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TORONTO, BURNABY, B.C. – The United Steelworkers union (USW) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and supports measures from the Canadian government to help the Ukrainian people.

“The USW stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and strongly condemns Putin’s unjustified invasion of the country,” said Marty Warren, USW National Director for Canada. “The Canadian government must take swift action to support Ukrainian workers and families. While the USW fully supports measures to press Russia to bring an end to the attack on Ukraine, the Canadian government must ensure that the livelihoods of thousands of EVRAZ workers are not unfairly imperilled.”

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Members,

The Union and Company have tentatively agreed to a contract ratification. Details to follow!!

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The January monthly membership meeting originally scheduled for Jan 17/2022 is cancelled due to the Union Centre being unavailable.

The next monthly membership meeting is February 28/22, 7 p.m @Regina Union Centre.

Tubular Members,

The Company and the Union have agreed extend Article 12.10[n] 3[a] as the following;

After meaningful discussions to facilitate recall of laid off employees to the Regina Tubular Works, the parties agree to extend the “ 1 year” in  Article 12.10 [n] 3 [a] to December 31, 2022.  In this regard, the parties agree this applies to the following:

All Employees, in all Lines of Progression or stand-alone bid positions from the Regina Tubular Works, shall have the extension, to be used when laid off employees are recalled to positions within the Lines of Progression or stand-alone bid positions, as identified in appendix E of the collective agreement.

This only applies to the above stated article. If you have bumped into a position for 1 year that line of progression you bumped into is now your regular line of progression.

From your USW5890 executive, we’d like to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have a large number of members being recalled for the New Year in Tubular so please be safe and watch out for one another.

Members,

With the upcoming stats and possible schedule conflicts please refer to Article 10.04

Where a paid holiday falls on an employee’s day off or 21st shift,
the calendar week will be reduced by eight (8) hours for each
holiday. Wages for overtime will be paid for hours worked in
excess of the reduced work week at overtime rates.

Members,

Tomorrow [ Nov 23/2021] is the USW International election. Here in District 3 we will be voting on the position of District Director. This is where you as a member have a say in the direction of the District. It is 1 member 1 vote. Your vote matters. Please take the time to get out and vote. Poling will be set up at the plant!!

In Solidarity.

3rd Quarter Results

Our financial performance for the third quarter of 2021 resulted in profit-sharing payments for employees under the plan. The payout will be $3.69 per eligible hour bonus payment for qualifying employees deposited into your bank account by November 15, 2021.

Our Third-quarter results were positively impacted by continued strong market demand for steel. As a result, Regina Steel’s third-party sales volume and average selling price remained high throughout the quarter. OCTG demand also remained strong; we continue to see higher rig counts above 2019 levels. Calgary’s remaining mills were opened late in the second quarter, and production and shipments ramped up during the third quarter.

Partially offsetting the increase in steel sales is lower sales volume in Tubular due to low market demand for large diameter pipe; spiral mills in Regina remained idled in the quarter and for the rest of the year.

Looking forward, we continue to work on improving our operational performance with a focus on the quality of the products we produce, controlling costs, and delivering on our commitments to our customers.
Thank you,

Matthew Perkins, Senior Vice-President , Canadian

Please see the attached for 2 bids in the 2″ AMO position

USW 5890 Members,

In accordance with the International elections manual, nomination meetings were held on Sept 20/2021. Members of USW 5890 unanimously endorsed the current District 3 Director Steve Hunt. There was no nomination for the challenger, Scott Lunny.

Each candidate must receive endorsement from 10 District locals which both have achieved. As such on Nov 23rd there will be an election for the position of District 3 Director. More information of the election will be posted here and at the plant.

In solidarity

Mike Day.

Members,

We have secured dates to continue bargaining with the company on Oct 4th,5th and 6th to address local issues.

We have also secured the last 2 weeks of October for bargaining. Please keep in mind some of this may have some impact depending on the Provinces Health guidelines. Our goal is to have face to face bargaining but we may have to adjust accordingly.

2nd Quarter Results
Our financial performance for the second quarter of 2021 resulted in profit-sharing payments for employees under the plan. The payout will be $1.63 per eligible hour bonus payment for qualifying employees deposited into your bank account by August 29, 2021.

Our second-quarter results were positively impacted by continued strong market demand for steel. As a result, the average selling price for Regina steel third-party products was higher than the first quarter. OCTG market also continued to see a strong market recovery from the downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and as a result, Calgary’s remaining mills opened at the end of the quarter, with full ramp-up expected in Q3.

Partially offsetting the increase in steel sales is lower sales volume in Tubular due to low market demand for large diameter pipe; spiral mills in Regina remained idled in the quarter and for the rest of the year.

Looking forward, we continue to work on improving our operational performance with a focus on the quality of the products we produce, controlling costs, and delivering on our commitments to our customers

Matthew Perkins, Senior Vice-President , Canadian Operations

Any laid off member that would be interested in work in Calgary, please see the attached memo.

To our Members,   On July 12,13 and 14th your 5890 local bargaining committee met with the company and went over our local non-monetary proposals. We’ve been able to proceed into the bargaining process with both the company and union working together to resolve the Tubular Layoff and Recall grievances. Final numbers on those are almost complete, those owed money will be contacted. Over the 3 days we were able to come to agreement on new language for Articles 8.03,8.05,8.08[a],9.09[ii],12.13,14.01,15.02,18.07, Appendix E, Appendix A and the Inter-Divisional Transfer LOU.  At the table for the company is John Demarco{ lead negotiator], Keith Marchtaller [Tubular], Scott Venables [Steel], Colleen Ackerman [ HR]  and Breanne Ehman[ HR]. Further dates have not been committed to at this time. Once we have further bargaining dates you will be informed.   In solidarity,                  Local 5890 Bargaining Committee