SPECIAL NOTICE         SPECIAL NOTICE         SPECIAL NOTICE

 Secret Ballot Vote

Wednesday May 20th, 2026

Wage Appropriations

POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.

1300 Bowman Rd. Lima, OH 45804

Should a tie result, a runoff election will be held on Wednesday May 27, 2026 at 1300 Bowman Rd., Lima. Ohio at 1300 Bowman Rd Lima, OH 45804 from 3:30-7PM.

Fraternal News

• Death Benefit: We are on Death Benefit #382 Guy Murray. Death Benefits can be paid over the phone, in person or online at ualocal776.com.
• Golf Outing: This year’s Local 776 Golf outing is set for June 6^th with a shotgun start at 8am. You can sign up by calling the hall.  Teams must be signed up no later than May 22^nd.  The cost this year will be $45 for non-members, $15 for members and retirees will be free again!

Future Events to put on the Calendar

• Union Meeting: Wednesday May 20^th, 2026 at 7pm
• August Union Meeting: The August Union meeting is being moved to August 26^th, which is a week later than the normal date due to the UA National Convention during the week of the normal meeting.
• UA Weld Test: Saturday May 23^rd, 2026 at 8 A.M.

Please call Melissa no later than noon the Thursday before to sign up and to check on the status of the test session.

JATC

• State Competition: I am very proud to say that all of our apprentices competed hard and represented Local 776 very well at the State Competition! Matthew Petrus, Matt Stone, Joe Gorman & Gage Bellows you have a lot to be proud of!  Also, for those of you who haven’t already heard, Joe Gorman placed 1^st in the pipefitter competition.  This is the second year in a row that Local 776 has won the pipefitter portion of the competition.  Joe will be competing in the D2 contest in Lansing, Michigan the first week of June.
• HVAC Hybrid Class: We will be holding an 8 week HVAC Hybrid Class this summer for anyone with less than a year of experience. This training will help propel an interested person into the HVAC trade.  If you know of anyone interested in attending, please reach out to Kiel Dennison.

 Business Manager Comments   

We have been trying our hardest to fill calls locally and have decided that if you are working 40 hours for your contractor and would like to work weekends for other contractors, we will begin allowing you to do that.  For this to happen, you must contact Chewy and let him know that you are interested in working weekends.  As long as you meet the criteria for what the contractor needs and your DISA requirements are met, then we will dispatch you out for that work.  This will need to repeat for every weekend that you decide to work.

Melissa is trying to gain more email addresses for members wishing to receive their newsletters and death benefits via email.  If you are currently receiving those in the US mail and would like to receive them via email. Please call Melissa (or email her at mselby@ualocal776.com) and she can add you to the list.

 Chewy’s Corner

As Brad mentioned in his report, We are allowing you to work weekends for other contractors contact me at                   419-235-5205 for the details if you are interested.

And some days you are the bug, other days you’re the windshield. Be the windshield.

May the fifth be with you,

Chewy

Fraternally,                                                                                                                                                   In Solidarity,

Brad P. Wendel                                                                                                                                            Nick Butorac

Business Manager/ Financial Secretary – Treasurer                                                                           Business Agent