Presidents Message

President's Message - March 15, 2024

Good evening members and retirees of USW Local 5328.  

Congratulations to all that were nominated and Acclaimed at last night Local 5328 Nomination meeting. 

The new executive starting May 2024 will be, 

President - Tony Ciaramella 

Vice President - Mike Hnatjuk 

Recording Sec. - Geoff Oberfrank. 

Financial Sec. - Carm Mancuso 

Treasurer - Jeff Walker 

Trustees - Matt Major
                 Aaron Harris 
                 George Haywood

Gaurds - Peter Junker 
               Shayne Yeaman 

President's Message - December 22, 2023

Good Morning members and retirees of USW Local 5328. 

Well we made it to the end of 2023!! Some ups and downs but we survived another year of being busy, not busy, shipping crazy amounts, not shipping anything! A couple of unfortunate accidents that were life changing, but we are resilient and will deal with it to make our workplace safer!! 

President's Message - July 21, 2023

Good Morning members and retirees of USW Local 5328. 

Info!! Please read and know your rights!! 

 Pays!!

 Please check your pays!! Keep track of TT’s and your job class. There has been many discrepancies lately! 

 Overtime and hours of work

President's Message - June 30, 2023

Good Morning members and retirees of USW Local 5328. 

Well the shutdown is upon us!! A much needed break!! 

 A reminder, Saturday July 1, Canada Day, will be observed today, Friday June 30 for 8 hour workers only. 

 For those working during the shutdown, if you are on a schedule of 8 or 12 hour shifts and being moved to another schedule, you are entitled to premium pay, overtime, for your first shift. Please check your pay statement after the shutdown. 

President's Message - June 9, 2023

Good evening members and retirees of USW Local 5328. 

 The locals summer social last night was awesome and to see many retirees!! Congratulations to our newest retirees, Gary Ritchie and Russ Caswell! Health and happiness in your retirement!! A big thank you to our retirees that helped out, Terry Willock, Harvey Woodrow and our staff rep, Charlie Scibetta for helping out in the kitchen. Additional big thank you to Mike Hnatjuk for planning and organizing the event, as usual!!! 

President's Message - January 13, 2023

Good evening members and retirees of USW Local 5328.

It looks like most jobs are back up and running! Keep your fingers crossed! 

 Business for the first quarter of 2023 is very strong and the auto market is going well, that bodes well for us! 

 Training seems to be an issue. The committee tabled it with the company yesterday.  They have committed to continue training in the oil temper as to respect preferences. 

 Vacation booking will begin next week. Shutdowns for 2023 will be as follows. 

President's Message - November 25, 2022

Good evening members and retirees of USW Local 5328.

Looks like maintenance found the issue with the new furnace door. Hopefully it will be up and running by the end of the weekend. 

 ArcelorMittal Director of sales, David Hudson, has secured some annealing for outside processing to be able supply our major customers. 

On the home page the Info for the Childrens Christmas party as well as the plant gate collection this Monday. All monies collected will be donated to Hamilton Food Share. 

President's Message - November 18, 2022

Good evening members and retirees of USW Local 5328.