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REPORT OF PRESIDENT MARK GRANAKIS
Business Conditions
Business conditions remain the same as during my last report. Although orders aren't brisk, business remains consistent at the Cleveland plant.
Congratulations to the many members hired earlier this year who have now successfully completed their probationary period. During the months of October and November, the company hired approximately 25 people for various areas in the plant. They also ran ads in the paper for MTMs and MTEs.
To my knowledge, the company is living up to the grievance settlement we reached on hiring by diversity (Hispanics, African Americans, and women) and relatives. When I looked at the first group hired after this settlement, I saw that not only did they reflect the diversity in the mill, but they were also all relatives.
I will be working with Director McCall to strengthen the language on relative hiring in the new labor agreement so we don't run into the same issue in the future.
Congratulations to everyone who helped complete the recent C5 and Steel Producing outages. Overall, these were finished with a very good safety record for all ArcelorMittal employees.
The advanced high strength steel project for the Hot Dip Line is in the final stage of the approval process. However, it still hasn't been approved since it requires a large capital expenditure that has yet to be allocated
For a number of weeks, I worked with the company to resolve the many issues that need to be worked out prior to the restart of #2 Steel Producing (west side). The company decided not to invest the necessary capital at this time. The preliminary studies that were made and the talks we had with the company could pay off in the long run since I am still hopeful that this project will be approved when business conditions improve.
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As of this writing, the Local Union appears to be getting closer to finally getting a food license for our kitchen and the needed permits for our planned pavilion. To be quite honest, after over two months of trying to get permits to build a pavilion in a vacant lot we own, if I were a businessman, I would have taken my business outside the City of Cleveland.
On October 22nd we went ahead with our Local Union family picnic. Everyone who attended was able to appreciate the work that has recently been done to the building. While the cosmetic changes are obvious, the main reason this project was done was to repair numerous leaks. Although the bricks had been repeatedly sealed, water continued to leak into the building through porous bricks. Thanks to the Trustees for their hard work in arranging for these important improvements.
At our Local Union golf outing not only were we honored by the presence of District Director Dave McCall, bur also by Plant Manager Eric Hauge and CEO Mike Rippey.
If you were unable to get your flu shots during the recent Health and Safety Week at the Hall, you can get a free flu shot at any CVS pharmacy by showing your prescription card. This applies to all our members and their dependents and ISG/Mittal/ArcelorMittal retirees providing you have not waived coverage and are not a member of Kaiser.
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