USW Local 3657 member Donna Shaver from District 9 was featured on the Union Sportsman Alliance website as this week’s ‘Shot of the Week’ for harvesting a 10 point buck with her muzzleloader. Congratulations Donna–we’re expecting you to send up some venison chili for this year’s chili cook off!
From http://www.UnionSportsmen.org
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!
USW Local 3657 members (both regular and excluded) who work at the International Headquarters in Pittsburgh are invited to join us for the annual Local 3657 Holiday Party on Thursday, December 5, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Lobby Conference Room.
Please RSVP by Friday, November 22, to Barb Pugliese or Lisa Nutter if you plan to attend.
Happy Holidays!
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.
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!
Join the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) for food, music and other fun activities
This Saturday: Join your Local 3657 brothers and sisters this Saturday, October 12, as the Pittsburgh labor movement celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
This weekend’s event, which will include tables for our local union and other local labor groups, will raise funds for the Latino Family Center. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the USW headquarters and will include great Dominican, Mexican, and Peruvian food, salsa music from La Guaracha Latin Dance Band, and other activities for the whole family.
For more information please contact Guillermo Perez at 518-253-9120 or gperez@usw.org.
Local 3657 Members enjoyed the good weather, good food and good company on Saturday, September 14, at the local picnic at North Park.
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!
Pittsburghers are standing up to the city’s biggest bully: UPMC. Join us September 7th for a rally and march in Oakland to demand that UPMC act like a real charity.
Pittsburghers are demanding that UPMC executives STOP:
In recent weeks, UPMC has taken its attack on labor and our community to a new level – inviting the National Right to Work Committee into Pittsburgh to run expensive TV ads attacking unions! This has become a fight not just of UPMC workers, but of all of labor in our region.
Enough is enough. It’s time for our region’s largest “charity” to start acting like one!
Saturday, September 7th at 11 am
Bigelow Blvd and Forbes Ave in Oakland
Click here to RSVP.
Please check out this website launched today by the Workgroup for Safe Markets. It is a collection of groups united by common concern about hazardous chemicals in our homes, our bodies and our environment; and a common vision of a cleaner, healthier economy.
Visit www.safemarkets.org or the links below to find out more.
Why Chemicals Matter: http://www.safemarkets.org/why-chemicals-matter
Toxic Chemicals in Products: http://www.safemarkets.org/toxic-chemicals-in-products/overview
Finding Safer Products: http://www.safemarkets.org/finding-safer-products-simple-steps-to-protect-your-health-and-family
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