The Local 2705 Women of Steel Comittee completed their First Annual Hat and Mitten Drive at the end of December.  The committee placed bins in each department for members to drop in donations of hats, mittens or jackets.  Donations of totalling $800 in cash were also received.  Using this money, the commitee purchased around 160 hats and 70  pairs of gloves.  They ended up with approximately 210 hats, 90 pairs of gloves and 16 jackets.   The donations were collected and brought to four of our local schools; Washington Elementary, Greenhaven Elementary, Lincoln Middle School located in HIbbing and the Vaughan Elementary School in Chisholm.  Through your generosity and the hard work off the commmitee some of the less fortunate kids at our schools will not go without warm clothes to wear to and from school this winter.  The schools were very grateful.  

Thank you to all of those who donated items and volunteered their time for this effort to support our community and make it a better place for all!!

I know I'm a little slow in getting some updates onto this site.  With the holdays done, I'm sure I'll be able to find some more time to keep things in order here.

On December 13th 2018 we held our annual retiree get-together at Valentini's Restauraunt in Chisholm.  Many retirees showed up as well as active employees.    This was an opportunity for many of them to see some old, familiar faces and exchange stories from back in the day.  I got a chance to talk to quite a few people that I hadn't seen since I first started out in the pit.  It was good to see them and let them know that we are doing our best to keep the place running and let them know that things haven't changed all that much since they left.  This is a wonderful event that all of us should try to attend.  Our retirees have a ton of insight on HIbbing Taconite.  We all could learn a little something from them, and even get a good laugh or two.  

Each retiree got a free meal courtesy of vendors and individual donations.  Special thanks to all of the vendors (a list of all who donated  is located below, please patronize these businesses, their support is greatly appreciated and we should always return the favor).

Special thanks to Paul Stanina and Frank Lamusga for their hard work in organizing this great event!!

Thanks to all of our sponsors:

• B&R Engineering

• Dyno Nobel, Inc.

• Ellefson Off-HIghway, Inc.

• Hecimovich Mechanical

• HIbbing Taconite Company

• Iracore International, Inc.

• Kaman Industries

• Komatsu

• Malton Electric

• Minnesota Industries

• Mobile Predictive Services

• Northern Belt and Conveyor

• Northern Engine

• PetroChoice

• Radotich, Inc.

• Range Cornice, Inc.

• Total Tool Supply, Inc.

2019 Civil and Human Rights Conference

July 21, 2019 - July 25, 2019

SAVE THE DATE!

The 2019 USW Civil & Human Rights Conference
July 21-25, 2019
Minneapolis, MN

Regular Meeting of the Women of Steel Committee to discuss any issues from the ladies out there and talk about the direction of the next committee activity.

Bring a friend who might be interested in joining.