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The Tank Pull was a success again. It was held June 13th in Clifton. Because of the Local's Veteran's Committee, we were able to get the entire state contributing to the effort this year. We donated $11,500 to the cause, coming in 1st place for organizational fundraising again this year. Thank you to the Veteran's Committee and all who donated. This is a noble cause that's been successful over the years because of our members giving so generously to the vets. As in the past, the pulling duties were handled by the guys from Palisades; we had a few guys from MCD and Central helping as well. They were: Hal Cunningham, Mike Marshall, Mark Silvestri, Rich Sellitto, Angelo Mongioi, Nick Rizzi, Gil Barbosa, Bob Morley, Cesar Ramirez, Frank Brock, Dillon Ormiston, Don Gregorowicz, Bob Hoarle, Ryan White, Ron Sebastian, Mike Campbell, Joe Long, Mike Augustitus, and Dave Reliford. I want to especially thank Jeff Krill and Anthony Joyner who over the last ten years have handled everything to do with the Tank Pull. Well done, men. A couple of months ago, I reported on the Company setting up a Serious Injury Prevention and Review Committee that Eric Port Vliet, Mike Langham, and I were going to be participating in. There's been several update calls. They are dealing with the administrative process; this for all intents and proposes means little to us. We made it clear we are all in where safety is involved, and in fairness to the Company, they do have to have a process to follow. We also made it clear that it must be "real world" to be effective. I think we understand each other. This is being formed as a result of a meeting with Southern Company and the approach they are taking to what I would call minor incidents (broken mirrors, tick bites, poison ivy etc…); their process is focused on serious injuries and events that could cause serious injuries. Southern Company has seen success with their program, and I think we can do the same once it gets some traction. We've asked that they keep the Safety Councils in the loop if and when the process is ready for the "real world." It's still in the beginning stages, so more to come…We are continuing the slow crawl back to "normal" as far as Covid restrictions are concerned. If you are vaccinated and want to voluntarily let the Company know, the avenues to do that are in place. This would allow you to lighten some restrictions, such as the mask. FMC is one of the first places to get everyone back to pre-pandemic reporting. They were doing a day shift and a night shift, and as of a couple of weeks ago, all are back on the day shift. Things are moving in the right direction. Our Brothers and Sisters have been dealing with this for 16 months and have done a tremendous job. Keep it up. As always look out for each other and watch each other's backs.
