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Stelco's Pension Safe with US Steel FREE 6565 YearsYears andand StillStill FightingFighting CONGRATULATIONS! On the occasion of the 65th built before us to which we Anniversary celebration contribute throughout our of USW Local 1005, the lives. We are determined to go Executive of Local 1005 greets forward to a secure future for all its members, pensioners, ourselves, our children and pensioner's spouses, the grandchildren. We did not entire labour movement and inherit the Spirit of '46 to leave all of Hamilton. this world in worse shape than During World War II and what we were given. in 1946, Stelco steelworkers of Local 1005 stood as one with We thank all of our members for upholding the Spirit of '46 their community and country to fight for a better world for them- and fighting for themselves and others. We thank the trade union selves and others. They built a better world through their heroic movement, the Hamilton community and others across Canada struggles during the war against fascism, in '46 and throughout for standing with us in defending our rights and the rights of all. the years. We firmly believe that our security lies in our struggle to defend In 2011, we steelworkers are determined to defend what they our rights and the rights of all. Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No! Keep Stelco Producing! Keep Hamilton Producing! Keep Canada Producing! By BillTHE Mahoney, SPIRITResident Poet, Local OF 1005 July ’46 23, 2011 IT STARTED WITH From the struggle of ‘46 the spirit still lives on, A WHISPER Although many of our veterans are dead and gone. t started as a whisper They fought for social justice and for workers’ rights. Ion the shop floor! Sixty-five years later we still fight the fights. Building a union They fought for decent wages, benefits and a pension plan. was not an easy A working life with dignity for each woman and man, task. Everyone knew Showing the way for others right across the land. that the Company Now all across the country, workers are under attack. did not take kindly Without a strong union, how would you fight back? to union activism. Companies want your dignity; Companies want your pride. Unemployment was How could you fight the bastards with no one on your side? the consequence of Would you go crawling on your hands and knees being caught, yet many To the foreign master to do with as they please? workers pushed for Companies want your loyalty and your sweat and blood. a union that would But when your working life is over they dump you in the mud. give them some power For all the gains we have made, we fought long and hard. over their situation. If we now gave up an inch the company would want a yard. It is a testament to U.S. Steel said buying us would be a benefit. their perseverance and They’ve been here for three long years and we ain’t seen it yet. courage that the Union They want to rob the elderly; they want to rob the young. survived those first They will try to do it with a pen if they can’t use a gun. years. It also underscores 1005 stood up to them that is something they hate. the conditions that So on November 7th they locked up the gate. prevailed on the shop We proud Steelworkers from Local 1005, floor that so many They can’t steal our dignity, they can’t steal our pride. people would risk their success since Stelco unionism. So it was We are going to stand up and fight back all the way. job to fight for change. refused to officially not surprising that the When you mess with 1005 you have hell to pay. Local 1005 of the recognize or bargain whisper finally grew into We will have many stories to tell to our kids; United Steelworkers with the union. Stelco a roar . with the great Of times spent on the picket line and when we held the bridge. of America (u.s.w.a.) continued to do strike of 1946! When future generations talk about the fight, was officially chartered everthing in its power – from the Introduction, They will say we had the courage to stand up for what is right. in 1942, yet had little to stop the growth of It Started with a Whisper TOONIES FOR BILLBOARDS CAMPAIGN Thank You, Hamilton! Visit our booth at Gage Park The Spirit of '46 Standing as One for Union Recognition Interview – Rolf Gerstenberger Rolf Gerstenberger: I welcome t the July 13 Monthly Membership meeting the decision was taken that the federal government, this special meeting. It is a mat- which permitted the sale of ter of principle that we follow Ato hold a special membership meeting on August 3. The meeting Stelco to U.S. Steel, and the due process to consider every- is held at the request of 13 members who wrote a letter asking for such Ontario government, which one’s concerns. a meeting to consider the question: “Do you support the Negotiating made all the pledges about the Information Update: The issue pension regime should hold has been raised that after eight Committee's current strategy?” U.S. Steel to account. The aim months locked out, the union We asked Local 1005 President Rolf Gerstenberger to comment on of this Cold War method is to needs an exit strategy. Can you sow doubt in the integrity of elaborate? the special meeting. those who resist so as to isolate them. In this way, the work- Rolf: There is a sort of panic membership meeting, it was how can we claim we are demo- to the U.S. and this kind of ers are blamed for their own created that we need an exit in fact you who made sure at cratic and have the consent of thing. Can you comment? plight. It is suggested they have strategy and what is the union's previous membership meet- the people who elected us? Rolf: One of the angles is that a choice, to cave, as if U.S. Steel exit strategy. Arguments put ings that those who oppose the There is also another so-called union bosses are self- will then have their interests forward at the monthly mem- union strategy knew the cor- important principle involved. serving and hold union mem- at heart, will restart the blast bership meeting by those re- rect constitutional procedure to If everyone does not have a seat bers for ransom. According to furnace and not trample on questing the special meeting follow to raise their concerns. at the table, then it is always what is called the mainstream Stelco workers’ rights anymore! include that the workers' EI Rolf: Yes, of course. The union possible that specific concerns media, union bosses, and com- All of this is to isolate not just will soon be running out; that executive has taken a firm will not be addressed. This is pany bosses are the same. myself but also the union's just workers are losing their homes; stand against any attempt to not necessarily anyone's fault, Besides the obvious aspect, cause and, more importantly, that it is not realistic to resist criminalize people for their but it does explain why the which is to imbue everyone it is done precisely because because U.S. Steel employees in views. We do not follow the union executive takes so much with anti-union prejudice, all the union's strategy is a win- the U.S. have all given up their George W. Bush dictum that ei- time talking to people, finding of this is to divert the workers ning strategy. Otherwise, there indexing, so this is not a fight ther you are with us or you are out about their particular from looking at how problems would be no need for these that we can win here in Hamil- against us. The important thing situation, what they think really pose themselves. For psyop shenanigans, talk of dis- ton. One worker said that he is is to stand together in defence should be done and working instance, one of the Hamilton sidents and caving. voting to save his house. of the rights of all. Working out tactics to address their Spectator journalists has started You asked me what I think - IU: It is interesting that the out what precisely the interests needs. Without this hard work, this nonsense that a handful of well, I think it is the company Hamilton Spectator journal- of the workers are within the then it is quite possible some disgruntled workers at Stelco that needs an exit strategy. We ist is trying to rally the few circumstances and how to de- people's interests would not are "dissidents." The term "dis- have been working hard to by labelling them dissidents. fend them is how we have made be taken into account. We ask sident" is a loaded Cold War provide ourselves with a win- Perhaps he fancies himself the serious headway so far, such as everyone to consider what term. It implies that legitimate ning strategy. We are working Pied Piper of the U.S. National getting Employment Insurance everyone else has to say and fighters for democracy are be- hard to put the full weight of Endowment for Democracy to recognize that this is a phony make up their own minds ing suppressed by an authori- not only the union, but also (NED) and thinks Local 1005 lockout. (See EI decision p. 12). about what can be done.
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