Last Chance: The Great IAPE Pumpkin Contest

In case you missed earlier IAPE notes (and it would be understandable, buried beneath weightier messages about seniority and Covid proposals), today is the final day to submit your entry for The Great IAPE Pumpkin Contest.

If you or your loved ones have amazing pumpkin decorating skills, or are a whiz with a jack-o-lantern carving knife, you have until 3:00 p.m. EDT today to share your best work with other IAPE members and win a prize!

We want to display our members’ creativity for all to see. Email photos of painted and carved pumpkins to union@iape1096.org. We’ll feature them in upcoming posts on IAPE Twitter, Instagram and Facebook feeds. Our panel of IAPE judges will determine the most impressive member submissions, and will award a $50 gift card to the best in each category: decorated or carved.

Winners will be announced tomorrow, National Pumpkin Day!

Happy Wag-o-Ween from Union Plus
In keeping with the Halloween spirit, Union Plus is celebrating union members’ best friends with a photo contest!

To enter the Union Plus Wag-o-Ween Contest, submit a photo of your cat or dog in costume. Entries must be submitted between Oct. 21 and Oct. 31. Union Plus will select the finalists, and union members from across the United States will vote on winners between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10. Two winners will each win a $500 Grand Prize and ten First Prize winners will receive $50!

Only cat or dog submissions from union members in good standing and retired union members will be eligible to win. Enter now!

Desk Items in Storage? Reclaim Them Today!
Members in New York, Princeton and Washington, if you had personal items from your desk packed and stored by Dow Jones Facilities, you have until today to reclaim your items!

IAPE recommends searching your inbox for an email from Dow Jones's Workplace Design Team, which should have been received on or about Oct. 12. This email has a prepopulated request form for you to fill out. If you cannot find that email, please use the form linked here. To claim your items you must complete this form before tomorrow.

By filling out the form, you can have your packed boxes in storage delivered to your home by Certified, Dow Jones's professional moving company. Your items will be shipped in November— they will not be returned to the office.

Unclaimed personal items will be discarded.

IAPE 101 - Nov. 3
The next IAPE Contract 101 class will be held on Nov. 3 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. We’ll focus on job security, just cause protections against discipline, layoffs and seniority. Visit the IAPE Events Page to register.

If you’re curious about your own seniority within your department, remember, you can always contact the IAPE office to find out more about your seniority protection.