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All Aboard! 2015 CBC Contract Rally
All Union Members and their Family are asked to join the CBC Contract Rally at the Bayfront Convention Center this SATURDAY JUNE 13, 2015 12:00 PM. Motorcycle Rally leaves the 506 Hall Parking lot at 11:00 AM. All riders should arrive no later than 10:45 AM.
In Preparation for Saturday’s Rally, we ask that Union Members stop by the Union Hall anytime between 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM to assist in making Rally Signs.
First Ever UE 506 ATV Roundup
First Ever UE 506 ATV Roundup
When: August 15th, 16th and 17th
Where: Tall Pines ATV Park Andover NY
812 Jones Road Andover, NY 14806 (716.474.7660) http://www.tallpinesatvpark.com/
Who: All UE506 Members & Family and Friends
Fees and Facts:
$30 Weekend pass for rider $20 additional per passenger
Includes primitive camping (no water or electric available), over 55 miles of trails, Chicken BBQ dinner Saturday.
OR
$20 Saturday only pass per rider $10 per passenger
Includes camping and dinner on Saturday
(Dinner can be purchased for non-riding guests for $5)
*****Limited to the first 100 paid applicants*****
-Hotels, groceries and fuel less than 10 minutes away
-Waivers need to be signed prior to arrival (Unrelated riders under 18 must have notarized waiver)
-Insurance and registration recommended but not required ***Helmets are required***
See code of ethics on back
-Fill out applications at UE506 union hall 3923 Main Street Erie, Pa 16511
Make checks payable to UE506 Sports Committee
-Entries close August 11th 2014 at 4 p.m.
UTV’s, ATV’s, Dirt bikes, & Side-by-sides Accepted-NO Three Wheelers will be allowed-
Questions??? Call Matt McCracken 814-824-0148
2014 UE 506 Paintball – Explosion
2014 UE 506 PAINTBALL-EXPLOSION
TIME: 11:00am Start-time
WHEN: September 13th, 2014
WHERE: PENTAGON PAINTBALL, 6901 AVONIA RD.
FAIRVIEW, PA(Rt.98, Just North of I-90)
WHO: All UE506 Members & Family and Friends
(MINIMUM AGE 10)
SIGN UP: SEE YOUR CHIEF STEWARD OR SPORTS
COMMITTEE MEMBER.
ENTRY FEE: $50 PER PERSON
($50.00 Includes Protective Mask, Gun, 500 paintballs & CO2 Cartridges,
and chicken dinner after event.)
(**Additional paintballs and CO2 can be purchased at Pentagon Paintball**)
(PAINTBALLS MUST BE PURCHASED AT PENTAGON PAINTBALL)
NO AUTOMATIC FIRING WEAPONS!
CHICKEN DINNER AFTER EVENT (BYOB)
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE UE 506 SPORTS COMMITTEE
DROP OFF APPLICATION WITH CHECKS TO THE UE506 UNION HALL LOCATED AT 3923 MAIN ST ERIE, PA.
LIMITED TO FIRST 100 PAID APPLICATIONS.
ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH, 2014 AT 4:00 PM
THIS IS NOT A TOURNAMENT
WE WILL BE DOING FREEPLAY, JUST TO HAVE A GOOD TIME
NAME PHONE #
QUESTIONS? – CALL JASON TRAYER 814-504-9526
7th Annual VA Medical Center’s Welcome Home “Fore” our Veterans Golf Tournament
April, 2014
SUBJ: 7th Annual VA Medical Center’s Welcome Home “Fore” our Veterans Golf Tournament
We are planning a golf tournament at Fox Run Golf Course in Waterford, PA on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Registration/Check-in will be from 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Our plan is to use this event as a fundraiser for the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Welcome Home Fund. The focus of our tournament will be to benefit the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), or Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans by providing Welcome Home Veteran Appreciation events held by the medical center. These appreciation events provide eligibility and medical center services information to all area Veterans. The OEF/OIF/OND Veterans are provided retreats along with their spouses. These weekend retreats focus on strengthening of the relationship between the Veteran and their family. Last year’s event raised $8,358 for OEF/OIF/OND Welcome Home Fund 1030.
We are again inviting you to become a sponsor in this worthwhile fundraiser. If you would like to be recognized as a sponsor for this fundraising event, make checks payable to Erie VAMC and mail to VAMC, Attention: Voluntary Office, 135 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16504. Enclosed is a patient wish list for you to review and earmark your sponsorship (donation), if you wish to do so.
