JANUARY, 2017 • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1, PAGE 1
MICHAEL H. BOLTON, DIRECTOR
DISTRICT 2 CONTACT IINFORMATION
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USW District 2 Office
1244A Midway Road
Menasha, WI 54952
(920) 722-7630
Northern WI & MI Sub-District Office
1244A Midway Road
Menasha, WI 54952
(920) 722-7630
Southern WI Sub-District Office
1126 South 70th Street
Suite N509A
West Allis, WI 53214
(414) 475-4560
Northern MI Sub-District Office
503 North Euclid Avenue
Suite #10 - Euclid Plaza
Bay City, MI 48706
(989) 667-0660
Southern MI Sub-District Office
20600 Eureka Road, Suite 300
Taylor, MI 48180
(734) 285-0367
USW District 2
Council Steering Committee
The District 2 Council By-Laws established a
District 2 Council Steering Committee comprised of
a rank and file structure. It was set up to assist in
the following:

Development of agenda for Council Conference.
●
Planning of the District Council Conference Educational
Conferences.
District 2 strategic planning.
●
●
Determining and assessing educational needs within the
District.

Generating and leading activism and other purposes
consistent with the mission and directives of District 2
and the USW.
The elected members of the Steering Committee
are listed below by manufacturing sector. If you
need to contact a Steering Committee Member,
please do so by using the email provided below.
Name
Name
LU#
LU#
Sector
Sector
Email
Email Address
Address
Hawley Warren
1299
Steel and
Related
[email protected]
Dennis DeMeyer Jr.
2-15
Paper
[email protected]
Kevin Bishop
1533
Amalgamated
[email protected]
Jesse Edwards
2-232
Automotive
Related
[email protected]
Kent Holsing
12075
Chemical &
Energy Related
[email protected]
Mary Jane Holland
9184
Health Care
[email protected]
John Mendyk
12934
Public
[email protected]
Dave Page
1327
At Large
[email protected]
Margaret Newton
5965
At Large
[email protected]
Jim Whitt
2-145 Allied Industrial
[email protected]
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AFL-CIO·CLC
MICHAEL H. BOLTON, Director
1244A Midway Rd., Menasha, WI 54952
(920) 722-7630
Contributors to this issue include:
Lori Gutekunst, Jay McMurran, Tammy Duncan,
Ross Winklbauer, Heath Ver Bockel, Steve Donovan,
Chris Haddock, Brad Dorff, Jim Allen, Kent Holsing,
Chris Borowicz, Tony Pascarella, USW Media Dept.,
History Channel.com, Cheboygan Daily Tribune
Articles and photos are welcome
and should be sent to:
Art Kroll, Editor, District 2 News
20600 Eureka Road, Suite 300, Taylor, MI 48180
[email protected] • 734-285-0367
JANUARY 27, 2017, is the deadline for
submissions for the next issue.
A Message from Michael Bolton
I would like to take this
opportunity to wish District 2
Steelworkers and their families a
very healthy, happy, prosperous
and SAFE New Year. I begin each
year with the same thought,
“That this will be the year that
no District 2 member will lose
their life as the result of a
workplace accident.”
In 2016, District 2 went the entire year without a
fatality in the workplace. Sadly, we did have some
serious injuries. With these accidents, one thing all of
them had in common is that they could have, and
should have, been prevented. As we enter 2017, I
would like to challenge each District 2 Steelworker to
pledge to work with their Local Union to make this year
the one that no members die on the job.
All of us go to work every day to earn a living to
provide the best lives possible for our families and
ourselves. But we also have an obligation to those same
loved ones to arrive home safely each day. We owe it to
them to avoid taking short cuts and to stop letting our
minds drift. We must bring unsafe conditions to the
attention of management or our Local Union Safety
Committee. Being employed in a healthy and safe
environment is no accident. WE have to work at it; and
we have to work together. Please make safety your
number one goal at all times. It could help save the life
of a co-worker. Better still, it might just save the life of
your children’s mom or dad.
