away in 2018 and our members who continue to fight with health issues in your thoughts and prayers. I would like to wish all 364 members and their families a Happy and Prosperous 2019. Alan Golden January 2019 IBEW LOCAL UNION 364 6820 MILL RD. ROCKFORD, IL 61108 P: (815) 398-6282 F: (815) 398-1203 WWW.IBEW364.ORG [email protected]
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
R O C K & R O L L
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F I D E L I T Y O N E O N
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SPARKS
IBEW Local Union 364 Monthly Newsletter
Business Manager’s Message
Alan Golden - Business Manager - [email protected] - X231 The December Union Meeting is always the biggest
meeting of the year with members being recognized for
their years of service to the Brotherhood.
Congratulations to all IBEW members who received
pins or retirement watches. At this years meeting we
hosted two special guests: former Assistant Business
Manager Jerry Tongue, who celebrated his 95th
birthday on December 4th, happy belated birthday to
Brother Tongue and International President, Lonnie
Stephenson, who was on hand to present Beau
Cummins with the Lifesavings Award for his actions on
September 14th. President Stephenson rearranged his
schedule so he could be on hand to present Brother
Beau Cummins with this award. As you heard at the
meeting, he was very honored to be invited here to
present this award. Congratulations to Brother Beau
Cummins on being presented the IBEW Lifesavings
Award, it was definitely a well-deserved award.
Every year our November Union meeting is the tip off
for the holiday season with Thanksgiving being the first
up. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, the biggest
community event of the year takes place in Rockford,
Stroll on State. Our LMCC was proud to be a premier
sponsor for this year’s Stroll on State. This year’s event
had an attendance of 88 thousand people. Thank you to
all that helped transform our Labor Day float into a
Christmas themed float for this parade. Their hard
work was sincerely appreciated.
Now for our kids Christmas party! At this year’s party
we had a record attendance with over 550 RSVP’s! This
event is, bar none, the best one of the year.
With this being such a busy month, there is also a big
thank you due to all that took time out of their busy
schedules to help with this year’s Christmas party.
This is about the only time of year that for
approximately 3 hours there is no talk of business,
projects or politics. It’s all about the kids and grandkids
of the IBEW. If you want to know how important this
party is to our Local, look no further than retired
Brother Tyler Hillman. Tyler sits in his Santa chair, in a
very warm costume for three hours every year and
refuses to take a break because he doesn’t want any of
our kids to miss Santa. This was Brother Hillman’s 18th
year as Santa, and again, we thank him for his part in
this year’s Christmas party.
Now it’s time for me to give out some well-deserved
thank you’s. IBEW, Local Union 364 was one of the
busiest Locals in the Sixth District in 2018. I would
like to give a sincere thank you to the Business Agents
and office staff for all their hard work throughout the
year. To the Officers and the Stewards, it is extremely
important that you all know how much your hard work
and the time you put in is appreciated.
I would also like to extend a thank you to all our
members who stepped up and served on committees
this past year, you were a big part of our Local Union’s
success in 2018, and there is no doubt that you will
continue to be involved and part of the future. With
that said, one of our officers will be retiring, Brother
Jeff Schnaiter has been a big part of everything we do
here in the Local Union and on the Apprenticeship
Committee, and I want to wish him a happy and healthy
retirement.
It’s very easy to talk about what you’re going to do, but
to go out and get it done for the Local membership is
one of the most rewarding feelings you can experience
within the brotherhood. I am extremely proud of all
that we have been able to accomplish this past year and
am looking forward to a very bright future with this
group of officers and staff. We have accomplished a lot
as a Local Union but there is much more work to be
done.
Last thing is, I would like to ask the Brothers and
Sisters the same thing I have asked in past years, keep
the families of all the IBEW, Local Union 364 Brothers
and Sisters who passed away in 2018 and our members
who continue to fight with health issues in your
thoughts and prayers.
I would like to wish all 364 members and their families
This is the first month of the new year, don’t forget to turn in your request for the Flexible Benefit for 2018 (if you have not already done so). You can get up to a maximum of $250.00 per family, per calendar year. You must be eligible for insurance benefits in order to get reimbursement. Start saving your explanation of benefits for this year, as well as any receipts that you may accumulate.
You need to submit a Flexible Benefit Form along with proof of payment for services rendered. Examples of services would be deductibles, prescription drug co-pays, anything that would be considered an out of pocket expense. If you have any questions on what will qualify for reimbursement, please contact me at 815-398-
There is one VDV Apprentice off work at this time.
We are gearing up for the 2019 Career Expo being
presented by the Northwest Illinois Building and
Construction Trades Council. This is a 3-day event
scheduled for the week of February 11th. There will
be more than 800 students from fifteen area high
schools and middle schools attending. All of the
organized apprenticeship programs will be there
demonstrating their respective trades.
We will, of course, be there representing the
electrical construction industry. We will be
explaining to the students what we do every day as
electrical workers. We will have hands-on conduit
bending as well as a photo-voltaic trainer. We will
also have flyers with information pertinent to our
training program available to the students as well as
answering any of the questions they may have.
We will be hosting students from Freeport High
School at our training center on Wednesday,
February 20th.
We held an aptitude test for qualifying applicants
on Saturday, November 17th. There were 75
applicants scheduled to take the test and 62 showed
up.
We had 27 applicants sign up for our program on
December 4th. We are on pace for over 240
applications for the year which is 60 more than we
received a year ago.
The 5th year Inside class will be taking an
estimating course during the month of January.
The 2nd year and 4th year Inside classes will be
participating in Welding Classes starting Saturday,
January 5th and running for 4 consecutive
Saturdays. The classes will be taught by Brothers Ed
Ebens Sr. and Ed Ebens Jr. The classes will be held
at Rock Valley College-Samuelson Road Campus.
We are looking at scheduling an IMSA Level 1 Fire
Alarm Class in the Spring provided there is enough
interest in the class. We currently have 2 signed up.
We have new CPR and AED training equipment
courtesy of the Safety Committee. We will be
scheduling First Aid and CPR training courses after
the first of the year. These classes will be held
separately as both classes are 3 to 4 hours in length.