Sponsorships are available at the following levels:
PLATINUM $1000 GOLD $500 SILVER $250 BRONZE $100
Anyway that you can assist, whether it is with a donation of money, a donation of an item to assist with the event or by participating in the event, will be greatly appreciated.
If you wish to golf in the tournament, please complete the enclosed golf application, along with the entry fee, and drop off or mail to UE Local 506 Sports Committee, 3923 Main Street, Erie, PA 16511. Please make checks payable to UE Local 506 Sports Committee. This is a fun-filled community event is for our sponsors and friends of all ages and is limited to 72 golfers. For questions regarding the golf tournament, please contact Matt McCracken at 824-0148.
We thank you in advance for your consideration of this very important endeavor. We also encourage you to share this letter with businesses and organizations in your local area. Help us help our veterans.
Sincerely,
MATTHEW McCRACKEN
Erie VA Medical Center Voluntary Service Representative
Chairman, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America – Local 506 Sports Committee
Enclosures
To assure your sponsorship, please respond to this letter by Friday, July 11, 2014.
UE 506 Bowling Tournament
UE 506 BOWLING TOURNAMENT
EASTWAY LANES / APRIL 19, 2014 / 11:00 A.M.
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TOURNAMENT RULES
1. Each event shall consist of three games bowled on one pair of lanes assigned by the tournament directors.
2. Entrants shall use their highest book average for the 2012 – 2013 Season. If the bowler’s current average of 21 games is 10 pins or higher, the current average is used.
3. If no 2012– 2013 average, the bowler’s highest current year average with a minimum of 21 games will be used.
4. Entrants who do not bowl in a league, but bowled in last year’s tournament may use that average.
5. If entrant has none of the above, then they use:
Men – 170 Women – 130
6. Handicaps will be 80% of a 210 scratch.
7. Teams may consist of both men and women.
8. No multiple awards (Example) if one wins high game they cannot win high series.
9. All UE members in good standing, past or present are eligible to bowl.
10. All prize money is based on a full 40-team complement.
11. One in four entrants will cash. 100% of prize money will be awarded.
12. The decisions by the tournament directors are final.
13. Check-in begins at 9:30 a.m., and bowling starts at 11:00a.m. sharp.
14. This is a non – sanctioned tournament.
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Keep it made in ERIE!
“Keep It Made In Erie!”
Local 506 in Jobs Battle with GE
Erie, PA
Local 506, the largest local in UE and one of the oldest, is now in a major battle with General Electric over jobs. The local’s 3,500 members manufacture locomotives and electric wheel motors for off-highway vehicles (OHV) – giant mining trucks. On April 9, management of GE Transportation announced that it intends to transfer a substantial amount of work from Erie to a newly-built non-union plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and to lay off 950 UE members later this year.
GE’s announcement came after months of deliberately misleading Local 506 and the Erie community. The company had insisted that Ft. Worth would be an “overflow” plant that would not cost Erie any jobs. Despite its earlier claims, GE had already begun to move both locomotive and OHV work to Texas long before its April 9 announcement.
GE pays substantially lower wages in Fort Worth than in Erie, and this job transfer is part of its self-proclaimed “competitive wage” strategy, aimed at driving down the incomes of GE’s manufacturing and other workers to near-poverty levels. The attack on Local 506 comes despite GE Transportation – GE’s Erie-based division – making record profits in 2012. After the division’s profits more than doubled between 2010 and 2011 to $757 million, they grew another 36 percent in 2012 to $1 billion. For the first quarter of 2013, GE Transportation profits were up another 15 percent.
In 2012 GE made $8.4 billion in profit. A major contributor to GE’s profitability was GE Transportation, for which GE named the transportation division “business of the year.” The head of GE Transportation walked around the Erie plant showing off the trophy that came with that title – the result of the hard work of Local 506 members.
GE CEO Jeffery Immelt chaired President Obama’s “Jobs and Competitiveness Council”, whose stated purpose was creating jobs in the U.S. “GE says is it is dedicated to reviving American manufacturing and our economy,” said UE’s National President Bruce Klipple. “But what GE has done is close 40 factories in the U.S. in the last five years. And GE is conducting a so-called ‘competitive wage’ campaign to cut workers’ pay by as much as 50 percent.” At the same time GE is cutting wages, Immelt received an 80 percent pay raise, bringing his 2012 compensation to $20.6 million.