During the lame duck legislative sessions held in
Lansing and Washington D.C., we learned a couple of
valuable lessons as 2016 was coming to a close. The
lesson was simple --- YOUR CALLS AND E-MAIL
MESSAGES REALLY DO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
The first example comes out of the U.S. Congress
where the House and Senate were taking up renewal of
“Buy American” legislation. We Steelworkers have been
fighting for years to keep this policy in place, which
requires government entities to purchase American
materials and services on all public projects funded by
tax payer dollars. We support Buy American not just for
the principal, but it’s also a very good way to maintain
and create good paying jobs for American workers. Each
year, because of threatened action from the World
Trade Organization (WTO), it has been getting more
difficult to pass the legislation. This year’s effort was
even harder because House Speaker, Paul Ryan, was
actively pushing for its defeat and due to the fact that in
order to avoid ritual of fighting for its renewal, we were
asking Congress to make Buy American permanent.
policy.
In response to our call for permanence, the free
traders on Capitol Hill dug in their heels and were
prepared to not give an inch. Then Rapid Response
issued an Action Call for members to call and e-mail
their legislators urging them to support Buy American. In
addition to calls and messages, Steelworkers staged
actions at legislative offices across the country. The
press coverage of those actions resulted in more calls
from more constituents, showing Congress it wasn’t just
Union people backing the policy. As a result of the
pressure you brought on our representatives, and
despite Ryan’s continued objection, we were able to
secure a one-year extension of the law. Sure, it wasn’t
what we had been asking for, but we live to fight
another day and we are prepared to fight one day longer
than the opposition is willing to.
The second lesson comes out of Lansing, where
politicians were preparing to end defined benefit
pensions for future public sector workers. Supported by
the leadership of the House and Senate, and backed by
the deep-pocketed DeVos Family, the pundits were
convinced that Organized Labor didn’t have a shot at
stopping legislators. However, Unions pulled together
like never before to devise a strategy to defeat the right
wing attack on workers. With a strategy in place, Labor
launched a campaign to raise public awareness of
Lansing’s power grab. Together, Unions and concerned
public education supporters, made calls to lawmakers,
visited their representatives’ offices at the Capitol and at
District offices, and wrote letters to the editors of local
papers explaining the effort underway to end dignity in
retirement.
At the end of the day, the Union and public pressure
paid off and the lame duck legislature opted to punt the
issue to new legislators who will be seated after the first
of the year. Again, it wasn’t the exact outcome we had
hoped for, but, we are alive and were given more time
to design a new attack and to develop new coalitions
with organizations that support our position and will join
in the fight with us. At the risk of being redundant, YOU
DID THAT. Your calls and e-mails let lawmakers know
that while we might not be public sector workers, we are
Union members who believe that an injury to one
worker is an injury to all. We are prepared to join our
brothers and sisters in schools and local governments to
fight to protect their hard won wages and benefits.
The two victories I described above should stand as
an inspiration to all District 2 Rapid Response Networks
to renew their commitment to the program. Upon the
retirement of District 2 Rapid Response Coordinator, Jay
McMurran, I am appointing Sue Browne of USW Local
5965 in Hastings, MI, to fill that position. Sue and I will
be working closely together to identify Rapid Response
Networks at each Local, providing those networks proper
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Did you know?
A Message from Director Bolton — continued
training and developing methods to improve both the number of Locals involved in each
Action Call, and also the number of Local Union members participating in those Actions.
Because of the need to give out attention to statewide attacks such as Right to Work and
restrictions on collective bargaining rights on public sector members, we were forced to put
off some of the basic things that go into making Rapid Response the program it was designed
to be. However, it is important to our success to find a way to get back to basics as soon as
possible. It’s my hope that you will welcome Sue to your Local Unions and that you will
dedicate yourselves to working with her to make our Rapid Response Program the flagship of
our Union.
I’ve always felt that Rapid Response is one of the most important programs our
International maintains. However, as we prepare to enter the Donald Trump era, the program
has become even more critical. The President-elect’s choices for his cabinet read like a who’s
who in anti-worker, anti-Union billionaires in America. Especially his pick for Labor Secretary,
Andy Puzder, a fast food mogul Trump has pledged to lean on for his knowledge of creating
jobs. Can you say, “How would you like that burger cooked today?”
This Month in labor history, January 19, 2015: is
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an American Federal
Holiday celebrating the birthday of American Civil
Rights Activist and organizer Martin Luther King, Jr.
The campaign for a federal holiday in his honor
began soon after his assassination in 1968.
