USW Local 3657

Rapid Response

Committee Report

Collected approximately another 60 letters for the “STOP Fast track” ACTION CALL

at the Christmas gatherings.  Everyone have a wonderful Holiday Season !!!

USW Local 3657 Meeting Agenda

12:30 pm on Thursday, December 18 20, 2014

USW Headquarters, Lobby Conference Room

1. Meeting Called to Order
2. Roll Call of Officers
3. Reading of Minutes from Previous Meeting
4. Correspondence

District 10 MLM3 and LM4 Training, four different locations in March, 2015PA AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, 2/9-10/15, Harrisburg, Reg. $100.00, Hotel $137.00 deadline 1/30/15

Financial Secretary’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Trustees’ Report

President’s Report See Attached

Committee Reports

Old Business

AFL-CIO letter regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conf, 1/15-19/15, Reg. $180 hotel $148 plus 16% tax deadline 11/15

Motion to send 1from Hqt 1 from field with LTE email Lori Bookwood by November 10^th, 2014 by Mollie Relihan 2^nd Guillermo Perez Carried

Email from Jenny VanSchyndel to attend ???

Rapid Response Conference, 4/13-15/15, in DC, Reg. $150, hotel $245 per night deadline 3/26

Motion to send 1 from Hqt and 1 from field with LTE, email Lori Bookwood by 1/30 by Mollie Relihan 2^nd Danice Keller.

Email from Danice Keller to attend.

            Email from Andy Zanaglio to attend

PA Progressive Summit, February 6-7, 2014, Harrisburg, PA, $60 per egistration

Motion to send 2 members by Billy Eakin 2nd Josh Keirsey Carried

Emails from Josh Keirsey and Lori Bookwood to attend

New BusinessDistrict 10 MLM3 and LM4 Training, four different locations in March, 2015PA AFL-CIO Biennial Legislative Conference, 2/9-10/15, Harrisburg, Reg. $100.00, Hotel $137.00 deadline 1/30/15

Good and Welfare

Over the past year, many of us have gotten to know Jim Staus, Ron Oakes, and Al Turner pretty well.  All three of worked at UPMC until the hospital chain illegally fired them for participating in the union organizing effort.

Their union, the SEIU, has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board, which sided with the workers and ordered that they be reinstated with back-pay.  To stall the process and keep Jim, Ron and Al out of work longer, UPMC has appealed the ruling.  Earlier this year, UPMC made an offer to Jim, Ron and Al that would give them some back-pay and but would take them out of the organizing drive.  Just last week, the hospital chain made an even bigger settlement offer to try to silence all three activists.

Jim, Ron, and Al all rejected UPMC’s offer and decided to move forward with their push for justice for ALL UPMC workers.  

This is a pretty bold move.  All three have been out of work for months and were offered large cash settlements right before the holidays.  But they know that what they’re doing is right and they’ve chosen to stand for justice for all UPMC workers.  Our allies at Action UNITED, a coalition of progressive organizations here in Pittsburgh have reached out to us because they are trying to bundle together some cash for Jim, Ron and Al so they can have a good Christmas even though they chose not to accept UPMC’s buy out.

Many Fight Back Pittsburgh activists and leaders have made significant donations to their fund and we invite you all to join us in donating to make sure that Jim, Ron and Al all have good holidays as they continue the fight for justice at UPMC.

You can send checks made out to SEIU Healthcare PA UPMC Workers Hardship Fund to SEIU Healthcare PA at 1500 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102 or you can donate online at https://hcpa.seiu.org/page/contribute/upmcworkers.

We will also be attending a holiday party to thank Jim, Ron and Al for standing tough on–come out to join us to celebrate union solidarity!

Celebrate Union Victory!  Help Fired Workers!

Wednesday, December 17th at 5:30pm
USW Headquarters.  (60 Stanwix St., in Downtown Pittsburgh).  

If you’re planning on attending, please make sure to RSVP online at https://hcpa.seiu.org/page/signup/a-night-of-celebration-and-solidarity

Happy holidays!  We’re looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!