OHfficial NEewspaRper of TShe BHakery, CEonfecYtionery, LTobAaccoB WorOkers &R Grai n MNilleErs ofW Local 4S 64 20By1 Su9san EUvansN, PicInOic CoNmmit tePe CIhaCirpeNrson IC I want to thank everyone who attended the annual Local Union 464 Picnic on Saturday, September 12, 2019, at the Cibort Park Bressler Picnic Grove. From the comments I received everyone had an enjoyable day despite the rain and loved the new location. There are so many people involved in making this picnic a success. Union Members both active and retired assisted or this picnic would not have happened. I want to especially thank the Picnic Committee, who made this the success it was. Door prizes were donated by the following companies: Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, The Hotel Hershey, Hershey Country Club and Hershey Park. Bimbo Bakeries in Harrisburg donated the rolls, the water bottles were donated by Ricker Sweigart & Associates, and The Hershey Company donated the Hershey Candy. I appreciate the interest these companies have in our event. The date for the 2020 Union Picnic is Sunday September 20, 2019. There will be more details in the spring issue of the Hershey Labor News. 1 Hershey Labor News • Issue No. 2, 2019 LOCAL 464 CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATES LOCAL 464 AFFILIATE DATE OF CONTRACT EXP. There’s an App for That! #1. Wilkins-Rogers (Spangler’s) Flour November 4, 2019 Fighting for Work-related #2. Lebanon County E.M.A. December 31, 2019 Hearing loss benefits #3. M.H.S. Operations July 31, 2020 The Worker’s Compensation Act allows for the payment of #4. Homestat Farms LTD November 30, 2021 worker’s compensation benefits for a worker who has been #5. Country Club of Hershey March 13, 2022 exposed to loud noise throughout their career. The foremost #6. Giant Center (S&E) March 13, 2022 indicator that the “deleterious noise”(i.e., hazardous and harmful #7. Hershey Park March 13, 2022 noise) to which you are exposed at work is damaging your hearing, #8. Hotel Hershey March 13, 2022 is ringing in your ears at the end of your workday. That ringing, #9. Hershey Lodge March 13, 2022 called tendinitis, is a classic sign that a worker is exposed to #10. Hershey General Contract March 13, 2022 hazardous occupational noise referred to under the Worker’s #11. Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate Comp. April 27, 2022 Compensation Act, as deleterious noise. #12. Office Clerical Unit – Local #6 June 1, 2022 Furthermore, if you work in a workplace where the employer #13. Bimbo Bakeries (Stroehmann) August 19, 2022 performs yearly hearing tests, you can be certain that your #14. The Nutrition Group August 31, 2022 #15. The Hershey Company October 30, 2022 employer is are aware that you are being exposing to hazardous #16. Palmyra Area SD Support Staff June 30, 2023 occupational noise. Likewise, if you’ve worked at a facility for over #17. M.H.S. Houseparents July 31, 2023 20 years, there has certainly been a period in your career where you had limited access to hearing protection. Consequently, medical HERSHEY LABOR NEWS literature confirms that the tendinitis you experience may be more (USPS 2 42-440) severe than lesser tendered employees. Official N ewspaper o f t he Bakery, C onfectionery, Tobacco W orkersʼ & Grain M illersʼ Nevertheless, even with hearing protection, you may still have L ocal 464, AFL-CIO hearing impairment which can be related to your exposure to Office l ocated a t: Hershey L abor N ews 16 W est C aracas Avenue hazardous noise. Hazardous noise is defined as noise above 90 Hershey, P A 17033-1416 Telephone: ( 717) 5 33-9169 decibels on an 8-hour time weighted average. Fortunately to www .chocolateworkerslocal464.com determine whether you are exposed to hazardous, deleterious Periodical P ostage P aid a t H arrisburg, PA17107 Postmaster: Please s end a ddress c hanges t o: H ershey L abor N ews noise: THERE IS AN APP FOR THAT! 16 W est Caracas A venue, Hershey, P A 1 7033-1416 The “Dosimetry App” is great for measuring noise in your work VOL. LXXIV NO. 1, 2019 area. Of course, like all apps, there are many versions and ones Frederick J. Boltz . Editor Diane E. Carroll . Business & Accounting Manager that charge a fee. However, the free version of the “Dosimetry Vickie Heinbaugh . Secretary App” works just as well as the other paid versions. It is a simple Michael W. Saylor . Publicity Board app that allows you to measure the noise around you. Randall Bleiler . Publicity Board Also simple is the formula the Workers’ Compensation Act uses LOCAL 464 OFFICERS to determine if one meets the minimum requirement of binaural Randall Bleiler . President (both ears) hearing loss of at least 10% or more. Whether you Roxann Snider . Vice President Frederick J. Boltz . Business Manager qualify can quickly be determined by reviewing the most recent Diane E. Carroll . Financial Secretary/Treasurer employer sponsored audiogram which you are entitled to