Dec. 2, 2011 online at www.uawlocal2250.com
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifFrom Chairman Mike Bullock: All temporary employees will be made permanent effective Monday, Dec. 5. We have completed the national hire process (the last 18 will start Monday along with 53 new hires) and we will be hiring the rest of the second shift employees from the pool of referrals who passed all the tests and Delphi employees, who will be offered jobs here on a 1-for-1 basis with new hires per the National Agreement. So far the acceptance rate on the Delphi offers has been very low so we expect to do a lot of hiring which is why the referral system was reopened.
Regarding two items from yesterday’s State of the Union:
o The wage and benefit information applies only to entry level employees hired after the effective date of the agreement.
o The phone number for logon ID or password reset help should have been 1-888-337-2400 (Opt 1-1-GMIN). Apologies for the confusion.
We have been informed that a letter regarding this year’s Quality Bonus will be forthcoming next week from National Labor Relations. As soon as it is received it will be communicated.
Safety Reminder: As we all know, there have been a lot of transfers and new employees in the plant and that puts people in unfamiliar areas. So be extra careful when moving around the plant and stick to the pedestrian aisles. Make eye contact with any mobile equipment drivers and “wait for the wave”.
• Here are the November sales results in the van segment (percentage changes are based on daily sales rates – there was one more sales day this year):
2011 2010 Change Share
Ford Econoline 7795 8026 -6.8% 48.1%
GM 6119 5709 +2.9% 37.8%
Nissan NV 1238 --- --- 7.6%
Mercedes Sprinter 1045 829 21% 6.5%
Ford Transit connect 2717 2773 -5.9%
Field supplies were up 1660 units for a 62 day supply. Chevy passenger vans are down to 14 days with a total passenger van supply (including GMC) of only 711. Chevy cargo vans are at 50 days and cutaway stocks are up nearly 1000 units.
From Automotive News: Freight railroads won new labor agreements with two unions, averting a strike in the holiday shipping season, after U.S. lawmakers said they were prepared to intervene in the dispute. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the American Train Dispatchers Association, representing 26,500 workers, reached tentative accords, the National Railway Labor Conference, a Washington-based group that bargains on behalf of railroads, said in an e-mailed statement last night. Winning the contract agreements ended the threat of a walkout that could have occurred as soon as Dec. 6, the Association of American Railroads trade group said in a statement. Another union, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, extended a "cooling off" period to Feb. 8. The agreements call for raises of more than 20 percent over six years, A. Kenneth Gradia, a labor conference official, said in the group's statement. Ten unions have tentative deals and two have ratified agreements. The maintenance-employees group said this week it plans to bargain into February. It speaks for 25,100 workers who build and maintain tracks, according to the labor conference.
From Bloomberg: Honda widened its biggest recall to fix flaws related to airbags in models including the Civic and Accord produced as long as a decade ago. The recall covers an additional 917,267 vehicles worldwide, said spokesman Keitaro Yamamoto. That brings the total to more than 2.77 million, the company's biggest recall for an individual flaw, he said. More than 90 percent of the affected vehicles are in the United States. "Affected driver's airbag inflators may deploy with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury or fatality," the company said in a statement. The models include the 2001 and 2002 Accord, the 2001 to 2003 Civic, the 2001 to 2003 Odyssey, the 2002 and 2003 CR-V, the 2003 Pilot, the 2002 and 2003 Acura 3.2 TL and the 2003 Acura 3.2 CL vehicles, according to the statement. Honda recalled more than 300,000 Pilot SUVs in September for seat-belt stitching that could unravel during a crash. The latest move is a blow to Honda, the only large carmaker to report a sales decline in the U.S. last month.
The 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist spends just 14 days on dealer lots nationally before being sold, and the mileage-boosting light-electrification technology moves quickly in all regions, including import-leaning California. Steven Radomski is one of those Golden State converts. A former Toyota Prius hybrid owner, Radomski commutes 100 miles a day, 95 percent on the highway where the LaCrosse’s EPA-estimated 36 mpg impressed him most. In mixed driving, he averages 30 mpg – between the EPA-estimated 25 mpg city and the highway estimate. Radomski said his list of wants and needs – comfort, space and highway fuel efficiency – are all met by the LaCrosse eAssist. “For the space in this car, 30 mpg is amazing,” Radomski said. “I could have bought one of the new diesels on the market, but the fuel costs more,” to say nothing of expensive fuel additives required to lower diesel emissions. “When you do the math, it’s an obvious choice. And my LaCrosse is working as advertised.”
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