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IESW Placement Meeting

Placement Meeting for IESWs.  Please keep in mind that these positions are still considered SPAREBOARD, even if you are successful in getting a placement position for the full 2025/2026 school year.  You MUST be attending in-person at this meeting to place into a position

 

Posted Feb 12, 2025

IESW Bumping Meeting

If you were in a POSTED position (meaning you got a position from the June meeting) and lost those hours in the 2024/2025 school year, you may have bumping rights.  Please talk with your Shop Steward to make sure you do have Bumping Rights.  You will NEED verbally state at the June Posting meeting that you want to exercise your bumping rights (assuming you have the bumping rights) and attend a separate meeting.  The positions that you could potentially bump into will be whatever’s left over at the Posting Meeting or those that were released due to IESWs leaving their posted position at the Posting Meeting

 

Posted Feb 12, 2025

Tradesperson Appreciation Day

Today, we recognize and honor the many skilled tradespeople in our local for their essential skills and hard work in building and maintaining our schools and worksites. Tradespeople help with the upkeep, repair and maintenance of our schools.  Our members rely on the skilled and dedicated tradespeople in our schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the perfect day to set aside a little time to learn about some famous people who got their start in the world by working with their hands. You probably don’t know it, but a few famous folks got their start in the trades. Women also have their own rich history in the trades.  During WWII, 37% of the US workforce was female. Women worked in aviation, munitions, and other roles. Take a look at these people, for starters:

  • Harrison Ford was a Carpenter

    A carpenter by trade, this actor who portrayed Indiana Jones, needed to make a living and feed his family so he remodeled houses and built furniture. But when George Lucas offered him the role of Han Solo in Star Wars? Well, obviously he couldn’t turn it down.

  • Winston Churchill was a Bricklayer

    One of the most famous British Prime Ministers of all time, Churchill was a member of the Amalgamated Union of Bricklayers. In his spare time, he still built small creations, such as a garden wall, goldfish pond, and swimming pool.

  • Whoopi Goldberg was a Builder

    Under her given name Caryn Elaine Johnson, this now famous actress, comedian and personality was apparently building walls at the San Diego Zoo before she got her big break.

  • Elvis Presley was an Electrician’s Apprentice

    Sure, a lot of people know that this crooner was in the Army, but many people don’t know he also worked as an apprentice for an electrician for a time. Music was just something Elvis did in his spare time. Perhaps the guy he worked for appreciated hearing him sing while he worked?