Nick Schafer is a new member in the Collective Bargaining Department.
If you see Nick around the Pittsburgh Office, be sure to say hi and welcome him to 3657!
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3657 New Member Alert!
Howard Bochner is a new member in the Collective Bargaining Department.
If you see Howard around the Pittsburgh Office, be sure to say hi and welcome him to 3657!
3657 New Member Alert!
3657 New Member Steve Nesbitt.
Steve Nesbitt transferred to Pittsburgh from Nashville, and is currently working in the mailroom. He expects to move to the print shop once it’s set up.
If you see Steve around the Pittsburgh Office, be sure to say hi and welcome him to 3657!
Just Harvest Tribute to Jane Becker
USW International Vice President Fred Redmond and George and Jane Becker Memorial award recipient Sister Simone Campbell.
Members of 3657’s Women of Steel attended Just Harvest’s Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner in honor of the late Jane Becker, a Lifetime United Steelworkers (USW) activist, on Tuesday, October 22 in Pittsburgh, PA.
At Tuesday’s event, the keynote speaker award was renamed the George and Jane Becker Memorial Award for the Becker’s service to Just Harvest over the last 25 years. The recipient of this year’s award was Sister Simone Campbell, a religious leader who has dedicated her life to social justice and helping those in need.
Jane Becker served on Just Harvest’s board of directors in the early 1990s and was on the planning committee for the Harvest Celebration Dinner in the first few years of the event. In 2006, she was honored, along with her husband, the late USW International President George Becker, with Just Harvest’s Seeds of Justice award – an award presented to individuals or organizations that make an extraordinary contribution in advancing Just Harvest’s mission to eliminate hunger and poverty.
In addition to her work with Just Harvest, Jane Becker was a founding member of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) with a strong commitment to mentoring the Next Generation of labor activists.
“She was a leader in her own right, a great activist for working and retired men and women who was always willing to volunteer and always willing to advance the cause of workers,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard.
Jane Becker passed away in July and is survived by three sons, George F. III, Gregory and Matthew William; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
3657 New Member Alert!
Luis Mendoza recently relocated to Pittsburgh from the State of Virginia. He was a Staff Rep in District 8, but will now be working as a Technician in the Collective Bargaining Department. Luis says, “I look forward to meeting everyone and am glad to be a new member of Local 3657!”
Be sure to say hello and welcome Luis to our union if you see him out and about in the Pittsburgh office!
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Laurel Flaherty joins Local 3657 as an administrative assistant in the Legal department at the international headquarters in Pittsburgh. Before joining the USW, Laurel worked for 15 years with private-practice law firms as a legal secretary, paralegal and legal office administrator.
Be sure to say hello and welcome her to our union if you see her out and about in the Pittsburgh office!
Lend A Hand for the Women of Steel Conference
The Women of Steel Conference is fast approaching and we are asking all our WOS from Local 3657 to lend a hand!
Ann Flener and Emily Jefferson are asking for our help putting together the welcome packets that will be distributed at registration to our sisters from across the world.
Join us on the 9th floor conference room on Friday, March 1 and, if needed, Monday, March 4, 2013. Stop by anytime (make sure to clear this with your department head if you are coming any other time but your lunch hour).
Go Red for Women on February 14th
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, we would like our WOS and all local 3657 staff to wear red and black to bring awareness to two causes, Go Red for Women (red), which creates an awareness around heart disease in women, and One Billion Rising (red and black), a global movement that raises awareness and combats violence against women.
Take Three Minutes to Save a Life
Sign a petition to urge action on silica exposure!
Eighteen years ago, as a single parent struggling to make ends meet, Alan White landed a job at a foundry in Buffalo, New York. The pay was great. He thought he was set. Three years ago, he went to a doctor and after a series of tests was told that he will die from exposure to silica in his workplace.
Local 3657 Members tell Tim Murphy: Jobs Not Cuts
Yesterday, working families across the U.S. called on their representatives to reject benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; close tax loopholes for the richest two percent; and cancel sequestration. Members from 3657 joined union activists from across Pittsburgh, braving the ice, sleet and snow, to take that message to Representative Tim Murphy’s office. Check out some of the pictures from Ike Gittlen.
United Steelworkers Local 3657 