| Hotline, Fall, 2008 | 
| Brother Bell moves on to Bridge River; Sister Porter appointed Unit 6 Chair Brother Barry Bell has submitted his resignation as Unit 6 Chair as he has been transferred to work in Bridge River. Sister Karen Porter, who was elected Vice Chair of Unit 6, has been appointed by the Executive to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term. Active in the labour community, Sister Porter is also a Table Officer with the Fraser Valley Labour Council and has been active on the Hydrecs campaign for the past six years. She works at Ruskin Generation. Photo caption: Sister Karen Porter | 
| IBEW supports Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada with Annual Golf Tournament This year’s Local 258 Golf Tournament to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada was another great success. Participants in this year’s tournament, organized by Dan Klassen and Mark Davison, played at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course and raised $10,100 for the Society. These funds will be used to help support much needed research and many of the programs the Society runs. One of the research programs currently underway at UBC aims to improve the overall health of people with Multiple Sclerosis and the Society invites people with MS to participate in this questionnaire driven study. For more information, please contact Dr. Verena Strehlau at vstrehlau@brain.ubc.ca or Michelle Eisner at 604-827-3111. Photo caption: From left: Mark Davison and Dan Klassen from IBEW Local 258 with Paula Springman, Director of Development and Bev Matsu, Special Events Coordinator for the MS Society of Canada, BC & Yukon Division. | 
| Members dig deep to support kids IBEW members supporting the Store 1 MMBU Golf Tournament this year took on a worthy cause and raised $1630 to donate to the children of our members who have died on the job. Local 258 ABM Dan Klassen reports the funds were raised by selling tickets for donated prizes, and as soon as members heard where the money was going, ticket sales took off! Many thanks to Brother Rick Gerrard for helping out with this worthy cause. Photo caption: From left: Dan Klassen, ABM Local 258; Steve Winkelman, Manager, BC Hydro; Doug McKay, Local 258 Business Manager.\ | 
| IBEW helps light up St. Paul’s Foundation fundraiser IBEW Local 258 members volunteered their time in November to help set up the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Lights of Hope in downtown Vancouver. Back row, from left: David Macpherson, Chase Anderson, Dan Klassen, Dorsey Nadderick, Jim Leckie, Arron Nelson. Front row, from left: Mike Scott, Nick Scott, two young women volunteers, Daniel Mansoor. Missing from photo is Brandon Vatne. Members of IBEW Local Unions helped out the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation “Lights of Hope” fundraising effort again this year when they volunteered their time in early November to help stage the huge structure in the hospital’s courtyard on Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver and placed the light display for this year’s seasonal event. This year’s campaign hopes to raise $2.1 million, with over $10 million being raised to date to help fund patient care, research and education initiatives at St. Paul’s. Photo caption: IBEW Local 258 members volunteered their time in November to help set up the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Lights of Hope in downtown Vancouver. Back row, from left: David Macpherson, Chase Anderson, Dan Klassen, Dorsey Nadderick, Jim Leckie, Arron Nelson. Front row, from left: Mike Scott, Nick Scott, two young women volunteers, Daniel Mansoor. Missing from photo is Brandon Vatne. | | | Master Line Contract Negotiations underway With the Master Line Contractor Agreement expiring on January 31, 2009, Local 258 has secured dates to begin negotiations with this employer group. Brother Dan Giesbrecht, Assistant Business Manager with 258, reports members have sent in their proposals for this round of negotiations and members have stepped forward to be on the bargaining committee. Brothers Walt Hockey and Doug Laity will join with Jim Greenwell, Local 258’s Senior ABM and Brother Giesbrecht to represent almost 500 Local 258 members covered under this Master Agreement. | | | Per Capita Dues Increase As per the decision of the 2006 International Convention, per capita dues will increase as of January 1, 2009. This means that monthly dues for unemployed BA members will now be $12.50, and $25.50 for unemployed A members. |
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