March 12, 2021
This year, for Women s History Month, we re taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women s history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today s profile is Leeann Foster.
Leeann Foster is the epitome of a Woman of Steel. She is a new international vice president for the United Steelworkers (USW), one of two women leading North America’s largest industrial union. She leads USW’s major bargaining in the paper sector, heads the Women of Steel Leadership Development Program and was integral in the 2005 merger with PACE and USW. Foster co-chairs the IndustriALL Global Union Federation Pulp and Paper Sector Working Group and is a commissioner in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Daily admission to Mt. Lebanon Swim Center is increasing slightly for most customers this year.
During their discussion session Tuesday, Mt. Lebanon commissioners reached several decisions with regard to the centerâs operation in 2021, including raising the daily cost of attendance by $1 for everyone except children ages 2 and younger, who will continue to be admitted for free.
What are intended as the temporary prices, $9 for regular admission and $8 for students and senior citizens, reflect adjustments to the swim centerâs operations as precautions against the spread of COVID-19.
Attendance at the start of the season will be limited to 300 customers during open-swim sessions, which in turn are relegated to a pair of daily three-hour time slots, from 12 to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
Mt. Lebanon Commission has arrived at a timetable for enactment and implementation of an ordinance revision addressing on-street overnight parking.
During their discussion session conducted Tuesday via Zoom, commissioners agreed to introduce the revision at their March 9 regular meeting and conduct a public hearing March 23. A vote on the ordinance then could be taken as early as April 13.
Commissioners also decided on Oct. 1 for the start of a grace period prior to enforcement of a key provision of the ordinance beginning Jan. 1.
At that point, residents would have a maximum of 20 nights annually per vehicle license plate for requesting exceptions to the long-standing prohibition of parking on public streets between 2 and 6 a.m.
For one of its first official acts of 2021, Mt. Lebanon Commission unanimously approved the establishment of an Ad Hoc Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
During their annual organization meeting Monday, commissioners also appointed more than two dozen residents to four working groups within the committee, addressing community awareness, diversity in boards and hiring, police engagement, and event planning and recognition.
The meeting effectively began with the election of Mindy Ranney as commission president and Andrew Flynn, vice president. Both are beginning their second year on the commission, as is Leeann Foster, who helped formulate the ad hoc committee.
âI would like to thank the commission, every member for their wholehearted support of this resolution,â she said prior to the vote for approval. âIâd like to especially thank Commissioner Ranney for co-leading this effort with me, and also Commissioner Flynn for playing a key role in selection of t