President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into
law in 1983, and it was first observed three years
later. It was officially observed in all 50 states for
the first time in 2000.
For more on Martin Luther King Jr., go to page 5.
On January 12, 1876: Novelist Jack
London is born. His classic definition of
a scab: “After God had finished the
rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He
had some awful substance left with which He made
a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, a combination
backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have
hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.”
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MICHAEL H. BOLTON, Director, 1244A Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952
(920) 722-7630
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Seriously, from an Education Secretary who never attended a day of public school to an
Interior Secretary whose motto is “Drill Baby Drill”, and a Secretary of State with over $200
million in stocks in a Russian oil subsidiary, Trump has selected policy makers who are short
on experience and big on right wing ideology. We are going to have our work cut out for us
over the next two years and it is going to take all of us pulling together to protect our Union
and collective bargaining rights. There will also be new fights we will have to engage in. For
the first time in years, Republicans control the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of
government and they have their sights set on Social Security, Medicare and other safety nets
established for workers like OSHA and the National Labor Relations Board. We have to be
ready for whatever challenge is placed before us; and, at times, be capable of clearing
multiple hurdles all at once. Nevertheless, it’s like I always say, District 2 Steelworkers will
never back down from a fight that is just.
USW Local 1299 Help Striking Members in Kentucky
USW Local 1299 delivered
over 100 toys, food and a
check for over $500 to USW
Local 133 in South Shore,
Kentucky, December 17th. It
took 12 hours, round trip to
drive to help all 103 members
of the local. They have been
on strike since October 10th
against the company HWI.
Pictured right to left:
Jim Allen, President USW Local
1299; Craig Hunt, President
USW Local 133; Bonnie Burke,
Unit Chairperson USW Local
1299-7; and Mike Scott, Financial Secretary for United Steelworkers Local 133.
Not So Funny Political Cartoons
JANUARY, 2017 • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1, PAGE 3
2017 District 2 Calendar of Events
JANUARY
18 WOS Quarterly Meeting
USW Local 2-21 Hall, 1201 Sheridan Road • Escanaba, MI
18 WOS Quarterly Meeting
USW Local 2-148 Hall, 1201 Gillingham Road • Neenah, WI
27 WOS Quarterly Meeting
Kronenwetter Village Hall, 1582 Kronenwetter Drive • Kronenwetter, MI
27 WOS Quarterly Meeting
Milwaukee Labor Council Building, 633 S. Hawley Road • Milwaukee, WI
FEBRUARY
6 LM Review Session
USW Local 2-21 Hall, 1201 Sheridan Road • Escanaba, MI
7 LM Review Session
Kronenwetter Village Hall, 1582 Kronenwetter Drive • Kronenwetter, WI
8 LM Review Session
Lucky Dog’z Labor Temple, 157 S. Green Bay Road • Neenah, WI
9 LM Review Session
Milwaukee Labor Council Building, 633 S. Hawley Road • Milwaukee, WI
28 LM Review Session
USW Local 12075 Hall, 3510 James Savage Road • Midland, MI
MARCH
1 LM Review Session
Bungalow Restaurant, 1100 28th Street • Manistee, MI
2 LM Review Session
Teamsters Local 7 Hall, 3330 Miller Road • Kalamazoo, MI
3 LM Review Session
USW Dist. 2 Southern MI, 20600 Eureka Road, Suite 300 • Taylor, MI
APRIL
10–13 USW Constitutional Convention
MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South • Las Vegas, NV
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The government is requiring that all reports/forms
be submitted electronically starting in 2017. Nothing will
be accepted via the U.S. mail, etc.
Therefore, if you do not have access to the internet or
are unsure how to complete your forms electronically,
it is important you attend an LM session so the
International Auditors can assist you.
The USW District 2 Calendar of Events will
have more 2017 dates once they are
confirmed. The calendar will be updated in
future issues throughout the year.
This schedule is designed to assist in planning this year’s events. However, there is a possibility dates and/or locations coul
couldd change due to unforeseen circumstances. Please watch your mail and email for notices as each event draws near. An upup-toto-date calendar can be found on our website and will be published monthly in our electronic newsletter.
