May 11, 2020 | EAP, Featured, Helping Hands, Uncategorized |
EAP Peer Coordinators:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In this standard monthly issue, we address several issues about Mental Illness including “What is Mental Illness?,” “Why Mental Health is Important,” “Can Your Mental Health Change Over Time?,” and What Are the Causes of Mental Illness?” Finally, page two addresses resources for mental illness.
It has been a rough week or two – thank you for helping each other to deal with some adverse circumstances. Several states are relaxing restrictions on staying at home. Anxiety may increase as people return to being exposed to the risk of the coronavirus. More to come.
Thank you for continuing to be there through trying times!
Bryan,
Bryan Hutchinson, M.S.
Apr 23, 2020 | COVID, EAP, Featured, Front Page, Helping Hands, Home, Uncategorized |
EAP Peer Coordinators:
This issue addresses how to protect your finances from the impact of corona virus. There is a special addendum with specific steps to help with handling budgets. This information is from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (
www.consumerfinance.gov). This is a very informative web site with lots of great free financial information.
The entire issue has many hyperlinks to relevant web sites. The issue is best distributed electronically, so the hyperlinks can be accessed. If you can’t send it electronically, you may want to be able to share the links with your co-workers as they express interest in a specific topic. I am happy to help if you have any trouble accessing any of the links.
It is important to anticipate what might happen after the CARES act funds end, September 30. We have a few months for everyone to look at their financial situation and to prepare for tough times. We can refer co-workers to the web sites within the issue. Let’s be there to help when questions arise and financial information can be beneficial.
Thank you for getting this information out. I appreciate your efforts as we step up getting information out to our membership.
Bryan,
Bryan Hutchinson, M.S.
Apr 17, 2020 | COVID, EAP, Featured, Front Page, Helping Hands, Home, Home |
EAP Peer Coordinators:
We focus on resilience this week. The “stay in place” orders have been in place for anywhere from 3-6 weeks. The Coronavirus has taken a large toll on everyone. We may not realize how deeply it has affected us for quite a while.
People are starting to get anxious about when “normalcy” will be restored. Surviving all of this will require us to be resilient. We address what resiliency is and how to build resilience in this issue.
Many of you have had coronavirus impact your workplace. Because of the social distancing rules and quarantine guidelines, most of the ways in which we respond to the needs of our co-workers is not possible. Please know those simple conversations on the phone, kind texts or e-mails or other appropriate ways of communicating your concern are very impactful in our current situation.
I am grateful for all of you and your empathy and compassion in the workplace. All of this builds resiliency.
Bryan,
Bryan Hutchinson, M.S.
Apr 15, 2020 | COVID, EAP, Education, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, MNPL, Organizing, Safety, Safety, Uncategorized |
A Message to The Membership of the IAMAW
IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. brings members up to date on the union’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resources available to the membership.
IAM Veterans Home Caregivers: ‘We’re Their Family Right Now’
IAM to Hold Virtual Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28
Union-Busting Cases Against Boeing in South Carolina Move Forward
Apr 11, 2020 | Community Service, Community Service Page, COVID, EAP, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, Safety, Safety |
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the news that one of our own, Carlos Consuegra, a Ramp Services Agent at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, passed away from complications related to COVID-19.
Our Brother Carlos was a 12-year veteran at United Airlines who loved his job because it allowed him to travel, something he enjoyed. His daughter Kay described him as a devoted father and a huge sports fan who loved playing and coaching baseball and softball. He also enjoyed singing and karaoke and often took his parents on trips to visit family and close friends. Members of Local 914 remember him as a generous co-worker always willing to share his knowledge with younger members of his team.
Our union family joins his two children, three grandchildren, eight siblings, his parents and his partner in their sorrow. We are doing our best to comfort the family under these difficult circumstances.
Carlos’s passing is a blow to all of us who are facing this unprecedented challenge to our industry and our nation from the front lines. We are in mourning, but this sadness will only strengthen our fight for better protections at work, wider availability of testing and a stronger call to everyone in our communities to do their part to stop the spread of this deadly virus. We must all work harder so we do not have to experience more tragedies like this.
Rest in Peace, Brother Carlos.
In Solidarity,
Mike Klemm
President and Directing General Chair
District 141, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Apr 3, 2020 | EAP, Featured, Front Page, Helping Hands, Home, Home |
EAP Peer Coordinators:
This month’s focus is on how to support yourself during social distancing, isolation, and quarantine. There are ideas about how to survive this extended period in which we find ourselves.
The recent legislation supporting workers has been some welcome relief. It assures us of some security through the summer, if the coronavirus health situation continues. We must also anticipate the consequences of the situation lasting longer then we all hope it will.
Thank you for your service to your co-workers, and for taking good care of each other. this is the most difficult situation we have ever faced -and – we are making it through!
Bryan,
Bryan Hutchinson, M.S.
