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Steelworkers listen to a summary of Sparrows Point's past and future prospects at CCBC's labor studies class.

STEELMAN BACK PAGES

The Community College of Baltimore County Labor Studies Program asked me to speak on Sparrows Point and the Global Economy on March 1, 2006. The talk and a lively discussion with steelworkers took place on the CCBC campus at 7200 Sollers Point Road, Dundalk, Md.

The Steel Club of Baltimore invited me to their quarterly dinner on March 2, 2006, at the Boumi Temple, 5050 King Avenue, White Marsh, Md. I spoke on Sparrows Point Over the Years and enjoyed talking to many buyers, sellers and fabricators of steel, mostly small and mid-sized companies, in the Maryland and Pennsylvania area.

I have posted my May 19, 2006, speech to the Great Lakes Turnaround Management Association (TMA), titled "Morally Bankrupt."

Click for larger image Photo by Bill Barry Talking to retirees at Steelworkers Hall on September 20, 2005.

Click for larger image Photo by Bill Barry With Joe Kotelchuck, former president of USWA Local 2610.

 

The BALTIMORE STEELMAN TOUR resumed in September 2005. My major talks were on Sept. 19 (“Rise and Collapse”); Sept. 22 (“Mysterious Mittal”); and Sept. 2828 (“Goddess of Industry”).

Monday, September 19, 2005
7-9 p.m.
“The Rise and Collapse of Beth Steel”
Hagley Museum and Library
Soda House
298 Buck Road East
Wilmington, Delaware

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Senior Steelworkers Association
USWA Hall 2610
530 Dundalk Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday, September 22, 2005
7-9 p.m.
“Mysterious Mittal: Who Is the Man Who Bought Sparrows Point?”
Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk
Student Lounge
7200 Sollers Point Rd.
Dundalk, Maryland

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception and book signing
Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Highway
Inner Harbor South
Baltimore, Maryland

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
2:30-4 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m.
“Goddess of Industry: Early Sparrows Point”
Slide show featuring rare historic photos
Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society
4 Center Place
Dundalk, Maryland

Here are some photos of my speaking tour of East Baltimore and Dundalk last February (2005), along with a calendar of appearances.

Click for larger image Photo by Mark Reutter	Kickoff at Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Avenue. Joseph M. Giordano / © Dundalk Eagle
Click for larger image Photo by Mark Reutter	MAKING STEEL poster displayed at the Sip & Bite Restaurant, Van Lill and Boston streets, East Baltimore.
The smokestacks and furnaces of Sparrows Point loom over East Baltimore in the early morning haze of February 11, 2005. Photo taken from the roof of the Best Western Hotel on O’Donnell Street.	Click for larger image Photo by Mark Reutter
Joseph M. Giordano / © Dundalk Eagle	The audience for the February 21 talk at the Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society included (from left) Wesley F. Wood, Elaine Wood, and Frederick W. Wood III, whose grandfather founded the Sparrows Point mill 115 years ago.
Discussing with steelworkers and other concerned citizens the perils of the pending ISG-Mittal merger. At Community College of Baltimore County – Dundalk, February 11, 2005.	Click for larger image Photo by Bill Barry
Click for larger image Photo by Bill Barry	Steelworkers Chuck Lam, Jr., (left) and Joe Cristy together worked more than 60 years at The Point.
With Neal Brooks, a history professor at CCBC – Essex.	Click for larger image Photo by Bill Barry

Thursday, February 10, 2005
8 p.m.
“Smoke & Steel & Sparrows Point”
Slide show and book signing
Creative Alliance at the Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

Friday, February 11, 2005
noon to 2 p.m.
"What happened to Sparrows Point?"
Lecture and book signing
Community College of Baltimore County-Dundalk
Student Lounge
7200 Sollers Point Rd.
Dundalk, Maryland

Monday, Feb 14, 2005
11 a.m. - 12 noon
"How retirees lost their health benefits"
Ateaze Senior Center
7401 Holabird Avenue
Dundalk, Maryland

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
noon- 2 p.m.
"How retirees lost their health benefits"
United Steelworkers Hall #2610
530 Dundalk Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
7 p.m.
“Making Steel: The Legacy of Sparrows Point”
Lecture and book signing
Business Center Auditorium
University of Baltimore
North Charles St. and Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
11 a.m. - noon
"How retirees lost their health benefits"
United Steelworkers Hall #2609
550 Dundalk Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

Monday, February 21, 2005
2-4 p.m.; 6:30-7 p.m.
"Sparrows Point: then and now"
Discussion and book signing
Dundalk-Patapsco Neck Historical Society
4 Center Place
Dundalk, Maryland

Wednesday, February 23, 2005
1-2 p.m.
"What happened to retiree benefits?"
Discussion and book signing
Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR)
United Steelworkers Hall #2609
550 Dundalk Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland

© 2006 Mark Reutter