JANUARY, 2017 • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1, PAGE 4
Getting to Know Your District 2 Council Steering Committee
The District 2 Steering Committee has many functions as listed in the sidebar of the first page of this newsletter. But, you may be asking
yourself, who are these elected members? Where do they work? What do they do? To help answer these questions, USW District 2 Director
Michael Bolton has set aside a column in the D2 News to do just that starting in this January issue and continuing until we highlight each and
every one on the District 2 Council Steering Committee.
Let’s start with an excerpt of the District 2 By-Laws, which state:
ARTICLE XI - DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE
A.
This District 2 Council Steering Committee shall assist in the following:
● Development of agenda for Council Conference
● Planning of the District Council Conference and Political/Educational Conferences
● District 2 Strategic Planning
● Determining and assessing educational needs within the District
● Generating and leading activism and other purposes consistent with the mission and directives of District 2 and the USW
B.
The District 2 Council Steering Committee will normally meet biannually.
C.
D.
The District 2 Council Steering Committee is expected to be present at the District 2 Council Conference.
Once elected, the District 2 Council Steering Committee will meet to elect 2 Co-Chairs and a Secretary. The District Director or his
designee shall preside over the committees as Chairperson.
Well, beginning this month, we will provide a little background information for one of the members and will continue each month thereafter
until you have “met” each one.
This month, we will be featuring Kent Holsing - Chemical Sector
Kent currently serves as the representative for the Chemical Sector on the USW District 2
Steering Committee and has been a member of the Steering Committee since its inception
following the merger of the USWA and PACE.
Kent Holsing
He was hired in 1986 by Dow Chemical, and has served various functions in Local 12075
such as department steward, Local Executive Board officer (Guard) and Local Vice-President.
Since 2002, he’s been serving as the President of Local 12075 and also as the Unit President of
Local 12075-** (Dow Chemical Michigan Operations-Midland). In addition, he serves as
the Chairperson for the Dow North American Labor Council (DNALC) which consists of 11 Dow
Chemical bargained-for sites in the U.S. In conjunction with the International USW, Kent has
worked with various Unions that represent a number of Dow Chemical sites around the world to
further networking opportunities with the DNALC.
The chemical sector is one of the largest sectors in the International USW which represents
over 30,000 members. While District 2 may not be the largest District in this sector, it does have a number of key employers we represent.
There is a tremendous opportunity for growth in this sector, both internally and externally. While there may be different employers, there are
many common issues that are shared.
As a goal of this particular sector, we would like to encourage dialogue amongst the different employers we represent, compare issues, seek
solutions and foster a capability to communicate and network for the mutual aid and assistance of each other.
If you are in this sector and wish to inquire about opportunities to further this goal or have any questions about this sector,
please feel free to contact Kent Holsing at 989-495-9350 (ext 31) or [email protected]
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This Month in History - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who
played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his
assassination in 1968. Inspired by advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi, King
sought equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of
injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind watershed events such
as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington, which helped bring about
such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.
Martin Luther King Jr. was the second child of Martin Luther King Sr. (1899-1984),
a pastor, and Alberta Williams King (1904-1974), a former schoolteacher, Martin Luther
King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Along with his older sister, the
future Christine King Farris (born 1927), and younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King
(1930-1969), he grew up in the city’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, then home to some of
the most prominent and prosperous African Americans in the country.
A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both
his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law. Although he had not intended to follow in his father’s footsteps by
joining the ministry, he changed his mind under the mentorship of Morehouse’s president, Dr. Benjamin Mays, an influential theologian and
outspoken advocate for racial equality. After graduating in 1948, King entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he earned a
Bachelor of Divinity degree, won a prestigious fellowship and was elected president of his predominantly white senior class.
King then enrolled in a graduate program at Boston University, completing his coursework in 1953 and earning a doctorate in systematic
theology two years later. While in Boston he met Coretta Scott (1927-2006), a young singer from Alabama who was studying at the New
England Conservatory of Music. The couple wed in 1953 and settled in Montgomery, Alabama, where King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue
Baptist Church. They had four children: Yolanda Denise King (1955-2007), Martin Luther King III (born 1957), Dexter Scott King (born 1961)
and Bernice Albertine King (born 1963).
