Local 1228 in Conjunction with Vubiz, an IBEW Training Partner are proud to Announce the Availability of 167 Prepaid Online Training Courses for You our Members and your Friends and Families
We are proud to announce that we have prepaid for courses covering subjects from Improving Your Listening Skills to Time Management to Back Safety to Microsoft Office 2007. The courses will be available to you and your friends and families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until November 30, 2012. Be sure to take advantage of as many courses as possible, we are certain that you and all of your friends and family members will find a number of courses that will address both your needs and interests.
For a complete list of courses offered send an email request to andydubrovsky@gmail.com
Hundreds of other online courses will also be available to you for discounted prices that we have negotiated for on your behalf.
Every time that you sign on, you will need to enter:
The IBEW Password which is: IBEW
Your Membership Card Number: That is the number on your IBEW Membership Card for example 123456 or 123456AA or AB123456. If you cannot remember your Membership Number, use any unique identifier such as your e-mail address or your home Zip Code, this field must be a minimum of four characters long.
The First time that you sign on, you will need to enter a little extra information so that we can set you up.
Membership Card Number (confirmation): This is to confirm the information that you keyed above.
Local Number: This is a way to identify what local you are part of.
First Name: So that we can identify you properly in the system when you return.
Last Name: So that we can identify you properly in the system when you return.
Once you are logged in, click on My Content and then launch the course that you would like to view.
We hope that you enjoy the training and make the most of it. The value of the prepaid courses if bought individually would cost over $4,500.00. We are proud to be able to make this opportunity available to you, our members and your friends and families.
A new law has been signed by Governor Deval Patrick that affects the Employers rights regarding an Employee's "personnel records." (Chapter 240, Acts of 2010, section 148).
*Employers must notify Employees within 10 days of any new material being placed in their file.
*Employees are limited to reviewing their records to twice in one year, but the Employer must provide the records within five business days of a written request.
* A "personnel record" is defined as including any documents that are or may be used to affect an Employee's employment, promotion, transfer, compensation, or disciplinary action.
* An Employer may be fined $500 - $2500 for violating this law.
* The law is retroactive to August 1, 2010.
If you do go to the Personnel Department and ask to see your "file", make sure that you ask for any and all materials that exist within the company. Your managers, or supervisors may be keeping their own files on individuals and you have every right to see them as well as what is in your "official" file. It is still unclear, but it appears that anything that is not provided for review would be not accepted as valid in a disciplinary hearing.
Please be advised that the IBEW Founders' Scholarship is available to IBEW members who have been in continuous good standing for the four years preceding May 1st of the scholarship year. This program is available only to IBEW members and is not for the children or spouses of members. To get all the details as well as to download application From 172 go to www.ibew.org
Union Plus does have a scholarship available to spouses and children of IBEW members. For more information on that program go to www.unionplus.org
After a six-week test, Meredith’s WGCL Atlanta has pulled out of its content share with Fox O&O WAGA and Gannett’s WXIA, citing the pool’s limitation on station differentiation.
“I think there’s great value in these typed of opportunities, but it just wasn’t working for us,” says WGCL VP/General Manager Andy Alford. “We felt the need to cover different (stories), and this limited our ability to do that.”
A Meredith spokesperson says the company remains committed to the concept, such as separate helicopter and content shares in Phoenix.
The Atlanta pool commenced May 18 and had a four-week trial, followed by a two-week extension. WAGA, WXIA and WGCL each contributed a photographer to the pool. Cox’s market leader WSB did not take part.
The split is amicable, according to Alford. The arrangement worked on a majority-rules basis, he adds, which at times hindered WGCL’s independent voice. “We want to focus on differentiations, and the pool didn’t always allow us to do that,” he says.
WXIA and WAGA will progress with their partnership in the No. 8 DMA.
Content pooling has been the biggest local TV development of 2009. Fox and NBC initiated the modern movement with its Local News Service (LNS) alliance in Philadelphia; the two share content in every market where both own a station. Executives say pooling helps stations avoid having multiple crews covering the same static event, and frees up resources to chase down signature reports.
The opponents of pooling suggest such arrangements lead to layoffs and end up fostering homogeneity among local newscasts. Others say that asking longtime rivals – and their distinct brands and egos – to work side by side is a quixotic order.
This article was in the July 13 issue of Broadcasting and Cable magazine.
