Author: Allan Fisher
IWD collection raises $2,908
From our Human Rights Rep, Alexandra McCoy: I would like to thank everyone who participated/helped/donated on International Women’s Day. We raised $2,908 for two very worthy and incredible organizations in our community. Every dollar of these funds will go directly to helping women and their children. Thank you again to our members for their overwhelming generosity. Former Local 88 President...
Support for Coralyn’s Journey a gofundme For A Members Child
Lawrence Schnarr is one of our members. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. Below is the text of the gofundme for his daughter. To help support you can find the gofundme here. The Backstory… Near the end of February Coralyn became sick with a flu bug that was going around. After a few days with no improvement, she was taken to Children’s Emerg. in London. For Coralyn, a visit to the em...
Spring Forward This Weekend March 10
Just a reminder that Daylight Savings time starts this Saturday night/Sunday morning, March 10, at 2am.
CAMI Wetlands
Did you know that the Joint Workplace Environment Committee maintains an award winning wetland area on CAMI property? This pic was taken last November (2018) and going forward the Local 88 Environment committee is going to use the website and social media to let everyone know just what they do and important issues facing all of us and our planet. If you are interested in joining the Environ...
Are You Interested In Helping Create The Float For The London Pride Parade This Year?
Are you interested in helping create the float for the London Pride parade this year? Local 302 is looking for volunteers. Greetings, We would like to get moving on the planning of our London and Area 2019 Pride Parade. As most of you know this year is the 25th Anniversary so we want to continue our practice of a kickass Unifor float. Our first meeting will be held on Monday March 5th @ 6:00pm Loc...
Reminder Free Breakfast this Sunday!!
Reminder… Local 88 members please join the Local 88 Women’s committee for breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day. The Breakfast will take place before the February General Membership Meeting on Feb 24, 2019. Be served by the men of the Local 88 leadership who have graciously volunteered their time to do all the cooking, serving, and cleanup. Breakfast is served from 9-1...
Photo Contest Winners!
We are very pleased with the number of photos that were entered into this year’s photo contest and the excellent quality of the photos sent in. There were over 100 photos submitted. The Judges (Joe Graves, Allan Fisher, and Keith Ackworth) had a very difficult time choosing the top photos as they were all so great! Some of the photos just took my breath away. The winning pictures are ...
Progressive Euchre Tournament February 23
February 23, 2019 POEM Progressive Euchre Tournament
Fallsview Casino Saturday April 13, 2019
Local 88 is hosting a bus trip to Niagara Falls View Casino on Saturday April 13, 2019. Depart Ingersoll at 8:30 am.
Unifor National Non-Contact Hockey Tournament
Unifor National Non-Contact Hockey Tournament April 13 – 14, 2019. Cut-off date for signup is March 29, 2019. For complete rules, sign-up sheets and hotel info click here.
Dart Tournament & Chilli Cook Off Farts and Darts April 6
April 6 from 11 – 4 pm at the Local 88 Union hall the POEM Recreation Council is sponsoring a Chilli cookout and dart tournament. Think your chilli is the best? Put it to the test! Cash prizes for the winners!
Website & App Changes
The Communications committee has been hard at work today on our website and app. We’ve made a lot of changes under the hood to speed up and increase the performance of both. Noticeable changes on the front end have been kept to a minimum to keep user experience consistent. The biggest change you may notice is that there is no longer a login required for the app or the pages of the sit...