Dear Brothers and Sisters:

This committee in the coming weeks, months and years we will try to find ways to unify Local 86 into a cohesive organization.  We will try to recognize the total diversity of Local 86 members, not only the minorities, females or people of alternate lifestyles but the total membership.  We have many members who have exemplary talents and knowledge.  As Union Brothers and Sisters we must learn how to share and develop these exemplary talents with the other members who may not have been blessed or trained.  If any of our membership has undesirable work skills or personality defaults we must find coping skills to help them overcome their problems.

The task this committee is trying to accomplish is not easy.  Our union is large and non-homogenous.  Our homes are from the waters of Lake Ontario to the rolling hills of Wayland, from the apple orchards of Williamson to the muck land of Batavia.  We have farmers, urban dwellers and many suburbanites.  Our political beliefs range from the Cro Magna to Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.

This committee will try to teach the members of Local 86 what this union is all about.  We will try to inform you of what rescources are available to the membership as well as what your obligations are.  We will list the different committees and sports clubs that you may join.  We want you to know who is who in the local.  If a member or members are working on a special or outstanding construction project we will inform the membership.  If your son or daughter is doing something special we would like to publish it in our newsletter.  If there is a dealth of a member we would like to inform the membership of the details of the wake and funeral arrangements in a timely manner.  If all things go right we would like to start a yearbook of the members.

On the jobsite we must learn how to relate to each other.  We need to share our money and time saving techniques with each other.  If you have an idea to save time or money and if you are willing to share your ideas you should be rewarded financially somehow.  We must learm how to work more effectively and not harder.

This committee needs your help.  We cannot do it alone.  Some of the naysayers laugh at our dreams.  Some say that the things that we want are pie-in-the-sky.  These things have been tried before.  Well Brothers and Sisters, I am a dreamer too.  Sometimes, I dream dreams only a dreamer can dream.  I dream that one day Local 86 will show the rest of the world what a united diversified workforce can accomplish.  I dream that one day we will be the most skilled trade in the United States.  I dream that one day there will be no more tears or crying because of the lack of unity or caring.  Brothers and Sisters, one day we will work together as one on the pathway to wealth and security.

Coming soon I will have lists of the different sports teams and committees that you can join.

Your brother,

Putney Nix

My email is pads2@frontiernet.net