Due to illness of Bill Edwards bargaining will postponed. The new tentative dates are the first week of May for Non-Monetary proposals.
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EVRAZ Unity Council
UNITED STEELWORKERS AT EVRAZ LOCATIONS IN CANADA AND THE USA FORM UNITY COUNCIL
BURNABY, BC – Earlier this week, leaders of four United Steelworkers (USW) local unions certified to Evraz NA operations in the USA and Canada met for two days in Las Vegas, Nevada to form a “Unity Council,” in order to deal with the Moscow-based multinational on a common front. The union leaders represent over 2,600 workers at Evraz steel and pipe plants in Pueblo, Colorado; Calgary, Alberta and Regina, Saskatchewan.
“This is an important step in bringing workers together across borders to share information, strategies and plans with respect to a common employer,” says USW District 12 Director, Robert LaVenture, chair of the Unity Council.
“Steelworkers across international boundaries know that they need to work together if we want to balance our interests against powerful global companies like Evraz,” says LaVenture, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The local unions, staff and leadership agreed to form a Unity Council that will formalize their relationship and take steps to expand the council to include other Evraz NA workers, some of whom are represented by other trade unions and others without union representation.
“Ultimately, we would like to see a worldwide group of Evraz workers that is able to meet regularly and work to ensure that the company’s workforce, regardless of country or nationality, is treated fairly and has strong union representation,” says USW Western Canada (District 3) Director, Stephen Hunt. “This meeting is an exciting step in building global solidarity among workers at Evraz.”
The USW local unions that participated in the meeting were: USW 6673 (Calgary), USW 5890 (Regina), USW Local 2102 (Pueblo) and USW 3267 (Pueblo).
Contact: Scott Lunny 604-329-5308 / slunny@usw.ca
March Membership Meeting
Monday March 21 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Regina Union Center 12th and Angus
Bargaining Dates
The USW 5890 bargaining committee is scheduled to meet with the Company to exchange proposals on April 11 and 12.
Bargaining for non-monetary for 5890 will begin on April 18,19, 20, 21, 2011
Profit Sharing 4th Quarter 2011
The Company has announced profit sharing for the 4th quarter of 3.21 / hour. They have also stated that the money is supposed to be in either USW members bank account or Great West Life account by February 28.
Union Meeting Tonight
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Regina Union Center 12th and Angus
Fred North
We are saddened by the passing of Fred North on February 7.
The funeral will held at 1:00 PM Friday February 11 at the Regina Apostolic Church, 808 Assiniboine Ave East
February membership meeting
Wednesday February 16 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Regina Union Center 12th and Angus
Pre-Bargaining Meeting
7:30 AM and 7:30 PM
Austrian Club 320 Maxwell Cresent
January 24, 2011
This meeting will be an abbrevriated monthly meeting with the main focus on direction from our local when bargaining begins
Bargaining Surveys will only be handed out at the meeting. If you can not attend the meeting then surveys can be picked up from the Union office (#26 395 Park Street). Copied surveys will not be accepted.
December 20 Monthly Meeting
Please make every effort to attend
7:30 PM
Regina Union Center 12th and Angus
Trade and O&T Tech wage increase vote cancelled
The vote has been cancelled regarding Trade and Tech wage increase because of a last minute proposal by the company.
Special Meeting Re Trade rate and O&T Techs
There will be a special meeting to discuss a proposed rate increase for Maintenance workers and O&T techs on December 16 2010.
Meeting location to be announced
C.O.L.A Increase
C.O.L.A is going up 8 cents/hour or 1.13/hour to 1.21/hour
Profit Sharing 3rd Quarter
The Company announced 2.84 per eligable hour USW bargained profit sharing for 3rd quarter 2010
Illegal locker search
The Company intends to search lockers starting on October 26. This action is illegal without the occupants of the locker present when the search is conducted. This is a blatant act of disregard of your property and especially your privacy. At this time the Union will be filing a group grievance and will not be condoning this illegal act in any way. If after the search you have damaged property or missing articles please report them to a shop steward so they can be added to the damages demanded in the grievance.