Hurricane Dorian Update:

• As a result of Hurricane Dorian, all Miami-Dade County Public Schools, including night and adult programs, as well as District offices will be closed and all student activities will be canceled on Tuesday, September 3rd.

Stay tuned to your local TV, Radio and in contact with your appropriate contact hotline for details related to your work sites and the need for you to return to work.

HOTLINE FOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL:

MSC-1     305-523-0812.    Edward Willis

MSC-2.    305-523-0814.    Tom Quigley

MSC-3.    305-523-0815.    Joe Garcia

MSC-4.    305-523-0816.    Tim Jones

Central Maintenance Up-Stairs 305-523-0810Mike Krtausch

Central Maintenance Down Stairs 305-523-0834Jeff Ware

ITS EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST:

NAME                              OFFICE            CELL

Douglas Galbraith.         305-995-3332.   786-402-4259

Rolando Avila.                 305-995-3334.   305-218-6250

Rolando Lazo.                 305-995-3337.    786-229-1474

Armando Machado.       305-995-3348.    786-229-4132

Gabriel Garcia                 305-995-3341.     786-229-1482

Chris Sachtlebe.              305-995-3339.     786-229-1478

Michael Cupid.                305-995-3345.     786-402-4258

Rudy Rodriguez.             305-995-3342.     305-877-8744

Edgar Santos.                 305-995-7708.     786-295-9416

Fernando Tercill.            305-995-3924.     786-402-4261

Daryl Richards.               305-995-3274.      786-229-1470

Ryan Bertani.                  305-995-3278.     786-229-1500

Jorge Pineda.                  305-995-3362.     786-229-1486

Luis Perez.                       305-995-3359.       786-402-6256

Greg Duncan.                  305-995-3363.      305-218-8549

Leandre, Errol.                305-995-3378.       786-299-8100

Davion Crumel.               305-995-3275.       305-986-5999

Nivaldo Galue.                305-523-0528.      786-256-5042

Hurricane Dorian is expected to hit Florida as a Category 4 a major life threatening storm. DCSMEC urges the membership to get prepared, current forecast models have Florida in Dorian path. Here are some suggestions from the National Hurricane Center.

Before a Hurricane 

Know your evacuation zone, find locations of nearest shelter

Decide where you will ride out the storm

Review your insurance policies

Trim trees and shrubs

When a Hurricane Threatens

Fill car with gas

Get cash

Stock up on supplies

Bring in lawn furniture and other loose items

Anchor objects that can’t be brought inside

Secure boat

Board or shutter windows

Set refrigerator and freezer to coldest settings

Prepare emergency water supplies

Freeze water in plastic jugs

Protect valuables and personal papers in waterproof containers

The first two sessions of CEU training have been a great success, DCSMEC wants to thank our friend (Instructor) John Mills, great job John!!. The next two sessions will be on Thursday, August 1 at toys training room and on Friday, August 2 at Corral Reef yard training room start time 7:15am.

If you wish to receive your paperwork then you must attend the training sessions, CEU classes brought to you by DCSMEC contractual agreement, It was wonderful to see so many old friends and also our new members, we look forward to see you all at the next sessions.

Attention all DCSMEC members our next General Membership Meeting will be on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at  8250 NW 27th  Street  (Suit 308) Doral, FL 33122. Meeting starts promptly at 4:30pm and normally concludes no later than 7:30pm.

We  encourage all members to attend and get informed, the meeting begins at 4:30 PM and ends at 7:30 PM. All meetings are strictly for members only.

Attention all DCSMEC members our next General Membership Meeting will be on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at  8250 NW 27th  Street  (Suit 308) Doral, FL 33122. Meeting starts promptly at 4:30pm and normally concludes no later than 7:30pm.

We  encourage all members to attend and get informed, the meeting begins at 4:30 PM and ends at 7:30 PM. All meetings are strictly for members only.

I hope everyone had a safe 4th of July celebration. For those who require continuous education classes (CEU), in order to renew your licenses, maintenance management has scheduled CEU trainings on Thursday, July 25 for the south at MSC-3 (coral reef yard), and Friday, July 26 for the north at MSC-1 (Toys).

Management will be sending out further information within the next three weeks to those who qualify for the CEU training classes. If you have any questions regarding the hours or at what time the classes start, please contact Instructor John Mills or Director Lynda Green.

Ladies and gentlemen due to logistics our next General Membership Meeting will be on May 21, 2019. Spring recess is March 25-29 we wish everyone a safe and pleasant recess.

We look forward to seeing everyone after Spring recess.

DCSMEC RATIFICATION RESULTS (successor contract 2018/2021)

YES (412)                 NO (64)

Congratulations the contract passes, you can expect to see the 3% and retro on the March 29, pay period. Special thanks to the voting committee lead by Voting Committee Chairman, Frederick Adler.

Voting committee:

MSC-1 (Howard Horne and Gary Sneesby)

MSC-2 (Hercules Allen and Jorge V. Aldana)

MSC-3 (Santiago Gomes and Frank Trujillo)

MSC-4 (John Bryant and Jorge Munoz)

NIST WH (Michael Phillips and Raymone Jones)

Kudos to Richard Crafton who came in on his own time to lend a hand.

I personally want to thank the DCSMEC negotiating team for all the hard work and  tedious hours it took to putt this contract together, it’s individuals like you that help to keep DCSMEC at the forefront of the labor movement.

In closing, thank you to the ladies and gentlemen of DCSMEC who make it the outstanding organization it is today…