Local 776 Christmas Party

The Local 776 Christmas Party will be on Saturday December 6^th from 1-4pm at Westgate Lanes.  Please call Melissa to sign up!

Retiree Breakfast

The next retiree breakfast is scheduled for December 19^th.

The breakfast will be at Westgate Lanes beginning at 9 am.

Fraternal News

• Death Benefit: We are on Death Benefit #378 Larry Price. Death Benefits can be paid over the phone, in person or online at ualocal776.com.

 Future Events to put on the Calendar

• Union Meeting: Wednesday November 19^th, 2025 at 7pm
• UA Weld Test: Saturday November 22^nd, 2025 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.

• Christmas Party: December 6^th from 1-4 at Westgate Lanes. Please call Melissa to sign up.

JATC

• Mental Health Awareness: The JATC will be coming out with some new classes that are open to the entire membership including mental health awareness and Financial Aid by John Hancock.  Please keep your eyes out for these announcements if you are interested in attending.
• Backflow Certification: Backflow certification class will begin in January. If you are interested in getting your backflow certification, please call the hall and talk to Melissa or Kiel.
• Local 776 Open House: Local 776 will be holding an Open House on Tuesday November 11^th from 11am to 6pm.  Please plan to stop in and show anyone that may be interested in the trades the Training Center!  If you would like to volunteer to help, please reach out to Kiel Dennison.
• Woof Boom Radio: Please tune in to Woof Boom Radio channels 92.1,93.1,98.5,104.9 & 107.1 to listen to their interview with Brad as well as the commercials promoting the open house!
• Application Deadline: The next application deadline for apprenticeship is January 31, 2026

Business Manager Comments   

Thank you to everyone that came out to vote in October for the 2026 banquet.  The vote passed and the banquet will be held on Saturday April 11^th at 19 Hawthorne.  Please note that we are not holding the banquet at the Civic Center this year.  Please watch the newsletter for more updates as we get closer to this event.

If you know of anyone that is interested in joining the local please bring them out or give them the information for our open house on November 11^th.  Our application numbers are low at a time when we need them to be higher than ever.  We now have 3 proposed Data Centers in our jurisdiction and if any of these are awarded union, we will need many new faces around to help staff these large projects.

Fraternally,                                                                                                                                                   In Solidarity,

Brad P. Wendel                                                                                                                                            Nick Butorac

Business Manager/ Financial Secretary – Treasurer                                                                           Business Agent