Alphonse
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2007
- Location
- Cleveland, OH USA
Greetings to all. I just found this site and reading the posts brings back a lot of nice memories for sure!
I started at W&S Cleveland TMD in 1976, on the night shift, as a production welder fitter in the Machine pan-base fabrication dept. ["the tin bldg."]part of the welding dept 56. Building machine bases for the 1SC, 2SC, and 3SC's. I worked about 3 yrs. at this, then was promoted to Welder "A" to replace a retiring day shift welder doing assembly alterations, bldg.,plant maintenance,and misc. bench welding of conponant parts welding. I was Welder "A" for about another 3 years untill the 1981 layoffs booted me out on re-arrangement to the Solon Rd. plant to replace the retiring "A" welder there. My bosses thru the years[to name a few from memory] at TMD were
George"bud" Ames, John Cirfranic, Dick Peck, John Destefanis, A Mr. Fraily?,Lou Horvath,and At Solon Rd.- George Herman, Rocco Defranco. I have an uncle [Sam C.] that worked[25 yrs.] and a cousin,[Tony C] [9 yrs.]as electrical assemblers.
I made great friends and miss long time welders+ Frank S., Jack ?. Cato M., Jerry H., Steve H. and several in the panbase dept. who's names escape me at the moment.
It was truly a great place to work, then the 1978 strike was a bad event that bruised a lot of good people. Then the lean and meam 80's corporate take overs, along with unfair foriegn competition, really showed man's human potential..."to strip all that was good about America". Peace be to all and God bless,
Al Diciolla Jr.
I started at W&S Cleveland TMD in 1976, on the night shift, as a production welder fitter in the Machine pan-base fabrication dept. ["the tin bldg."]part of the welding dept 56. Building machine bases for the 1SC, 2SC, and 3SC's. I worked about 3 yrs. at this, then was promoted to Welder "A" to replace a retiring day shift welder doing assembly alterations, bldg.,plant maintenance,and misc. bench welding of conponant parts welding. I was Welder "A" for about another 3 years untill the 1981 layoffs booted me out on re-arrangement to the Solon Rd. plant to replace the retiring "A" welder there. My bosses thru the years[to name a few from memory] at TMD were
George"bud" Ames, John Cirfranic, Dick Peck, John Destefanis, A Mr. Fraily?,Lou Horvath,and At Solon Rd.- George Herman, Rocco Defranco. I have an uncle [Sam C.] that worked[25 yrs.] and a cousin,[Tony C] [9 yrs.]as electrical assemblers.
I made great friends and miss long time welders+ Frank S., Jack ?. Cato M., Jerry H., Steve H. and several in the panbase dept. who's names escape me at the moment.
It was truly a great place to work, then the 1978 strike was a bad event that bruised a lot of good people. Then the lean and meam 80's corporate take overs, along with unfair foriegn competition, really showed man's human potential..."to strip all that was good about America". Peace be to all and God bless,
Al Diciolla Jr.