HELLO

I am trying this format to help further electronic communications for the group in St. Louis and other places. A relative novice at this, please forgive any gaffs and errors on my part.

SOAR 11-3 has been around for five years and we have tried varied formats and means to effect communications. Hopefully folks will find this a better format.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slsoarpac/ has been the main page for St. Louis Soar 11-3 activities and we shall keep those pages.

From main yahoo page (shortened version):


This is a group dedicated to getting out information to retired labor and family in the St. Louis, Missouri area. We are SOAR; St. Louis chapter (retired United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO) and our organization represents retired steelworkers in several counties on both sides of the river including Jefferson, St. Louis city, county, Franklin counties (Mexico, Missouri group pending). We invite retirees to share information and ideas.

The official meeting time and place of Soar 11-3 is at the Bridgeton Community Center4201 Fee Fee RoadBridgeton, MO at 9:00 Am; the first Wendesday of month. We also have three varied breakfasts located in three seperate locations on different dates during the month. This includes the South group meeting on the second Thursday of month at Gingham's at 7333 S Lindburg (second Tuesday some of exAmerican Can Company meet in seperate meeting) both breakfasts about 9 AM. The far south group in Farmington meets at Ryan's on the second Thursday at 11 to noon. North group has breakfast at the old country kitchen after the meeting at about 11 on the 1st.Retirees from Can industry are the primary members, but all retirees are welcome.

Members of PACE and Alliance are welcome to join. Retirees across the land are getting some very shabby treatment and our leaders do little or nothing to solve the problems except talk. Companies are looking for ways to get out of paying benefits and the list of companies doing wrong to their retirees is growing. This group does not intend to go "quietly into the night" if you know what I mean.

Note: that was written some time ago and remains current. Note, our leaders or still talking and little real action although they did raise minimum wage since this posting.


We most certainly will post information about meeting. Politics are our cup of tea and we are very active in state and local politics.