Members and Retirees of Local 5328

Good evening all. 

 Unfortunately there are a few layoffs next week.  

 The oil temper and straight and cut  is going to 8 hours. There is no layoff from that change as the company is crewing up #2 oil temper line. We lose one on the base on straight and cut from 4 to 3 but we gain on in oil temp going from 20 to 21.  This will take affect week of Feb 28.

 With the above, the company is restructuring the supervisors.  There will be, or should be a posting as to who will supervise what areas.  

 As mentioned in previous emails, due to covid, at this time,  there will not be a March membership meeting, therefore nominations will be on paper to a collection box or the recording secretary.  Nominations will open on March 9, 2021 and close at 4:00pm on March 11, 2021. There will be a posting with all information on the union board in the plant. 

Retiree indexing cheques will be mailed out on February 26.

 Have a great safe weekend! 

In Solidarity,

Anthony Ciaramella 
President
USW Local 5328

Seven members of USW Local 5000 from the Interlake Steamship Company recently completed Combined Basic & Advanced Fire Fighter training at the Northwest Regional Fire Training Center in Traverse City, Michigan. 

The week-long course included three days of classroom instruction and two days of hands-on training including donning/doffing full firefighter turnout gear including SCBA air packs, CPR refresher training, search and rescue in a smoke-filled building, gas line fire training, and a live-fire simulator exercise. 

Participants were afforded the opportunity to experience the live-fire simulation for approximately 25 minutes split between two evolutions. Of note, participants were required to don full turnout gear from street clothes in less than 2:30 - In the final exercise, all participants were able to don full turnout gear including SCBA in less than two minutes, with the fastest time being 56 seconds by Pat Joyce. 

USW Local 5000 appreciates this opportunity afforded to our members by Interlake Steamship and wishes to thank the instructors at the Northwest Regional Fire Training Center for sharing their expertise and insight into firefighting. In the past few years, there have been five notable incidents involving shipboard fires on the Great Lakes, and this specialized training will be an asset to our members if they should ever encounter fire while aboard ship. 

This training is USCG approved, and participants were issued a certificate of completion upon satisfactorily completing the exercises and passing the final exam which can be used toward upgrading to higher ranks. 

Photos provided by Northwest Regional Fire Training Center (nwrtc-tc.org)...

LIVE CHECKS MAY BE DELAYED THIS PAY PERIOD

Due to extreme weather events across the nation as well as COVID protocols, Live Checks may be delayed by a couple days. I spoke with payroll this morning (2/19) and they wanted to let us know that the checks are still in Kentucky at this time and may not be to UPI until early next week. There is a chance they get them by Monday which may allow them to get them to you by Tuesday, but they have no way of knowing when they will be on site. Payroll is attempting to contact anyone who still receives a live check to go over your options. They strongly encourage you to sign up for direct deposit to avoid this in the future.

    Steve Berendsen

Financial Secretary Local 1440

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Newsletter 2/8/2021

Ordre du jour

Nominations :

(Remarque : les unités doivent nommer des candidats pour chacun de ces postes de responsable d’unité. L’élection de ces postes de responsables d’unité se déroulera par vote électronique le 22 avril.)

Motion visant à déterminer le nombre de postes de conseiller d’unité qui seront nommés et élus par l’unité.

Nominations aux postes suivants de responsables d’unité :

Président d’unité (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Vice-président d’unité (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Secrétaire d’unité (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Conseiller d’unité (au minimum 1 à élire, le nombre à élire sera déterminé par l’unité au cours de cette assemblée, mandat de 3 ans.) (Remarque : ce poste est différent de celui de délégué à l’Assemblée des Délégués de la Section Locale).

(Remarque : les nominations aux postes suivants du Bureau exécutif de la section locale se déroulent dans plusieurs unités. Les unités ne sont pas tenues de proposer des candidats pour chacun de ces postes, mais elles ont la possibilité de le faire. L’élection de ces postes du Bureau exécutif de la section locale se déroulera également par bulletin électronique le 22 avril.)

Nominations aux postes suivants du Bureau exécutif de la section locale :

Président (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Vice-président (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Secrétaire-trésorier (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Dirigeant exécutif régional (Québec) (1 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)
Syndic (3 à élire, mandat de 3 ans)

(De plus, pour cette élection seulement, les membres ont la possibilité d’envoyer par courrier au Secrétaire-trésorier de la section locale leur propre nomination ou celle d’un autre membre, pour tous les postes à pourvoir en élection. Les candidatures envoyées par courrier doivent être reçues par les bureaux de la section locale de Burnaby avant la fin de la journée du 19 mars.

Ces candidatures écrites doivent être postées à :

USW Local 1944
5261 Lane Street
Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada, V5H 4A6)

Si vous souhaitez joindre l’assemblée par web conférence Zoom, veuillez contacter le bureau pour recevoir les instructions : [email protected].