Steelworkers, Ohio refinery up pressure to keep Line 5 open
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The United Steelworkers International union and workers from the Toledo Refining Company are mounting renewed opposition to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s planned closure of Enbridge s Line 5.
The United Steelworkers has been advocating for Line 5 s continued operation since 2019 but launched the Future on the Line campaign in February to increase the union s reach.
Refinery workers plan to testify and gather at the Lansing Capitol Tuesday, the day before Whitmer s deadline for the closure of the oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac. They plan to line the Capitol lawn with more than 300 hardhats to represent the Steelworkers union jobs that would be lost at the Toledo refinery if the pipeline is closed.
COVID-19 outbreak forces Baffinland to suspend Mary River mine operations
All non-essential workers are being sent home, company says; union says there are 30 presumptive cases
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has temporarily shut down its Mary River mine due to a COVID-19 outbreak announced earlier in the week. (Photo courtesy of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.)
By David Venn
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has suspended operations at its Mary River iron ore mine due to a COVID-19 outbreak, the company announced Wednesday.
Baffinland’s manager of stakeholder relations, Heather Smiles, said the company has identified “an increase in presumptive positive cases,” but, when asked by Nunatsiaq News, could not specify the exact amount.
May 3, 2021
LANSING Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission, Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports, Horse Racing Advisory Commission, and the Michigan Council for Rehabilitation Services.
Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission
William A. Miller, III, of Farmington, is a county commissioner for Oakland County. He is also the business representative and political director for Operating Engineers 324. Mr. Miller is appointed to represent local units of government for a term commencing May 28 and expiring May 27, 2024. He succeeds Hank Kelley whose term expires May 27.
The Governor’s Traffic Safety Advisory Commission shall identify traffic safety challenges and develop, promote, and implement strategies to address those challenges. The Commission shall develop comprehensive solutions to traffic safety challenges through partnerships with all levels of governmen
Ironworkers to accept 100 apprentice applications; operating engineers have 5 openings
Updated 8:12 PM;
Today 8:09 PM
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is looking to recruit 100 Ironworkers and five operating engineers, this Spring, according to the Department of Labor.AP
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Ironworkers, Local Union 40 and 361, will recruit 100 apprentices this month, the state Department of Labor announced.
Applications must be obtained and submitted online at www.nycironworkers.org between 9 a.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. May 19.
There is a $25 testing fee, which should be paid via money order to Ironworkers LU #40 & #361.
In order to qualify, applicants must:
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A mayoral debate broadcast by WTAE Channel 4 took a sharp turn in its final minutes as incumbent Bill Peduto accused rival Ed Gainey of taking votes and political positions in exchange for union endorsements a tactic Peduto called “at best unethical.
The exchange came over 40 minutes into the hour-long debate, when Gainey accused Peduto of backing out of a pledge to continue a lawsuit challenging the tax-exempt status of UPMC once he took office.
“When this administration came in, they said they would take up the lawsuit. They dropped it,” Gainey said.
The lawsuit was initiated by Peduto’s predecessor, Luke Ravenstahl, in 2013. At the time, Peduto called the lawsuit a “good first step” and indicated that if elected mayor, he would pursue it as part of a broader legal challenge against other large nonprofits.