Balloting times and locations for the Contract vote on Friday, December 2nd, 2011

On December 2nd 2011……

• 682.1  (Ocala/Inverness) will conduct their voting at the VFW in Lecanto. The voting times will occur between 7:00 am and 22:00 pm. This is the exact same location as the 682.1 regular meeting is held. It may be located in an axillary room at times during the day.

• 682.2 (Monticello and northern areas) will conduct voting at Crawfordville Operations Center, Odena Operations Center, High Springs Operations Center, and the regular meeting hall in Monticello. The ballots will be voted between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm.

• 682 (St. Petersburg/Pinellas county) will conduct the vote between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm at the regular meeting site; the Elks Lodge on San Christopher in Dunedin.

You can vote at any local in the state if you so choose. You must be a member of the IBEW to cast a ballot.  Locals 1491, 1412, 626, and 433 will also conduct voting on Friday. You will have to check their websites to find out the exact times or contact their officers.

Your vote counts! Please come out and participate in the process of democracy with us.

Unfortunately there will not be any absentee balloting during the contract vote. Please read down further in the blog for more information.

Scott Demetree, Business Manager, Local 682

Contract explanation meeting schedules

There will be a contract explanation meeting on Tuesday evening November 29th for Unit 682.2 in Monticello. Brother Bob Hanna will conduct the meeting at the Monticello Operations Center. Scott Demetree and Ed Mobsby will also attend via telephone conferencing. The meeting time will be 7:00 pm.

There will also be a contract explanation meeting on Wednesday evening for Unit 682.1 at the VFW post on Carl G. Rose Hwy. This is the normal meeting hall location for 682.1. The meeting will be conducted by Brother Dave Ascough. Scott Demetree and Joel Bebermeyer will also be attending. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.

There will be a contract explanation meeting at the regular Local 682 Union hall (Elk’s Lodge) on San Christopher in Dunedin. This meeting will begin at 7:00 pm on Thursday December 1st. This meeting will be conducted by Brother Joel Bebermeyer; Scott Demetree will also be attending that meeting.

You can find Local Union 682′s meeting place addresses by clicking here and then selecting “location”.

Wiengarten Rights poll

Please read and thoroughly understand the following document:

http://www.apwu.org/dept/ind-rel/sc/070605irweingarten.pdf

2011 Negotiations produces Company final offer.

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

The Union and the Company have successfully concluded the 2011 negotiations. After some late night negotiating on Thursday November 17th, the Company presented their last and final offer to the Union on Friday morning.

The resulting contract is one that the System Council U8 Committee has recommended for ratification.

As soon as the package is proof read and put together it will be posted. Until that time please be patient. The terms will be published as soon as possible. I will hopefully have that documentation in my hands to post by Tuesday evening November 22nd.

Information meeting dates and the official contract ratification voting date will also be released as soon as they are available.

I would like to thank everyone for their support, advice, and encouragement while negotiating for our Local Union. This has been a great honor and privilege for me.

In brotherhood,

Scott Demetree, Business Manager Local Union 682