Feb 3, 2011 online at www.uawlocal2250.com
From Chairman Mike Bullock: Welcome back brothers and sisters. The last two days have seen unprecedented weather in our area. A decision was made to cancel production Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure the safety of the employees of Wentzville Assembly Center. To understand the severity of the situation, I-70 was closed on Tuesday from Wentzville to Kansas City. There were 9 General Motors facilities closed because of this storm. Section 12 of the Memorandum of Understanding on Overtime is as follows: “The provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding that limit or restrict the right of Management to require employees to work daily overtime or Saturdays or Sundays shall be suspended in any plant whose operations are interrupted by emergency situations, such as single breakdowns of four hours or more, government mandated work, power shortages, strike, fire, tornado, flood or acts of God, for a period of time necessary to overcome such emergencies.”
Management has informed the union that the production lost on Tuesday February 1 will be made up on Friday February 4. Short work week benefits will be paid to all eligible employees, I.E. those employees working less than 40 hours for this week, production and skilled.
Production lost on Wednesday, February 2 will be made up on Friday, February 25 instead of this Saturday, February 5. The closing of Wentzville Assembly Center for the last two days because of weather was a first in our history. I hope everyone was able to enjoy the two days with their families and loved ones.
In solidarity,
Mike
The winners of the VAP (overnight drive) program have been selected:
David Lee/ 25-1 Larry Boutin/ 50-1
John Etherton/ 25-1 Willie Ivy/ 11-1
Lori Reed/ 90-1 John Langford/ 25-1
Jerry Bizell/ 50-1 Bruce Burrows/ 44-2
M.V. Weber/ 50-1 Kelly Peters/ 42-1
Terry Huxel/ 25-1 Dale Meyer/ 25-1
Pam Emery/ 19-1 Larry Nettles/ 25-1
Roger Spradley/ 19-1 Willie Gates/ 19-1
Ron Vanderbos/ 11-1 Rich Lovell/ 25-1
Jim Hislope/ 19-1 Angela Harper/ 15-1
Mike O’Heron/ 19-1 William Smith/ 44-2
Achim Fisher/ 27-1 Regan Brand/ 25-1
Philip White/ 50-1 Tom Larko/ 40-2
John Weber/ 45-3 Mario Ammons/ 19-1
Steve Thomas/ 25-1 Jeff Futhey/ 25-1
Dirk Sutton/ 79-1 Rodney Thompson/ 50-1
Rowena Dowell/ 11-1 B.J. Brown/ 25-1
Robert Becker/ 25-1 William Chancellor/ 40-1
Dennis Boyet/ 44-1 Jacqueline Bass/ 19-1
Gary Williams/ 50-1 Aaron Umbach/ 19-1
Ralph Sharp/ 45-3 Dennis Streibel/ 45-3
Leo Yeakey/ 40-1 Tommy Spraggins/ 19-1
Cliff Hodge/ 40-2 Robert Dunston/ 44-1
Tim Wakeland/ 40-2 Rich Sommer/ 50-1
Debra Buchanan/ 25-1 Steve Rae/ 46-1
Michelle Rodamaker/ 11-1 Renee Wright/ 40-1
Valencia Tiggs-Watson/ 11-1 Cindy Sloan/ 15-1
Dave Sherry/ 03-1 Robert Baltimore/ 25-1
Jim Miller/ 19-1 Bey-Miller Bey/ 25-1
David Smith/ 40-2 Gary Shockley/ 19-1
Robert Hiatt/ 45-2 Kevin Dhur/ 25-1
Dave Tolbert/ 25-1
The drive schedule will be posted in the Cafeteria. Starting today, the winners can go to Suggestions to sign up (you will need your driver’s license to sign up). There will be a sign-up meeting Monday, Feb. 7 after first shift for those of you who have not signed up by then (bring driver’s license) and the program will kick off Wednesday, Feb. 9. Tickets are now available for sale to drive one of the vehicles from 2/23 through 2/27. They are $5 apiece or 3 for $10 and can be bought from any VAP team member, PMN members, Personnel or Suggestions. Proceeds will go for this year’s Make-A-Wish dream.
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