State of the Union September 27, 2011

Sept. 27, 2011 online at

•    From Chairman Mike Bullock: The roar you may have heard about 8:00 pm last night coming from the Unihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifon Hall was the culmination of 2 long years of cultivating a positive position of securing our future here at Wentzville Assembly Center. WE did it. WE secured the future of our plant well into the 21st century . We could not have done this without the support of the membership. YOU made this happen. Your sacrifices, your determination and you supporting your shop committee. We were determined to prove to the corporation that Wentzville Assembly Center was the plant for them to invest in. I want to personally thank the shop committee for the excellent job they have done. And thank you, the membership, for the outstanding turnout in support of the National Agreement and the New Product Agreement. A lot of us will be now be able to say we retired from the plant that we hired in to.
•    Second shift update: With a line speed reduction to 32 jobs an hour and the addition of the second shift, we will bring in roughly 445 more employees. Meetings are being held to finalize the timetable of activities, but we should be on 2 shifts the first week of January. In preparation for the second shift, if you wish to transfer to another department, you need to go to personnel and get your request on file. If you wish to transfer to another shift, see your group leader to submit your transfer.
•    Here is this week’s build information: 120 E-26 vans; 139 YF7s; 75 r/h door deletes; 225 exports; 458 cutaways; 352 slider doors; 99 diesels; 298 Onstar; 31 brake deck spare tire; 61 Enterprise rent-a-car; 83.7% white vans.
•    From the Chaplaincy Committee: All are welcome to join the Chaplaincy Committee Wed., Sept. 28 at the Flagpoles in front of the plant for “See You At The Pole”. Times are 5:30 am, lunchtime, 4:30 pm and 5:40 pm (or 10 minutes after the longest line time).
•    Here are some voting results from other plants around the country:
o UAW Local 1853 Spring Hill – 83% yes
o UAW Local 1714 Lordstown Stamping – 57% yes
o UAW Local 652 Lansing Grand River – 61% yes
o UAW Local 651 Flint metal fab – 88% yes
o UAW Local 2209 Ft. Wayne – 55%
o UAW Local 276 Arlington – 76%
o UAW Local 599 Flint Powertrain – 65% yes
o UAW Local 598 Flint Assembly – majority in favor
o UAW Local 909 Warren Transmission – majority in favor
o UAW Local 239 Baltimore Powertrain – majority in favor
o UAW Local 1005 Parma metal fab – 72% yes
o UAW Local 653 Pontiac – 76% prod. 73% skilled yes
o UAW Local 602 Lansing Delta Township – 66% prod. 57% skilled - no



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