Thank you for taking the time to visit your USW local 8782 website.

 

Your Executive has a meeting with our lawyer from Wright Henry on Tuesday Oct 15th with regards to the methodology of the pension overage. We will be taking their advice and be submitting the proposal to FSRA next week.

 

I have been out in the mills this week visiting the Coke Ovens, BOSC, CMC and Blast Furnace. There have been meetings regarding SJP's in the Blast Furnace to prevent what happened there never happens again.

 

There will be a new procedure for swiping in, and swiping out starting Sunday Oct 13th. Yes, this weekend! You no longer swipe in at the change house. You just have to SWIPE IN at the gate and SWIPE OUT at the change house and gate. I have asked to just swipe out at the gate as well and it is open for discussion.

 

We have currently 8 dates going into 2025 for our ongoing arbitrations involving 4 terminated individuals and one Policy Grievance.

 

Our annual Gate collection dates for the Salvation Army have been set for November 19th and November 21st. Last year we raised over $20,000.00, hoping to exceed that this year.

 

We meet with the COO and the VP of Human Resources for Cleveland Cliffs on October 22nd and October 23rd. They want to get a feeling of how we stand with our safety performance, how our grievances are being handled and management/company relations with the local.

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone when I am out in the Mills next week.

 

Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving everyone,

 

John McElroy

President USW Local 8782