Greg Lucero Announces his Retirement
Sisters & Brothers,
Last Thursday, October 14, 2021, I officially announced to the IBEW Local 66 Executive Board, that I will be retiring. My last day will be November 18, 2021. It has been my great honor to be the Business Manager and Financial Secretary of the Best Local Union in the IBEW and all Organized Labor.
Fraternally,
Greg Lucero
Business Manager
IBEW 66
30 Years as Business Manager
Greg's dedication and leadership has made Local 66 what it is today.
Business Manager and Examining Board
Sisters & Brothers,
In accordance with Article XVI, Sections 14, 15 & 16 of the IBEW Constitution I am declaring the position for Business Manager & Financial Secretary and 2 positions to the IBEW Local 66 Examining Board, to be open on the regular monthly meeting of IBEW Local Union 66 on November 18, 2021. Anyone interested in any of these positions need to submit a letter to the Local Union Recording Secretary, Hugo Kraft, by Thursday, November 11, 2021. On that date at 7:00pm the Executive Board will meet to fill the vacancies until the next regular election in June of 2022.
Fraternally
Barry Grounds
President
IBEW 66
Celebration of Life for brother Robert w. Jones
November 5th, 2021 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Spring Chateau
4010 FM 2920
Spring, TX 77388
Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
Meeting Schedule
Steward Meetings
Have Been Canceled for October
The Executive Board
Will meet via Zoom
Examining Board Testing will be by appointment only. Email Rick Schwartz at rickschwartz66@gmail.com
to schedule an appointment
Regular Monthly Meeting
for October has been Canceled
Brothers and Sisters
Due to the COVID-19, we would like to encourage our members to pay for their dues by phone with a credit or debit card to help keep you and our office staff safe. If you choose visit the Hall or the Credit Union please wear a mask while you are in the building. Thank you for your cooperation.
We Will Miss You Brother!
It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bobby “Skinny Dude” Walding. Brother Walding was a Journeyman Lineman and an active Local 66 member for almost 40 years when he became a retired member. He was never without a smile on his face or trying to help someone. He will be missed greatly. Please keep his wife Sue and his family in your prayers.
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IBEW Local 66 endorses MJ Hegar for U.S. Senate
Our leadership has met with MJ and discussed her position on key issues that can and will have negative effects on our membership and Organized Labor as a whole. She openly supports labor and has expressed her desire to utilize our knowledge and guidance on issues pertaining to the Utility industry and labor as a whole. We are proud to endorse and support our friend MJ Hegar for U.S. Senate and hope our membership and friend s of labor will do the same by voting for her on March 3, 2020. More information is available by clicking the link to the right of page:
MJ Hegar for U.S. Senate
-Mother of 2
-Air Force/combat Veteran
-2A supporter
-Proud supporter of Labor
IBEW Media center
FMCP aids in Organizing success for Utility Workers in Texas.
Local 66 is proud to have been the focus of another article highlighting our ongoing Organizing efforts and success stories. We will continue to grow bigger and stronger together as a Union made up of skilled workers from ALL crafts which contribute to the generation, transmission, distribution and maintenance of the electrical grid. **Although the article mentions the Service Area Assistant’s employed at Centerpoint Energy being added to the bargaining unit, CNP continues to refuse recognition of the SAA’s majority vote in an Armour Globe election for Union Representation over one year ago. A vote which legally provided them not only the right to collectively bargain, but many of the same work conditions and benefits previously negotiated by the 1,400+ union members in the bargaining unit. A unit which currently includes only 2 females employees at Centerpoint Energy.
IBEW MEDIA CENTER
The FMCP proved useful in helping to bring CenterPoint Energy’s service area assistants into the IBEW. Left photo: Two of those assistants pose with Houston Local 66 President Barry Grounds.
Right photo, from left: Local 66 Business Representative Donny Mayo, Grounds, Business Manager Greg Lucero and Organizer Ben Holmes work a honk-and-wave to drive public attention to the local’s organizing efforts.