Oct. 3, 2011 online at www.uawlocal2250.com
• From Chairman Mike Bullock: Your shop committee reached a tentative Local Agreement late Friday. We will be putting together highlight handouts today and hope to hand them out starting Tuesday and Wednesday morning. We believe that once you see what we have accomplished you will be very pleased with the contract. The shop committee will be having informational meetings on the Local Contract Thursday at 7am, 1:15pm, 3pm, and 15 minutes after the longest line time. The polls will be open from 4am to 7 pm on Thursday to vote.
About second shift staffing: An agreement with Management pursuant to Document 70 has been made to freeze all Paragraph 63b applications and shift preference applications as of the end of the shift on October 7. Any employee who wishes to transfer to another department needs to have their Par. 63b application on file in personnel by the end of shift October 7. The October 7 deadline also includes any employee who wants to withdraw any Par. 63b applications on file. Any applications received after this date will not be honored until January 3, 2012 .This will allow the Joint 2nd shift Manpower Committee the ability to facilitate everyone getting to their choice of department and shift. Department and shift choices cannot be guaranteed, as they will be filled by seniority. In body shop and stamping, any shift preference received by end of shift October 7 can choose whether to move now or you can indicate you want to move on January 3, 2012. In body and stamping, open jobs on 2nd shift will be bid to those on that shift first. All the Par. 63b moves will be accomplished before National Hire moves are made.
The biggest question I receive on the floor is "can I hold day shift?" With the reduction of line speed from 46 JPH to 32 JPH there is approximately 30% too many people on day shift right now. I'll give you some ideas of what seniority it would take to hold days IF NO ONE voluntarily moves from days to nights. Understand this is all tentative and is subject to change and is only offered here to help you make a decision.
Material - 84 people on days now, management says they will only need 67 people on one shift - when we go to two shifts, it would take 3/11/85 to hold days under that scenario
Body shop - 172 people on days now, management says they will only need 140 people on one shift - when we go to two shifts, it would take 4/01/85 to hold days under that scenario
Quality - 44 people on days now, management says they will only need 32 on one shift - when we go to two shifts, it would take 1/07/85 to hold days under that scenario
Paint - 50 people on days now, management says they will only need 39 on one shift - when we go to two shifts, it would take 4/15/85 to hold days under that scenario,
Paint is a little different because of the various classifications - this date could go up or down depending on the classification.
Stamping - 28 people on day shift now, it takes 4/01/85 to hold days now but there are numerous higher seniority on 2nd shift now, so stamping could go up or down depending on shift preferences, a partial crew on 3rd shift will be added to stamping. (continued on back)
• Final Process - 35 people on days now, management says they will only need 26 on one shift - when we go to two shifts, it would take 1/07/85 seniority to hold days. Again, this date could go up or down depending on if you are in DVT or Repair.
A survey form will be distributed to all employees indicating your desire to remain on your current job (seniority permitting) or voluntarily transferring to second shift (application needs to be turned in by October 7). Once all Par. 63b moves and shift preference moves are identified, each department will be bidding the open 1st shift Primary job openings (again by seniority). Those indicating a desire to transfer to 2nd shift will then be allowed to bid on the 2nd shift jobs before anyone who is forced to second shift (by seniority). We hope to accomplish all this by October 14 and before any National Hire employees arrive in Wentzville, so your cooperation and patience is important to facilitate this quickly.
The Joint 2nd shift Manpower Committee will be having a meeting in the tour holding room on Tuesday, October 4 at 3:30, 4:30 and after day shift at 5:30 to answer any further questions you may have.
Again, we cannot guaranteeshift or department, it all depends on seniority.
Both shifts will need additional Team Leaders. Anyone interested in a Team Leader position must first apply and be tested - applications are available in Personnel.
• Here is this week’s build information: 112 E-26 vans; 315 slider doors; 473 cutaways; 131 15-pass vans; 182 diesels; 145 r/h door deletes; 264 Enterprise rent-a-car; 186 exports; 86 YF7; 257 Onstar; 592 add. 3 gallons fuel; 29 brake deck spare tire; 82.2% white vans.
• General Motors today reported total sales of 207,145 vehicles in September, a 20-percent increase compared with September 2010. Retail deliveries were up 19 percent compared with the same month a year ago and accounted for 74 percent of GM sales. Deliveries to fleet customers increased 22 percent. In September, year-over-year passenger car sales increased 12 percent, crossover sales increased 7 percent and truck sales, which include full-size pickups and SUVs, increased 34 percent. Month-end dealer inventory in the United States was 558,157 units. GM’s full-size truck inventory was 208,650 full-size pickup trucks, which equates to an 88-days supply. GM is on track to meet its target of ending 2011 with a full-size pickup inventory of about 200,000 units.
o Chevrolet: In September, its 12 th month since going on sale, Cruze deliveries were 18,097 units, bringing its first full year of sales to 212,019 vehicles. Silverado sales increased 36 percent, Tahoe was up 63 percent and Equinox was up 33 percent.
o GMC: Sales have now increased for 24 consecutive months, year over year. Sierra sales were up 26 percent, Terrain sales were up 45 percent and Yukon was up 45 percent.
o Cadillac: Combined sales of the Cadillac CTS sedan, coupe and wagon increased 24 percent compared with September 2010. In addition, the Cadillac SRX was up 22 percent. Cadillac reduced its fleet sales by 54 percent.
o Buick: September was the brand’s 24th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains, with the Regal continuing to build momentum with sales up 87 percent. Enclave, which began the transformation of Buick, increased its sales by 10 percent.
o Van sales came in at 8402, up 36.5% over last September and the highest total since April this year.
• From Automotive News: The United Auto Workers called its local union plant officials to Detroit for a Tuesday meeting in anticipation of reaching an agreement with Ford Motor Co. on a new four-year contact. Michele Martin, UAW spokeswoman, said the union "hopes" it will have an agreement to present to the local union leaders at the Tuesday meeting. Martin said the union plant leaders were called on Sunday in order for them to travel to Detroit in time for the Tuesday meeting. She said there was no guarantee that there will be a deal in hand by Tuesday, however. On Sunday, UAW and Ford negotiators continued negotiations for the seventh consecutive day.
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