Members and Retirees of Local 5328

Good morning all.

Below is the obituary for Mike Pilon if you are attending the service. 

After a courageous battle with cancer, Mike passed away peacefully at the Emmanuel House Hospice on September 16, 2020, at the age of 62. He was the dear son of Philippe Pilon (Lise Lirette) and Thérèse Roussin. Survived by his siblings Lise, Marc (Ghylaine), Jacinthe (Denis) and Francis (Huguette). He will also be sadly missed by his nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, coworkers and friends. Mike spent his youth in Quebec with the family be-fore relocating in Hamilton, Ontario where he worked for 42 years at Stelco, Steel Wire, ArcelorMittal. He had a pass-ion for sports and he was a great golfer. Friends and fam-ily are welcomed to gather for a memorial visitation at FRIS-COLANTI FUNERAL HOME (43 Barton Street E, Hamilton) on Wednesday, September 30th from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. A Cha-pel service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Please keep in mind, the physical distancing and wearing of a mask is man-datory for all guests. Due to capacity restrictions, you may be required to wait. Donations to the Emmanuel House Hos-pice in Hamilton would be much appreciated by those staff members whom have taken good care of Mike or to the Canadian Cancer Society .

RIP Brother Mike.

Anthony Ciaramella 
President
USW Local 5328

---

---

September 14, 2020 - Today’s bargaining session opened with comments from the Local’s President Donna Hokiro followed by those from the Company. This is an extremely unique round of bargaining in that the parties are not all in the same room together. Your committee were all together in a socially distanced fashion in the large boardroom at the Union office with President Hokiro in Edmonton who joined the deliberations virtually. Shaw’s committee was together in a large boardroom at a Shaw office. We are using Zoom video conferencing.

Both parties expressed a desire to achieve a respectful agreement and that if talks break down, we’d follow the federally regulated process of conciliation at the Board prior to any labour dispute action.

As is common in most rounds of bargaining, the monetary proposals will not be exchanged until the non-monetary topics are dealt with. As you all know, money gets dealt with last.

Both sides at the table have had a chance to clarify the intent of their tabled proposals and will spend tomorrow preparing responses.

These are the things discussed today that we will engage more fully on:

• Overtime Meals
• Banked OT
• Warehouse Position
• TVH Policy
• Severance Pay/Automation
• CPE
• GDOs
• Aligning agreement end date with Vancouver and Surrey

As always, solidarity is the key to all successfully negotiated contracts and we look forward to seeing the solidarity actions!

#NoFear

In solidarity,

Your bargaining team
Keller Reeves
Rob Wall James
Large Steve McWhirter – Local Union Representative
Jayson Little – Staff Representative
Scott Lunny – Staff Representative
Donna Hokiro – National President

#NoFear

Download the PDF version of this bargaining update.

September 18, 2020 - It is because of you and your solidarity, that we are making headway at the bargaining table. Thank you for proudly displaying our NO FEAR stickers.

#NoFear 

Download the PDF version of this bargaining update.

September 18, 2020 - September 30 marks the one year anniversary of IBEW 213 members on strike against Ledcor LTS for a fair contract and dignity. Ledcor has acted shamefully in not engaging in respectful bargaining with these workers, join us in sending them a message that enough is enough, get back to the table and respect workers and our community. There are three ways for you to take action: 

Join the social media campaign #ShameOnLEDCOR
Print the sign, and post a photo on your social media, showing LEDCOR that you support a fair contract for workers! Share and use the hashtags: #Solidarity #UnionStrong #IBEW213 #IBEW #FairContractNow #ShameOnLEDCOR 

HONK for FAIRNESS, DRIVE for DIGNITY car rally
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
10:30 am-noon
1435 Broadway Street, Port Coquitlam
Drive through and honk or bring your mask and flags. Join IBEW 213, BC Federation of Labour President Laird Cronk, NWDLC S-T Janet Andrews, Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West, and Community Savings CU President and CEO Mike Schilling standing in solidarity with workers. 

Not on social media, can’t make September 30?
No problem! IBEW 213 members are on the picket lines Monday-Saturday 8:00 am-4:00 pm at 1435 Broadway Street, Port Coquitlam, and Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm at 1055 West Hastings, Vancouver. Drive by and honk your support!

Please share these actions widely with fellow union members and your community.

In Solidarity,

USW Local 1944

NOTICE OF MOTION: 

Motion to merge Unit 1 and Unit 7

Motion to merge Unit 5 and Unit 7

If you would like to join this meeting by Zoom web conferencing, please contact the office @ [email protected]  to receive instructions

Contract negotiations between the St. Luke's hospital in Duluth and the Steelworkers are going to start at the end of this month. If you'd like to talk to the union before negotiations kick off, we're inviting folks to make an appointment to come down to our office (either individuals or small groups). We are available to meet from 10am into the evening on Sept. 21, 22 and 23, or from 3-5pm on Sept. 24. You'll need to make an appointment though so that we can make sure not to double book and to arrange to let you in to the building (which is locked to the public due to the pandemic).

If you haven't had a chance to drop off your contract survey, you still can during those times, or by mailing them in. Our office is at: USW 9460, 2002 London Road #200, Duluth MN 55812. You can reach us via this facebook page, sending an email to [email protected] or by calling (218) 724-5223.