Sheet Metal Workers Local 137

     “Do You Have the Will?” was the theme of this year’s Business Agents’ Conference. Obviously, the union workers in Wisconsin were very much on our mind at that time, and I believe we all know that Wisconsin workers had and continue to have a strong will in facing the attacks on them!

     The “Occupy Wall Street” people also have the will. They realize our country has become a plutocracy, a government controlled by the rich through corporations, also known as the 1%. It’s time to wake up the remaining 99% and get them to realize that we have been robbed. The 1% has robbed us of our jobs, our pensions, and our tax dollars.

To All Members:

 Re: 100th Year Anniversary

The Holiday Inn Express in Secauces, New Jersey is offering all of our members a special rate of $129.00 per night on December 10, 2011 and December 11, 2011.  Local 137 will also be providing bus transportation with two pick up times to and from the location of the 100th Anniversary. 

To Make Reservations, please feel free to call 1-800-HOLIDAY and identify yourself as one of the members of the "Sheet Metal Workers 100th Anniversary."  Please note the cut off date for this special offer is Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

Addresss: Holiday Inn- Secaucus/ Meadowlands

300 Plaza Drive

Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

Phone # 201-809-4747

JOIN NYC'S WORKING FAMILIES

FOR THE

2011

LABOR DAY PARADE

CELEBRATING A

PROUD STRONG

&

UNITED

LABOR MOVEMENT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,2011

AT 9:30 A.M.  

**ASSEMBLY LOCATION FOR SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 137 IS WEST 46TH STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUE (LOOK FOR THE UNION BANNER)

ORGANIZED BY:

NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, AFL-CIO

WWW.NYCCLC.ORG

CALL TO ACTION!!!! 

Please join us Wednesday, July 27,2011 at 4p.m. in the parking lot of

Nassau Collieum

1255 Hempstead Turnpike

Uniondale, New York 11553-1200

516-794-9300

Send as many people to a rally to support the August 1st at referendum vote for the $400 million dollar Nassau Colliseum Project!!

Let's Get This Job Built!!

To All Members:

CityTime has cost taxpayers in New York City over $600 million! While thousands of workers are at risk of losing their jobs and services across the city are being cut, contracting out to unaccountable companies is unacceptable.

Please Join Us:

Thursdsay, July 14, 2011 @ 5:00 p.m.

Corner of 32nd Street & 7th Avenue

March to Broadway & 31st Street

 Also, Join Members of the Civil Service Technical Guild,

Local 375 of DC37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO

to demand that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) repay the citizens of NYC.

For more information, please call (212) 815-1375

Follow The Money

I'm amazed by Greg David's June 6 column, (Subscription Needed): "Construction's Costly Unions." He fails to mention those who make the most money in the industry—developers—and instead picks on the construction workers. It's as if he thinks buildings somehow build themselves.

Mr. David made it sound as if a New York City carpenter's wage is $75 an hour. The truth is, after deducting health care, pension and training costs, and other benefits a carpenter may receive, the real wage is probably $35 to $40 an hour. Now, how does that compare with what the CEO of a real estate development company or the top executives of a real estate investment trust make?

Join the NYC Central Labor Council, and working men and women from the Public Sector, Private Sector, and Building and Construction Trades. The NYC Labor Movement will march across the Brooklyn Bridge as ONE, to support each other and stand together in opposition to attacks on middle class workers and their values. 

An attack on ONE, is an attack on ALL.

The working men and women of New York City say "Enough is Enough"

Please Join Us Wednesday, June 15, 2011

 at the Cadman Plaza Park  

at 1:00pm for the Assemble beginning followed by the March across the Brooklyn Bridge at 2:30pm

For more information call Brenden Griffith at the NYC Central Labor Council - 212-604-9552

To All Members in Good Standing:

Please be advised that a regular and special membership meeting was held June 2,2011. All current officers received a white ballet and were nominated, running unopposed for their respective positions. Therefore, there will be no need for an Election June 25, 2011.

On the Behalf of All Officers of SMWIA Local 137, We All Thank You!!!

Fraternally Yours,

Paul Collins Jr.

President/Business Manager

Dear Brothers & Sisters:

M&I Bank is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Through PAC donations, M&I had been one of the largest contributers to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's campaign. M&I bank is holding it's shareholders' meeting in New York to avoid protests by workers who have been targeted by Governor Walker's anti-worker agenda. Show the shareholders of M&I that Governer Walker cannot take away the rights of workers without a fight!! 

Deliver a Message to the Shareholders of Marshall & Isley Bank

Please Join Us May 17, 2011 Ouside M&I Shareholders Meeting

New York Marriot Marquis

1535 Broadway ( between 45th & 46th Street)

New York, New York 10036