receive. Michael W. Saylor . Business Agent And if you qualify you may be entitled to significant financial Sharon M. Sheetz . Recording Secretary compensation and hearing aids without ever having missed a day TRUSTEES of work. Lee Keaton Kevin L. Boltz William Heilman I encourage you to download the app and continually measure SERGEANT-AT-ARMS the noise in the area in which you work. Further, If, you believe Marino T. Taraschi Robert Bartell Kristy Young that you have a hearing impairment and that impairment is in EXECTIVE BOARD excess of 10% in both ears, email ([email protected]) or fax Walter Akright Colleen Garrison Roxann Snider (717-675-7975) your audiogram to my office for a free analysis of Robert Bartell Rick Gonzalez Marino Taraschi Randall Bleiler Ronald Grose Gary Troxell the audiogram. Frederick Boltz Kim Gutshall Lisa Turchin Kevin Boltz William Heilman Linda Umberger Darren K. Parr Law Firm Delmar Cantrell Eric Hess William Via 114 Walnut St., STE 1 Diane Carroll Michael Hinkle Danielle Vucenic Rodney Carroll Lee Keaton Russell Wengert Harrisburg, PA 17101 Barbara Chambers Warren Kleinfelter Taisha Wilson 717-412-4518 Elizabeth Clews Doug Mesaric Edward Winfindale [email protected] Deborah Ebersole Michael Saylor Jeffrey Yeagley Milton Flickinger Sharon Sheetz Kristy Young Todd Sheetz 2 Hershey Labor News • Issue No. 2, 2019 BIG THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2019 Diane Balthaser, Randy Bleiler, Dennis Bomberger, Jenn Brady, Dave Brewer, Katie Brewer, Diane Carroll, Rodney Carroll, Arlene Clause, Travin Coslow, Brenda Cruz, Dean Eckert, Dennis Eisenhauer, Sue Eisenhauer, India Evans, Sue Evans, Tira Evans, Frank Ferrari, Lisa Gephart, Frankie Gibson, Kim Gutshall, Jan Henning, Pam Hull, Steve Krall, Mike Lamereaux, Sandy Lamereaux, Tyler Reichert, Caitlin Ross, Mike Saylor, Shirley Shank, Darlene Smith, Henry Smith, Linda Sprandel, Bill Sprandel, Glenn Troutman and Gene Varner. Anyone else that pitched in to help, Thank You very much! 3 Hershey Labor News • Issue No. 2, 2019 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING DOOR PRIZE RECIPIENTS: ADULTS – Elaine Lepley – Dinner for two at the Harvest, Trevi 5 or Circular at the Hotel Hershey Kay Shelly – Brunch for two at the Circular Dining Room at the Hotel Hershey Steve Drahovsky – Dinner for two at Fire & Grain at the Hershey Lodge Cecelia Vranicar – One round of golf for (4) at the Hershey Country Club Kay Drahovsky – 4 One day passes to Hershey Park Helen Nixdorf – 4 tickets to a Hershey Bear game Charles Prince – Arooga’s $25.00 Gift Card Josephine Cialone – Hoss’s Steak & Sea House $25.00 Gift Card Toni Dermes – Hoss’s Steak & Sea House $25.00 Gift Card Kay Sponenberg – Bob Evans $25.00 Gift Card Frances Singleton – Bob Evans $25.00 Gift Card Donna Strine – Soda Jerk $25.00 Gift Card Dan Hardy – Soda Jerk $25.00 Gift Card Shirley Huber – Capital Blue Cross Gift Basket Danny Huffman – Capital Blue Cross Gift Basket Lois Enders – Capital Blue Cross Gift Basket CHILDREN PRIZE WINNERS Emmanuel Baptista – Star Wars Fleece Throw Lilly Prince – Friend Lego Set Jameson Enders – X Shot Jet Streamer Squirt Gun Jayce Enders – Coop Football Logan Prince – Coop Volleyball Amaeie Homes – $10.00 Target Gift Card Kayden McMurtry – $10.00 Target Gift Card Christofer Swiger – $10.00 Target Gift Card 4 Hershey Labor News • Issue No. 1, 2019 5 Hershey Labor News • Issue No. 2, 2019 CONGRATULATIONS to the GRADUATES of 2019 Graduates of Union Members Ryan Culbert Kerri N. Miller Ryan is a graduate of Pine Kerri graduated from Penn State University in Harrisburg Grove Area High School. with a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing with the following His parents are Chris Culbert honors, Summa Cum and Keana Morgan (Keana Laude and Beta Gamma works at Hershey Entertain - Sigma Honors Society. ment and Resort Company She also had graduated at Hotel Hershey). Ryan from Harrisburg Area is attending Penn State Community College in University. May of 2017 with an Associate’s degree in Arts in Business Admin - istration. Her parents are Brian and Sharon Dylan G Donough Miller (Brian works at Dylan is a graduate of Palmyra Hersheypark Mainte - Area High School. His parents nance Department). are Jay & Christine Donough Kerri was hired as the and his grandparents are Bob Director of Marketing for Tattered Flag in Middletown and & Alma George (Bob retired continues to work at Hersheypark as an Area Supervisor. from Hershey Entertainment She played Volleyball for both colleges and continues to play and Resort Company Hershey volleyball in several leagues and tournaments year round. Lodge) and (Alma Retired from Palmyra School District Cafeteria). Dylan is attending Chloe Price Florida Keys Community Chloe graduated from Palmyra Area High School. She is the College studying Marine daughter of the late Sergeant Terry Price & Viki Price (Viki Engineering, Management, Works at Palmyra Area School District).