President’s Message January 2025

Greeting Sisters and Brothers,                                                                  January 2025

The next regular General Membership Meeting of the Electrical Welfare Club will be held on Tuesday January 21^st, 2025, in the Balcony Lounge of the Electric Industry Center Auditorium. Food and beverages will be served at 5 PM and the meeting will begin at 6 PM

You must enter through the main entrance of the Electric Industry Center at 158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Ave.

Our Club Coordinator, Local Union No. 3 IBEW Executive Board Member, David Hochman will provide details of new developments within the industry. Questions will be welcomed.

At the meeting this month, we will be holding our Installation of New Officers and Board of Directors. To conduct this special event, we have asked Local Union No. 3 IBEW President Tom Cleary to join us and officiate the ceremony. Invitations have been sent to many others as well. We are looking forward to a joyous occasion.

Happy New Year Everyone and with that brings my last message as Club President

Nearly four years ago, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, on a Zoom Club Meeting, I took the oath of office, administered by our Business Manager, Christopher Erikson. It was an honor and a privilege that I will never forget. It was also a responsibility that I did not take lightly. I worked very hard as your Club President and did my best to make the Electrical Welfare Club shine bright within our industry and beyond. I represented our Club at as many functions and events as I could. This was something that I felt was very important to do. This was something that I tried the stress to every member of our Club. We must be involved. Jewish members of our Local must have a strong presence in our Local. This is Very Important. It was 102 years ago when 9 Jewish men got together, after Sabbath, to form this Club to have a voice within our Local. I am thankful for the opportunity to have served this membership as your President, and I will continue to help our Club in my new role as an Advisor.  I want to thank all the Officers and Board of Directors who served with me during the last 4 years, especially my Vice President Gary Marks and our Financial Secretary Eric A. Farbman who both helped me very much. I want to thank our Club Coordinator David Hochman.  I want to congratulate our New President- Elect Matthew Cohen and Vice President Joseph Jaffe and all the new Officers and Board of Directors and wish them all the very best. I thank all the members for stepping up to help. Please help our new slate with whatever they need to make our Club a success and an important and visible part of our Union.

Our Hanukkah Party was a great time. I want to thank everyone who came early to volunteer with the set-up and giftwrapping, the kitchen committee with the cooking, the arts and crafts and everything else. The magician put on a very entertaining show and the children had a lot of fun.

This year is a Contract Year, and a Negotiating Committee has been selected.  If you have any ideas for the upcoming contract, please send in your letters. You must include your name and Union Card # for consideration. You can mail your letters to 158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Avenue Flushing, NY 11365 Attn: Negotiating Committee or email them to: Negotiations@local3ibew.org   

I look forward to seeing everyone at our Next Meeting, Tuesday, January 21^st.

Stay active; support our Club and its great parent organization Local Union No.3 IBEW

Fraternally yours,

Marc Deutscher

President, Electrical Welfare Club

Upcoming Activities, Events & Holidays:

1. January 20^th – Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday Observed – Union Holiday – No Work
2. January 21^st – EWC General Membership Meeting 5 PM Balcony Lounge (EWC Elections or Installation of Officers and Board of Directors TBD)
3. February 8^th – Asian American Cultural Society Annual Lunar New     Year Dinner @ Crown One at 6 PM
4. February 9^th – Veterans Club Super Bowl Splash @ Long Beach
5. February 13^th – Local Union No. 3 IBEW General Membership Meeting
6. February 15^th – Staten Island Electrical Club’s Romance Dance 7 PM
7. February 17^th – President’s Day – Union Holiday – No Work
8. February 18^th – EWC General Membership Meeting 5 PM Balcony Lounge
9. February 22^nd – Bronx Acorn Club’s ‘Throwback’ Dance Party @ 7 PM
10. March 21^st – Sportsmen Club’s ‘Brawl at the Hall’ Boxing @ EIC Auditorium @ 7 PM
11. Late March 2025 / Early April 2025 Our Pre-Passover Seder TBD
12. Summer 2025 EWC Weekend out at the LIECC (Santorini)
13. Summer 2025 EWC Annual Fishing Trip
14. October 26^th – EWC 61^st Annual Award & Scholarship Breakfast
15. December 14^th – EWC Annual Hanukkah Party