www.ElevAider.com

Very interesting stuff. no one seems to realize any of this stuff is floating around in motor rooms or even on the roof of buildings. i just found this website today I am a first year apprentice. i will talk to some of the guys at the shop about this. hopefully this upcoming contract someone will bring this up! thanks.

Preach it brother.

I might be a little late for a comment,I just found this Website.
To the apprentices,make sure you have all the safety equipment to do the job.
(mask,safety goggle, eye ,ear protection,gloves)
As you know when you took this job it was told to you it is dangerous,dirty,hard work.never do any work that you think is unsafe.ask your mechanic to show you the proper way to do a job (hopefully he is a nice guy)the industry is getting much stricter on safety some of the small shops have come around with better safety records
but they still have a way to go.
remember safety starts with you.
the rewards are great if you stick with the industry.
PS I know plenty of retired elevator men not to say the don't have a pain her and there but if you look at any blue collar job who doesn't have a pain here and there. when you retire from local 3 you will have medical benefits not like some other union..

Anyone in IUEC Local #10 that reads this has got to have only one thought in mind...Dale Dotson. Dale was an Otis man to the core. Great guy, friend to all. His nickname was either Dr. Dirt or Groundhog. Service was his game. Half his truck was tools and parts, the other was safety equipment. Always do things the safe way and not the fast way. He worked a long and fruitfull career for Otis Elevator. Finally at the age of 59 he retired on a Friday. The following Saturday (8 days later) he was taken from all who knew and loved him. He retired with all his fingers, toes, eyes etc. Not doing anything killed him. He was a good man and great friend.

March 2010
This month I want to reach out to all mechanics. If you could make any changes to the Elevator Industry what would it be?

August 2010
July was one of the hottest months on record. New York was truly a baked apple.
Motor rooms without A.C. or ventilation were stifling as I recorded motor room temperatures reaching into the mid 120's.
We have another month ahead of us before things begin to cool down. What have you been doing to keep cool?

Got a call the other day from a senior veteran mechanic.
He is a dedicated hard working family man. Took his family on a beautiful vacation. First day back at work he was called into the office and was let go. This man is not a slacker and works
his 40 hours a week. He is older and not as fast as the younger mechanic. His experience makes up for his lost
speed due to age. There was no reason to let him go.Fortunately he found work immediately and decided not to
pursue and litigate. This is a sound warning to all my brothers.
We are living in strange times. Dedication,Intelligence does not seem to be the leading factor in keeping your job. Majority of the men in the industry are seniors.
(Late 40's to 50's)
The skills and experience does not make money for a company that appears more and more to lean towards more profit sacrificing quality by utilizing the younger man who can run job to job as an available body to answer night calls in which at times the car usually is left shut down due to inexperience or the call becomes repeat. The customer is happy with the 24 hour response but is told the car is down for parts. He is never the wiser.
The senior man usually ends up making the correct repairs. It will come to a point that a company may invest in more runners than fixers. How does a senior man keep his job until he retires?
Does he hold back his experience or put or trade in his talents and experience for a pair of cheap running shoes?

Let's take time out and pray that we all make the right decision.

To my understanding a recent study by
A recent article in MetroNews 11/15/10
reported,

Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that women whose jobs require them to work very hard or very fast but who have little to say over their day to day tasks were 88% more likely than those in less stressful jobs to have a heart attack.

Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States.

You can find job related death stats on my website in the Local 3 section. It will frighten you. Education is the key to success and possibly long life.

Please work safe and in moderation.

Great Question,
In the 30 plus years I have been employed the numbers were always small in large companies. You could literally count the women employed on one hand. Bases on my experience Large companies 100 to 200 strong employed no more than half a dozen women. My company currently employs 4 women that I know of. If I were to take an educated guess I would say that roughly 2% of the industry is made up of women.
John Fellin

The Elevator Industry has been good to mechanics during the toughest of times but the economy has the last say.
Bosses do not like to let talented workers go men or women. I have seen the few women in the industry work incredibly hard and pull their own weight especially in the maintenance division. Modernization and Repair is another story as these laborious fields can wreak havoc on any gender.

John Fellin

Thank you,
Glenn,your observations are right on the money. The policies that feed corporate America are driving it full speed into the ground. Greed is at the steering wheel. I have always stated,and it's my heart felt opinion that you can determine the state of the economy by the strength of the unions inside the United States. The union is the emulation of the True American rooted family.It nurtures,educates,disciplines and rewards. When you have no family you are nothing more than a wandering nomad, a man without a country focused on surviving, thinking only of yourself with total disregard of others. To all union brothers and sisters.
Take heed and support your unions.
You will be supporting America, the greatest country in the World.

Thank you Glenn Davis