President's Update 

Week of Nov 10

We had our PSP meeting on Wednesday, and will be receiving almost $2800.00 on Friday November 15. The retirees will be getting around $900.00 and will be receiving their payment on the week of January 2nd.

At the beginning of the week the vacation entitlement numbers came out. As many of you are aware the number of weeks depending on your start date were off. The "administrative error" has been corrected and payroll is to release the adjusted week entitlements ASAP so we can start picking vacations.

Your SLC met with Rob Fischer (Cleveland Cliffs Vice President of Human Resources) and Sara Blake (Stelco Vice President of Human Resources) for a brief introduction. We brought forth some issues that we would like to discuss in depth in the very near future. Topics include some current and pending arbitrations, safety concerns, heavy handed discipline and ES&S contract issues. We will be setting up dates in early December.

We had over 20 H&S Reps in this week for training at your Union Hall. Thank you to the participants for their involvement in health and safety. Thanks to Tony Bolonzon and Paul McCrea for the successful sessions.

Just a reminder the annual Christmas gate collection will take place Tuesday Nov 19th and Thursday Nov 21. We will be accepting cash, tap, toys,and non parishable food items.

This week I was out in the Blast Furnace, Coke Ovens, By-Products, CPS and the BOSC.