March 17, 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We now have received application forms for the 2016 UAW Region 9 – Thomas M. Fricano Scholarship Fund for all UAW eligible high school graduates and current college students. Please contact the hall for more information regarding eligibility and all other additional criteria. If you wish to obtain an application, please come down to your union hall to pick one up. Deadline for returning applications is July 8^th, 2016.

Please note that our next membership meeting will be held Sunday, April 3^rd, 2016 due to the Easter Holiday falling on the Sunday of our scheduled March’s meeting. We encourage all members to attend this important meeting. We will have guest speakers attending our meeting from the law firm of Pond, Lehocky, Stern, and Giordano. They will be discussing topics of importance on worker’s compensation, rights of injured workers, and social security disability.  Again please attend this meeting to fully understand what your rights and options are concerning these issues.

On March 5^th 2016 the Communications Committee put together and sponsored our 1^st “Corn hole” (baggo) Tournament at our Union Hall. It turned out to be a great time and a complete success thanks to the hard work from the committee, especially from Matt Rogers and Jason Bonacquisti who worked hard to set this up and worked very hard during the entire day of the event. We want to thank all who attended and donated to this fund raiser. We also would like to recognize the following participants:

1^st Place – Steve Gregg / John McSorley                     2^nd Place – Matt Rogers/Anthony Fenza

3^rd Place – Ryan Duke / Mike Morrissey                      4^th Place – John Mozzani Jr/Kyle Matthews

5^th Place – Joe Anthony / Pat Jennings

Thanks again to all the participants, contributors, and spectators for making this event a huge success. The next tournament is now in the planning stages. We will keep you informed when the next date is scheduled.

A reminder, UAW Local 1069 will be hosting our 5^th annual golf outing April 29^th, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Delcastle Golf Club. Cost for this event will be $125.00 PP. Please see participation form for all details. Please sign-up on or before April 1^st, 2016.

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt at the Union Hall on Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 11am-1pm. Children ages 5 and under will be together and children 6 to 10 will be together in a group. We hope you will join us for food, prizes and lots of fun!

Yours in Solidarity,

Michael A Tolassi

President

UAW Local 1069