We want our membership to participate. Back at Local 843, Umino said he aims to reach out even more to his membership to make sure the newsletter reflects them. Umino said he hopes to do that by taking more photos of members on the job. Umino, an accomplished photographer, recommends to other locals that they try to use photographs as another way to generate interest in a local newsletter. Umino, like the Local 1020 crew, is not alone.
Several members contribute articles.
And local member David Rader is production manager who takes what Umino and contributors have written and lays it out on his computer using desktop publishing software. Still it takes a certain dedication to be a local newsletter editor. But it's worth the time and effort. Local 1020 underwrites programming on KSER, a non-commercial radio station in Everett. Starting Jan. 12, the first day of the 1998 legislative session, you'll have a new source of current information on state employee issues.