Bulletin #34-14
November 19, 2014
17th ANNUAL “FEED THE COMMUNITY DAY” VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BOTH DAYS
Thanksgiving is coming upon us and Local 13 has supported feeding the community for the last sixteen years. If you are interested in volunteering to help prep the baskets, please show up at the ILWU Memorial Hall, 231 W. “C” Street, Wilmington on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
The “17th Annual Feed the Community Day” will take place on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the ILWU Memorial Hall for the distribution of baskets from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
For further information, please contact Lisa Tonson at (310) 266-9973.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
OFFICE OF LOCAL 13 CLOSED
The Office of Local 13 will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28, 2014 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
The Executive Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 27, 2014 has been cancelled due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.
THANKSGIVING DAY PAID HOLIDAY
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 27, 2014 will be a paid holiday. Only registered persons who have 800 qualifying hours in the prior payroll year 2013 and meet the availability requirements for at least two (2) of the five (5) days Monday through Friday (exclusive of the holiday) during the week in which the holiday falls, will receive a paid holiday for Thanksgiving Day. This means you must work or meet the availability requirement for at least two (2) days, Monday, November 24; Tuesday, November 25, Wednesday, November 26 and Friday, November 28, 2014.
Thanksgiving Day is one of the holidays that everyone has to meet the two (2) day availability requirements. Any person intending to take a vacation during the Thanksgiving week must report the vacation to the Records Clerk in the Records Room in the Dispatch Hall on or before Friday, November 28, 2014. Any person not receiving Thanksgiving Day holiday pay because of illness, injury, jury duty, etc. must file a claim on or before Friday, January 16, 2015.
Some paid holiday notes:
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The Thanksgiving Day holiday pay will be paid on Friday, December 12, 2014.
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Vacation must be taken Monday through Friday.
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Two shifts in one day only counts as one day working. Example: Work Monday day, double-back Monday night; this is only one day of the requirement. You have worked two shifts in one day.
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To be considered available means you cannot pass a job in your skill category or a clerk job.
LONGSHOREMEN’S MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION MEETING
The Annual Longshoremen’s Memorial Association meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m. (1 hour prior to the Stop Work Meeting) on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at the ILWU Memorial Hall. All brick holders are requested to attend. Nominations will take place for the fifteen (15) seats available for the 2015 Board of Directors.
CONTACT INFORMATION
REMINDER – It is YOUR responsibility to update your contact (phone, address) information with Local 13 & PMA. Important documents are being sent back to the Local due to the wrong address; when we try to call the phone number we have on file, it is either wrong or disconnected.
The Officers of Local 13 wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!
Fraternally,
Bobby Olvera, Jr Mondo Porras Mark Williams
President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer