{"id":44535,"date":"2018-08-04T09:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=44535"},"modified":"2018-08-04T09:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:21:40","slug":"member-letter-shows-example-of-smart-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/member-letter-shows-example-of-smart-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Letter Shows Example of SMART Solidarity","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

True\u00a0Unionism\u00a0is exemplified\u00a0in\u00a0the SMART Disaster Relief Fund\u2014and in how we work to\u00a0reach\u00a0every member who might need it. After the 2017 hurricanes, a 50-year member from Chicago who\u00a0had\u00a0retired to Florida learned\u00a0of\u00a0the fund in his Local 73 newsletter and, reluctantly, asked for assistance. He and his wife wrote eloquent letters of thanks, excerpted here. Their words say a lot about Unionism, too.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nMember Guy Raimondi:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cHurricane Irma was a direct hit on Naples. The next day we saw that all I had worked for, with the blessings of my employment in Local 73, was a wreck. It was heartbreaking.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cThen, after a day clearing debris\u00a0together,\u00a0my wife suffered a heart attack and torn heart valve.\u00a0Since then\u00a0I have been balancing care taking\u00a0with\u00a0repairs, all\u00a0while worrying about financing the needed work.\u00a0Our insurance does not cover many things and has a high deductible.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cNeedless to say, the Relief\u00a0Fund check was overwhelmingly touching. Please know how grateful I am. I am, and always have been, proud to be a Union member. The letter\u00a0it came with, addressing me as\u00a0\u2018Brother,\u2019\u00a0choked me up. Thank you from my heart.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>
\nHis wife,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Kathleen Raimondi, added:\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cGuy is a self-made man. He has never asked anyone for help. That is why the check moved him, particularly the salutation\u00a0\u2018Dear Brother.\u2019\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cI read [then-\u00a0Bus. Manager and SMART General Vice President] Rocco Terranova’s message in the newsletter. He asked to be told about anyone in hurricane-affected areas that needed help. I told Guy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cGuy was completely unaware there might be assistance.\u00a0\u00a0He didn’t want to, but,\u00a0faced with my open-heart surgery and overwhelming storm damage, Guy called the Local about help\u2014his first-ever such request.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cWe are grateful for the quick and caring flow of response. I believe Mr. Terranova contacted [Assistant to\u00a0the\u00a0SMART\u00a0General President] Marc Norberg, who contacted Local 15 Business Manager Patrick O’Leary, who came to visit Guy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cMr. O\u2019Leary told Guy that although he is retired,\u00a0\u2018You are not forgotten. You are still our union Brother.\u2019\u00a0I know this touched Guy’s heart. I know this because he put his heart into sheet metal work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cThis year Guy will receive his 50-year pin from Sheet Metal Union Local 73. His Union employment put a roof over our heads\u2014his, mine, and our two children.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cI wish to thank everyone who helped provide this assistance from the Disaster Relief Fund. It means so much to us, and it will be used to help us get a roof over our heads\u2014again.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>
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True\u00a0Unionism\u00a0is exemplified\u00a0in\u00a0the SMART Disaster Relief Fund\u2014and in how we work to\u00a0reach\u00a0every member who might need it. After the 2017 hurricanes, a 50-year member from Chicago who\u00a0had\u00a0retired to Florida learned\u00a0of\u00a0the fund in his Local 73 newsletter and, reluctantly, asked for assistance. He and his wife wrote eloquent letters of thanks, excerpted here. 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