•From Chairman Mike Bullock: As a follow-up to yesterday’s explanation of the freeze on International UAW staff salaries, today I will give you the number of people that affects:
o In 2006 there were 834 employees on the International staff. Today there are 772: 6 Officers, 11 Executive Board members, 447 Staff, and 308 Office, Maintenance and Outside security employees.
o In the 4 years since the last Constitutional Convention 362 International staff employees have retired.
August 26, 2010 will mark the 75thanniversary of the UAW. In 1936 there was an average of 27,058 members. As early as 1944, there were over 1 million members of the UAW. The high point was in 1969 when there were 1,530,870 members. In 2009 there was an average of 392,166 members.
Under rumor control, there have been no discussions with management about changing the schedule from 10.5 off the K-line. Finally, congratulations to Steve Williams on his election to District 3(trim) committeman.
•Portions of the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) have been reinstated for active members. Course eligibility is limited to degree programs of study and courses taken to maintain/improve skills or knowledge. This was previously defined as Level 3 by the Center for Human Resources Joint Training Department. We will receive further details when a communication from the CHR is sent out.
• From the International Union, UAW: Honda workers in China earn 67 cents an hour, work in deplorable conditions and have zero rights on the job. Their conditions are comparable to what autoworkers endured in the United States – before they organized under the UAW and fought for their rights. Workers at the Honda Lock factory in Zhongshan, China, have had enough. They’re on strike to win $1.34 an hour wages – and some justice. And that’s where you can help. Please sign the National Labor Committee’s letter to Honda’s CEO in Japan. Help these abused workers in China better their lives and win justice.
Help them show that a profitable corporation like Honda must treat its workers fairly. Help them show that they can win, even though the Chinese government actively discourages independent trade unions and censors news about the strike. And help yourselves by taking a stand against the race to the bottom where all workers – in China and here in the United States lose. You can go to www.nlcnet.organd use the link on the right to sign the letter.
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