LABOUR DAY RALLY SEPT 5

NOTES FOR STEELWORKER PICKETERS

Labour Day Rally – Monday, Sept. 5, 2005

RALLY TIME: 9:30 AM - To Union Hall and then March to Arena Parking Lot

Sisters and Brothers, Locals 480 and 9705 are having a Labour Day Rally on Monday, September 5th. Please leave your vehicle at the Arena parking lot and join us at the Local Hall. We will march from the Local 480 Hall starting at 9:30 a.m. and converge at the Arena Parking lot where we will pick up our vehicles and convoy to the Birchbank Picnic Grounds to join the West Kootenay Labour Council’s Labour Day Picnic being held from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Invite your neighbours and families enjoy the festivities. We need a strong show of support!

We are taking this dispute to a different level. On Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 we sent some of our members to leaflet our brothers and sisters located at the 4 other TeckCominco properties in the East Kootenays and the Highland Valley operation in Kamloops.

LABOUR DAY RALLY GUEST SPEAKERS:

Dieter Bogs, Mayor, City of Trail

Katrine Conroy, MLA, West Kootenay/Boundary

Corky Evans, MLA, Nelson/Creston

Katrine Conroy, Deiter Bogs, Corky Evans, Greg Granstrom (no photo for Alex Atemenenko)   

LOCATION - PARKING: Please leave your vehicle at the Arena parking lot and join us at the Local Hall.

RALLY MARCH ROUTE: We will march from the Local 480 Hall starting at 9:30 a.m. and converge at the Arena Parking lot where we will pick up our vehicles and convoy to the Birchbank Picnic Grounds to join the West Kootenay Labour Council’s Labour Day Picnic being held from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

To voice your opinions and suggestions contact your local Mayor or MLA's. Please email them with your thoughts using the email addresses provided below:

Dieter Bogs, Mayor, City of Trail email: mailto:dbogs@trail.ca

Katrine Conroy, MLA, West Kootenay/Boundary email: katrine.conroy.MLA@leg.bc.ca

Corky Evans. MLA, Nelson/Creston email: corkcamp@telus.net

Greg Granstrom, Acting Mayor of Rossland,  please contact Riding President: Claus Spiekerman email: grang@telus.net

To reach Alex Atamenenko, Federal NDP Candidate, Southern Interior of BC Riding contact please Contact Riding President: Claus Spiekerman email: cfspike@telus.net

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!

If you miss a picket duty, we need you to make every effort to do the make-up shift within the 6-day rotation period to make the financial duties run smoother. In special circumstances, exemptions can be made through the Health and Welfare Committee.

Web Sites

Derm Jackman has been working hard to revise and update our current website. Please take the time to visit the website at http://www.uswa480.com to see the welcome changes. Randy McCallum has very generously volunteered his time built a weblogs site for 9705/480 which invites you to submit your input and comments. Visit this site at: http://www.uswlocal480.blogs.com/bulletins .

We invite you to visit this site and submit your comments.

Great News -- Local Businesses Offer Discounts

• New York Society Hair Salon - joins the following businesses who have offered discounts to strikers. They offer 10% discount on all products and services.
• Shoppers Drug Mart - 15% off regular price for school supplies
• Zellers - 10% off back-to-school supplies and school clothes
• True Value Hardware - 10% off
• Jones and Company Hair Studio - discount for hair cuts
• Mark’s Work Warehouse - 10% discount

You may be required to show your picket or membership card. Our sincere thanks go out to these businesses for their support! Your assistance is very much appreciated.

Our apologies to the employees at the local landfill. We incorrectly printed some information last week and understand they received a lot of verbal abuse. Please remember, don’t shoot the poor worker – he’s only doing his job!

Mario Macri, Principal of the Fruitvale Elementary School has advised our office that they will be willing to assist families with their return to school needs on a case-by-case basis. Our thanks to Mario and his staff for their consideration.

Issued by:

31 August 2005

Locals 480 and 9705, USW Bargaining Committees