It's time for EAA again. Work starts on July 12, and the show will be opening on July 26. Be sure to check out the section on Summer Outdoor shows on the main IA470 website for what to expect.

GES sends the following information:
Workers:

• Must have valid Photo ID AND Social Security Card - first day of work (new workers). If you do not, you will NOT be allowed to begin work! This is Federal law! Because "E-Verfify" is now in place, GES can no longer permit workers to begin work before all Federal employment paperwork is complete. Some workers were sent home last year for not having I.D. Bring yours when you come the first time.
• Fill out new paperwork if they had a change of address from last year
• Wear appropriate clothing for the weather conditions
• Bring sunscreen and water - we will have water at some point
• Be early and arrive on time
• Forklift drivers must have certification card with them when driving
• Bring tools! There is a NEW provision in the contract which says if you do not bring at least the MINIMUM tools to work you waive any rights to minimum call times. That means GES can send you home at any time (including immediately), paying only for time worked without regard to the negotiated four hour minimum.

As to tools, at a minimum GES requires in the contract that all hands have with them:

• Hammer
• Phillips screwdriver
• Flat blade screw driver
• Crescent wrench
• Utility knife
• Pliers

EAA/GES TOOL LIST:

• Pair side cutters
• Loop pile cutter for carpet (optional)
• 3/8" drive ratchet w/ 5mm and 1/8" hex
• Arrow JT-21 staple gun
• Phillips screw driver
• Slotted screw driver
• Pair of pliers
• Hammer
• 25' tape measure
• Adjustable (crescent) wrench
• Utility knife

The Employer on this show is GES Exposition Service NOT Alliance, Inc. You will need to have paperwork CURRENT with GES. They will NOT issue a paycheck without having your W-2 and I-9 on file first, and they regularly purge their files of inactive employees. If this is your first EAA, OR you didn't work EAA last year, bring along a photo ID (driver's license, etc.) and your Social Security Card for filling out an I-9. A passport will also do. You simply won't get paid otherwise or even be allowed to work.

During Setup Monday 7/12 - Sunday 7/25, and during teardown Monday 8/2 - Thursday 8/5: Workers should report to the south side of Hanger D to check in each day. Get there early so we can get your daily paperwork filed out. Otherwise your paycheck may be delayed. To get there: Take Hwy 41 to Oshkosh, exit Hwy 44 east to Knapp Street Rd. south to first right which is Poberezny Road. Follow past EAA Museum to Waukau Ave. (you can only go left). On the right hand side look for the EAA Bus Park tower and turn right on Forest Home Ave. Follow that to the "F Lot" parking lot (which was the "D lot") located behind Hangers B and D.

Oshkosh,south side venues & Labor Hall
EAA grounds, Oshkosh

For Show Days Monday 7/26 to Sunday 8/1: Parking will be available in the "U Lot" ONLY, which is located on Knapp St. Rd. across from the Ultralight area. GES usually shuttles workers from the lot to GES headquarters BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE THERE ON TIME! It's a bit of a hike, so allow time to get to work ON TIME or you'll be hoofing it about a half mile, AND missing the "bus" MIGHT get you fined for being late! There is a map on how to get there at:

Map to the U Lot

Several things to keep in mind about EAA.

• Once at the jobsite, you will be split into different departments (Deco, Freight, E&D), and you are expected to STAY within department. However, the GES supervisors CAN AND WILL move you to another department as the workload dictates. Please keep track of what time you are moved and report it when you check out. That is how GES bills customers, and if they can't charge customers properly, they can't pay you.
• Different departments will quit for the day at different times, depending on when their tasks are finished that day. Workers are broke when their department breaks, regardless of work status or seniority. IF you carpool with someone assigned to another task, expect that one of you may have to wait for the other for awhile. So plan accordingly!
• You are hired FOR THE WHOLE DAY, and the day goes until you are "broke". Don't plan on leaving early, and plan on possibly being kept late. That's the gig!
• You MUST check in AND out each day. If the job steward cannot verify your hours on paper, it can be very difficult to see you are properly paid, or correct your pay later.
• BE WARNED that GES will cover injuries and accidents under Workers Comp. They WILL usually require a drug test after any incident. A positive test WILL result in dismissal from work for GES for an indeterminent time. It HAS happened, so don't do anything stupid that will give them grounds.
• IF you don't receive a paycheck on time or you think the amount may be incorrect, call the Job Steward, NOT the Business Agent or GES. They won't have the paperwork to solve the problem. Again, CALL the JOB STEWARD first! It MY job!
• If you want to work NEXT year, call the Business Agent, NOT the Job Steward! I don't fill the calls until EAA actually begins, and finding old messages on my cell phone's voice mail really annoys me! :-)
• This year's job steward for EAA is:
  Mick Alderson
  Ph. 920-836-3031
  Cell 920-203-9628

Calling my cell phone will do you absolutely NO GOOD before OR after EAA is over. I HATE cell phones and only carry one during EAA, and mostly don't check it after that. If you want me after EAA is over, use my land line. I might not get your cell message until NEXT summer!

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