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Rina Muridian Wins Two Disneyland Tickets!

Rina Muridian, a Senior Purchasing Assistant with the City of Pasadena, is our lucky winner of two Disneyland tickets!

You could be next! We have placed the name of one lucky winner on our web site at: www.liuna777.org. The deadline for contacting your union office will be the day after Labor Day, Tuesday, September 4. Good Luck!


Greater Los Angeles Steward Training Date Set!

The Annual Greater Los Angeles Training for Stewards as well as members who want to play more of a leadership role in the union has been scheduled on Saturday, October 27, from 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Las Casitas de Arroyo in Pasadena near the Rose Bowl. A separate announcement with directions will be sent soon to all members.

Local 777 Featured in National AFL-CIO Magazine

Local 777 was recently contacted by America@work magazine and asked how we use our website (liuna777.org) to communicate with our membership.

In their column HERE’S WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT HOW YOUR UNION IS USING E-TOOLS TO ORGANIZE, BARGAIN AND MOBILIZE:
We were quoted, “On our website, www.liuna777.org, we give a free mouse pad to every member who... provides us with their e-mail address. [That] allows us to send... membership/steward meeting notice updates, bargaining


Work-Related Injury and Your Right to See Your Own Doctor!

If you are involved in a work-related injury, you have the right to go to the doctor OF YOUR CHOICE. In order to avoid being sent to the employer’s doctor, you must give your employer thirty days’ written notice prior to your being injured.

Every Governor Leaves Behind Their Legacy—
Thanks For Deregulation, Governor Wilson...

$3,800: What Duke Energy Corp. charged the state of California per megwatt-hour during peak in January 2001.

$297.75: The average wholesale price in California of a megawatt-hour of electricity in January 2001.

$136: Duke energy’s average price for a megawatt-hour of electricity in California during the first quarter of 2001.
12: Number of times that Duke’s peak price was higher than the average wholesale price of electricity for California in January 2001.

$1,900: What Reliant Energy Inc. charged for the state of California per megawatt-hour during a peak in May 2001.

11: Percentage increase in energy conservation by Californians in may 2001 over the same month in 2000.

20: Percentage of energy conservation over last summer’s usage that the state Public Utilities Commission is requesting of California consumers this summer.

$50: What Duke Energy Corp. offered last summer to charge California per megawatt-hour.

updates, etc.... In our [online] newsletter...we [offer] a free prize ([e.g.] two free tickets to Disneyland) to the member who finds his or her name on our website and calls by a certain date. This helps drive members to our website who haven’t visited before. We have a section...called What’s Happening at Your Worksite!’ where members can see the latest news, meeting notices, candidates we are endorsing, etc.”— Fred Lowe, Business Manager, Laborers Local 777, Southern California.
America@work subscriptions are $10/year for 11 issues. Send check to AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, or order with credit card by calling 800-442-5645.

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