Home About USW Reports Grievance Committee Safety Committee Gallery Rent Our Hall Contacts Events About Local 979 U.S.W. Ohio 979 Meeting Schedule Our Meetings Are Held On The first Tuesday Of Every Month U.S.P.A. U.S.W. International U.S.W.History Milestones U.S.W. Founded In Cleveland Ohio Cleveland's Role USW Time Line Who We Are President Grievance Chair Safety Committee Rapid Response Civil Rights Veterans Committee Women Of Steel Events Officers Our Hall ICD W.O.S Russ Sheffler Grievance Chairman 216.441.2714 Ken Mohler Zone 1 Finishing Maintenance 440.506.2088 T.J. Scott Zone 2 Finishing - Production 440.570.3707 Patrick McGlynn Zone 3 H.M. Maintenance 216.870.1182 Mike Deighton Zone 4 H.M. Production 216.407.4375 Charlie Terkun Zone 5 S.P. / M.E.U. Maintenance 440.570.5045 Don Whipkey Zone 6 S.P. Production 216.337.5678 Tony Pasquale Zone 7 I.P. + M.E.U. Production 440.376.2164 Tony Walker Zone 8 M.E.U. 216.288.9563 Brett Berkheiser Zone 9 Rail Road 330.612.0376 Tony Campanna 979 Unit 1 Enpro Tech. 440.520.5511 John Repasky 979 Unit 3 Grant Railway 216.534.7738 Bob Eady 979 Unit 4 Minteq 440.532.0119 U.S.W. District 1 Dave McCall Director 614.888.6052 U.S.W. Sub District 1 Tom Zidek Staff Rep. 216.292.5683 S & A / F.M.L.A.Benefits Prudential 888.596.7872 P.B.G.C. L.T.V. Pensions 800.707.7242 John Morgan Benefits 216.429.6263 Marsha Harris Human Resources 216.429.6233 Janet Jordan Manager Labor Relations 216.429.6238 Dave Ballinger Mgmt. Safety - Primary 216.429.7233 Dave Craven Mgmt. Safety - Rolling/Finishing 216.429.7556 Mickey Day Labor Relations 216.429.6059 Hall Rental Currently Unavailable - Check Back Soon For Availability Gallery Contacts Jim Crupper Chairman. 440.376.3474 Bill Cook Rail Road 216.429.6770 Dave Dobrovich Steel Producing 216.429.7331 Gary Grimes Finishing 216.429.6479 Ron Jankowski Iron Producing 216.429.6724 Al Mucciarone Central Service 216.548.3398 Emory Wolf Hot Mill 216.429.6635 Women Of Steel Bus Trip Overnight Bus Trip Sun. June 4 @ 8 a.m. $45 Bus Cost Call Cookie Hall @ 216-441-4232 Click here to view flyer U.S.W. Bass Tournament Salt Fork Lake Sat. June 4 . Sun. June 5 Discount Rooms Available Click here to view flyer Car/Truck/Bike Show 979 Union Hall Sat. June 18 . 9 a.m. to Dusk Appearance by Rolling Thunder Click here to view flyer Texas Holdem Tournament Tournament 979 Union Hall Sat. July 16 3 p.m. Click here to view flyer Mark Granakis President 216-441-2658 Dan Boone Vice President 440-567-2149 Hank Solinsky Financial Sec. 216-310-7016 Shirley Pasholk Recording Sec. 216-789-6087 Jim Crupper Treasurer 440-376-3474 Mike Mormile Trustee 216-441-3124 Judy Fussell Trustee 216-691-0869 Fred Torres Trustee 216-526-7546 Fritz Polosky Inside Guard 216-926-2180 Danny Borden Outside Guard 216-587-5834 Grover Russell Guide 216-401-7823 TD width=40>   I.C.D. Training Scholarships 979 Calendar Helpful Links S.O.A.R. Paid Holidays Union Meetings Benefits / S. & A. / Comp. Eye Glasses @ Union Hall U.S. / World News Papers Union Made Products Made in U.S.A. Products Report of Grievance Chair Russ Sheffler Welcome to all the new hires for the railroad and utility positions. These new employees were brought in because the company agreed to start additional craft training programs. The new members will back fill the positions of the people entering the one and two year craft training programs. There will probably be another opportunity to enter a craft training program in the first quarter of 2012. Based on contract language, non-craft personnel can sign bids into the crafts. If you have any question about this, contact your Grievance Committeeman or me. During the months of August and September there were 5 discharges. One of these, involving a probationary employee who was fired for excessive absenteeism, was upheld. The other four members have either been reassigned to different jobs or given the opportunity to sign a last chance agreement. I'd like to thank President Mark Granakis for his assistance in resolving these challenging complaints. Thanks also to Mike Deighton for filling in during my recent week's vacation. He did a good job during discharge hearings that were held in my absence. I'd like to congratulate everyone who worked on the outages in the Blast Furnace and Steel Producing for a job well done. Considering the thousands and thousands of hours needed for these outages, our safety record was outstanding. There are outages still scheduled for Finishing and the Hot Mill. A fourth crew was recently added to the Hot Mill. This shows the company is committed to move a large amount of tonnage through that facility. The company is reconsidering when the weekly downturns in these units will be scheduled. Although the orders for the Finishing division have slowed somewhat, I am fully confident that the 1st quarter of 2012 will be strong for all units. The recent retirement information meetings were well attended. I wish a happy and relaxing retirement to all those who plan to end their steel career in the next few months. If anyone has questions about the retirement process, please contact me or one of the other Union representatives. I hope all our members exercised their right to vote this November. There were key issues on the Ohio ballot affecting middle class men and women. It was good to see the overwhelming vote to defeat Issue 2. Whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an independent, it's time for all of us to unite against the attacks on our way of life.   Women Of Steel 979 Activities Veterans Newspaper Ease@Work Civil Rights Workers Comp. Rapid Response Latest U.S.W. Blogs Union Book Shoe Truck THANKS To Veterans Union Sportsmen Weather Reports Free Counter