STEPPING UP: Elmer Arriaza, chapter vice president at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, takes the oath of office on Zoom for the executive board.

The Local 888 Executive Board has ratified the nominations of new officials, electing one new member to the board and one trustee. They are:

• Elmer Arriaza, chapter vice president at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, to the board.
• Justin Lawler, who has served as vice president of the chapter at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, as a trustee.

Also in recent months, the Local 888 board approved the nominations of:

• Kevin Nascimento, who has served as treasurer of the Brockton Public Library chapter, as the local’s secretary-treasurer.
• Susan Winning, a former UMass Lowell leader and Local 888 trustee, to the board as the representative of the new retirees chapter.