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott:
The King family had been living in Montgomery for less than a year when the
highly segregated city became the epicenter of the burgeoning struggle for civil rights
in America, galvanized by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
of 1954. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks (1913-2005), secretary of the local National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter, refused to give up her seat
to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus and was arrested. Activists coordinated a
bus boycott that would continue for 381 days, placing a severe economic strain on the
public transit system and downtown business owners. They chose Martin Luther King Jr.
as the protest’s leader and official spokesman.
By the time the Supreme Court ruled segregated seating on public buses
USW Local
unconstitutional
in November 1956, King, heavily influenced by Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948) and the activist Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), had entered the national
spotlight as an inspirational proponent of organized, nonviolent resistance. (He had also become a target for white supremacists, who
firebombed his family home that January.) Emboldened by the boycott’s success, in 1957 he and other civil rights activists–most of them fellow
ministers–founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a group committed to achieving full equality for African Americans
through nonviolence. (Its motto was “Not one hair of one head of one person should be harmed.”) He would remain at the helm of this
influential organization until his death.
King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference:
In his role as SCLC president, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled across the country and around the
world, giving lectures on nonviolent protest and civil rights as well as meeting with religious figures,
activists and political leaders. (During a month-long trip to India in 1959, he had the opportunity
to meet family members and followers of Gandhi, the man he described in his autobiography as
“the guiding light of our technique of nonviolent social change.”) King also authored several books and
articles during this time.
In 1960 King and his family moved to Atlanta, his native city, where he joined his father as
co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. This new position did not stop King and his SCLC colleagues
from becoming key players in many of the most significant civil rights battles of the 1960s. Their
philosophy of nonviolence was put to a particularly severe test during the Birmingham campaign of
1963, in which activists used a boycott, sit-ins and marches to protest segregation, unfair hiring
practices and other injustices in one of America’s most racially divided cities.
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This Month in History - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) — continued from page 5
Arrested for his involvement on April 12, King penned the civil rights manifesto known as the “Letter from
Birmingham Jail,” an eloquent defense of civil disobedience addressed to a group of white clergymen who had
criticized his tactics.
King Marches for Freedom
Later that year, Martin Luther King Jr. worked with a number of civil rights and religious groups to organize the
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a peaceful political rally
designed to shed light on the injustices African Americans continued
to face across the country. Held on August 28 and attended by some
200,000 to 300,000 participants, the event is widely regarded as a
watershed moment in the history of the American civil rights
movement and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The march culminated in King’s most famous address, known as the
“I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for peace and equality that
many consider a masterpiece of rhetoric. Standing on the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial–a monument to the president who a century
earlier had brought down the institution of slavery in the United
States—he shared his vision of a future in which “this nation will rise
up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths
to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” The speech and
march cemented King’s reputation at home and abroad; later that
year he was named Man of the Year by TIME magazine and in 1964
became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In the spring of 1965, King’s
elevated profile drew international
attention to the violence that
erupted between white
segregationists and peaceful
demonstrators in Selma, Alabama,
where the SCLC and Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) had organized a voter
registration campaign. Captured on
television, the brutal scene outraged many Americans and inspired supporters from across the country to gather in Selma and take part in a
march to Montgomery led by King and supported by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-1973), who sent in federal troops to keep the peace.
That August, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, which guaranteed the right to vote–first awarded by the 15th Amendment–to all African
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Americans.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Years and Assassination:
The events in Selma deepened a growing rift between Martin Luther King Jr. and young radicals who repudiated his nonviolent methods
and commitment to working within the established political framework. As more militant black leaders such as Stokely Carmichael
(1941-1998) rose to prominence, King broadened the scope of his activism to address issues such as the Vietnam War and poverty among
Americans of all races. In 1967, King and the SCLC embarked on an ambitious program known as the Poor People’s Campaign, which was to
include a massive march on the capital.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, King was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of a motel
in Memphis, where he had traveled to support a sanitation workers’ strike. In the wake of his death,
a wave of riots swept major cities across the country, while President Johnson declared a national
day of mourning. James Earl Ray (1928-1998), an escaped
convict and known racist, pleaded guilty to the murder and
was sentenced to 99 years in prison. (He later recanted his
confession and gained some unlikely advocates, including
members of the King family, before his death in 1998.)
After years of campaigning by activists, members of
Congress and Coretta Scott King, among others, in 1983
President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) signed a bill creating
a U.S. federal holiday in honor of King. Observed on the
third Monday of January, it was first celebrated in 1986.
