MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN ELECTRICAL (MTE)
CRAFT SELECTION TESTING
March 15, 2021 – April 6, 2021

In an effort to prepare for anticipated needs within the Maintenance Technician Electrical (“MTE”) craft at the Burns Harbor Plant, Employee Services will be offering Burns Harbor Employees the opportunity to take the MTE Craft Selection Test.

The Testing schedule for this craft will be:
March 15, 2021 thru April 6, 2021
Monday – Friday
*Tests will not be given on Friday March 19 & Friday April 2, 2021

Test Time Periods: 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm

The selection test should take approximately 2 HOURS.

 YOU MUST BRING YOUR PHOTO ID IN ORDER TO TEST

 Requirements for testing:

• You must be an Employee of either Burns Harbor or Burns Harbor Plate;  

• You must be on Active employment status;

• You must register for testing in person at Employee Services;

• You will need to provide the following information when registering:
  Full Name and Clock Number;

• Testing must be scheduled on the employees own time.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MTE OR MTE-HVAC (HEATINGVENTILATION & AIR CONDITIONING) AND ARE ELIGIBLE YOU MUST TAKE THE MTE CRAFT SELECTION TEST

BE PREPARED TO SELECT A DATE AND TIME THAT YOU WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TESTING – A MAXIMUM OF 9 EMPLOYEES WILL BE TESTED DURING EACH TESTING SESSION.

You must wear a mask during the testing session.

Register in person at the Burns Harbor Employment Office.

Testing will be conducted at the Burns Harbor Employment Office.

Good luck to everyone who chooses to take the test.

Pete Trinidad Sr.
USW 6787
President

Beginning Monday March 1st and running through Friday March 5th, volunteers will be at the gate in the morning and evenings collecting donations for the family of Easton Pfeiffer.  Easton was  diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma and had gone through 18 months of treatments including chemotherapy, radiation, two surgeries and twio stem cell tranplants.  He had been declared in remission, but shortly after his 8th birthday it was found that the disease had returned and was in over 95 percent of his bone marrow.   Easton is currently making frequent trips to the Masonic Childeren's hospital in Minneapolis for more chemo and immunotherapy.  Easton's father Derek is a produstion truck driver on "D" crew.  All donations collected will go to help his family cover the costs associated with treatments.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Donations may also be given through a GoFundMe account in Easton's name at:

Eastons Race to Recovery From Neuroblastoma

Elections will be held for all local union positions in April.  Nominations will be accepted at the monthly meeting on March 10th.  Active members may nominate themselves or other active members for any of the executive board positions.  These positions include, president, vice-president, recording secretary, financial secretary, treasurer, trustee, guard and guide.  Members who are nominated will be given a 24 hour window to decide whther or not to accept thei nomination and run for a position.  Members may be nominated for multiple positions, but can only accept a nomination and run for one position.  The date of the election will be determined at this meeting and the members of the election committee will be announced.  Active members that are interested in working on the election committee are encouraged to call the union hall.  Nominations may also be called in to the union hall or sent with someone who will be attending the meeting.

Monthly meeting of Local 2705.  Please, see notifications posted throughout the property for changes to the meeting location or cancellations due to Covid-19.  We will try to keep this site updated with the latest changes.   At the February 2021 meeting, the change in time from 7:30 P.M. to 4:00 PM, was approved by the membership.

Dear USW Local 2801 Members,

The Hospital only offered us, the Union (that’s you and me, our elected union leaders, and negotiating committee, supported by our legal department and professional negotiators), a single day this month for negotiations. ONE. SINGLE. DAY. The hospital’s actions may well be tantamount to illegal bad faith bargaining.

The Hospital’s unreasonable and irresponsible delay in negotiations reveals the lack of respect and appreciation management has for the work we do, or the sacrifices we are making every day.

Despite management obstacles, there has been some progress correcting the pension language changes and addressing the inequitable distribution of wage increases – but more work is needed.

Management’s refusal to provide RETROACTIVE INCREASES continues to be a serious point of contention. Punishing caregivers and critical service workers in a hospital because Covid-19 disrupted bargaining schedules is not just outrageous, it’s an insult to us and our hard work and contributions.

We are scheduled to return to the table for full days of negotiations on March 10,2021 and March 19, 2021. Let’s hope they’ve grown a heart and agree to our reasonable demands for a fair and equitable contract.

There will be another Zoom meeting on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 pm. Join with Local Union President Bridgette Perry, your bargaining committee, Staff Representatives Dianne Kanish and Miguel Garcia and District Director Gaylan Prescott to discuss negotiations.

Please send an email to [email protected] to request that an invite be emailed to you. In the email please include your name, department you work in and the email address that you would like the invite sent to.

Say a good word about your Union. Tell your supervisor to pass the word up their chain of command: OUR sacrifices in 2020 and 2021 DESERVE RECOGNITION!

In solidarity from your USW Local 2801 Negotiating Committee

Please share the text message for this update with any of your fellow members who did not receive it so that they can follow the link for the update and also sign up to receive their own text messages.

Sign-up for text message update by texting the phone # 47486 with the message: 2801

Members and Retirees of Local 5328

Good evening all.

Happy Retirement to Brett Lewis and Tony Vella! Congratulations and much health and happiness on your retirement! Thank you for your years of service to our local and this company!  

 I would like to wish those that have recently quit, good luck in their future endeavours. It’s been a pleasure working with you! 

 Unfortunately, this is happening to often as the working conditions have deteriorated! Not the environment we are used to! 

 ATTENTION RETIREES---------Retirement (indexing) cheques have been mailed out this morning.  

 Again I remind you all! We are in a contract year and you will hear all kinds of rumours! Please ignore them! Please watch your breaks, lunch times, and  relief.  Eye in the sky is always watching.  

Have a great and safe weekend! 

In Solidarity,

Anthony Ciaramella 
President
USW Local 5328