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USW Local 1343’s First Annual Christmas Toy Drive — by Brad Dorf
USW Local 1343 and the Next Generation Committee from South Milwaukee, WI, put together their first annual Christmas toy drive to help
support the South Milwaukee Human Concerns. Together, our members reached into their own pockets and donated over $2,500 worth
of gifts to help less fortunate children within the community. Not only did our members along with their families donate gifts, but also
their time to help sort and wrap gifts on a Saturday morning. We believe this was a huge success and can't wait to see how much more we
can do in the years ahead. The South Milwaukee Human Concerns is a fantastic organization and does so much to help our community.
It was truly an honor to play a small part in doing what they do.
USW District 2 Women of Steel Locals 2-87 and 2-96 — Adopt-A-Family & Toys for Tots Events
Women of Steel USW Locals 2-87 and 2-96 from Neenah Paper Munising Mill collected monetary donations from fellow union members for
Adopt-A-Family and Toys For Tots in Alger County. They provided Christmas gifts for 3 siblings and purchased for 40 toys for Toys for Tots.
Women of Steel USW Locals 2-87 and 2-96 from Neenah Paper
Munising Mill collected donations from fellow union members for their
Adopt-A-Family.
Women of Steel USW Locals 2-87 and 2-96 from Neenah Paper
Munising Mill collected donations from union members and
shopped for the Toys for Tots in Alger County.
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USW Local 9998 Raises Over $1,000 during Christmas Project — Cheboygan Daily Tribune
CHEBOYGAN, MI – The United Steelworkers Local 9998, who
represent members at the Cheboygan Area Schools, recently held
their annual Christmas Project for students in need.
The group was able to help 12 students from four families have
something under the Christmas tree this year.
The Local Union donated $500 to the program and also received
donations from several Cheboygan Area School staff members.
While shopping for gifts at Kmart, two women who realized who
the union members were buying for, made donations as well.
Kmart also helped out, giving the group a 10 percent discount off
of its purchases. Total donations collected were $1,056 this year,
the most collected since the local union started the program.
Left to right: Christina Barrette, Barb Borowicz, Chris Borowicz,
Linda Turner and Deb St. Onge; standing by some of the gifts the
United Steelworkers Local 9998 gave to Cheboygan Area School
students in need for Christmas.
USW Locals 204, 146 & 3168 Participate in Coats, Hats, Mittens & Tube Socks Projects During Christmas!
The members of Steelworkers Local 204 who work at MidMichigan
Medical Center-Alpena, decided to do a “Coats For Kids” drive this year.
The local union members collected coats, hats and mittens, then donated
all items to the Salvation Army for distribution to families in need during
the holiday season.
The picture above are members of USW Local 204 and Salvation Army
Officials in the Alpena, Michigan, area.
USW Local 146 and USW Local 3168 stuffed sixty (60) pairs of tube socks to
send to our Military Troops overseas. This is the third year in a row they have
sent socks stuffed with personal items.
USW Local 146 represents members at the Kremlin Mine, Pembine, WI; and
USW Local 3168 represents the members at Mary Hill Manor in Niagara, WI;
Golden Living Center in Florence, WI; and Eagle Tool in Kingsford, MI.
Presidents Danielle Cretton of Local 3168 and Rodger Faucett of Local 146 plan
on continuing this tradition into the future.
Michigan S.O.A.R. Chapters Volunteer for a Community Project – by Tony Pascarella
Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees
(S.O.A.R.) attended a recognition dinner on
December 6, 2016, for volunteering to help
raise money for the Waterfowl Festival in
Brownstown, Michigan. S.O.A.R. retirees have
helped raise money to maintain and preserve
North America's largest Marsh Restoration
Project for over 15 years.
This is a fun event for the entire family including their dogs. The Waterfowl Festival
draws 8,000 -10,000 people from all parts of the United States and Canada.
Pictured on the right are S.O.A.R. retirees from Chapters 29-4 and 29-1.
Seated left to right: Greg Weiland, Tony Pascarella, Milio (Mimi) Rinna, Capp Lumia,
and Marc Barragan. Center top row left to right: Bob Whitwam, Executive Director and
Richard (Dick) Whitwam, Community Affairs for Pointe Mouille Waterfowl Festival.
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