State of the Union January 12, 2012

Jan. 12, 2012 online at www.uawlocal2250.com


•    From Chairman Mike Bullock: With the addition of the second shift and 430 more employees, management has given us notice per Paragraph 10 of the National Agreement of the need to redistrict the plant . Before the addition of the 2nd shift we had 6 districts, 5 on days and 1 on 2nd and 3rd together and 1 at large (the chairman). After the addition of the 2nd shift we will have 8 districts, 4 on 1st and 4 on 2nd and 2 at large (the chairman and a zone on nights). This realignment will create the combination of two districts into one on first shift. The two districts that have been combined is District 1. The existing committeemen in those two districts will have 1 week to sign up for a runoff election in the new district. The sign up for this will be January 23 to the 27. The election for the committeeman of District 1 will be February 7th. Until the election the existing districts on day shift will remain. I have appointed new committeepersons, alternates and an at large for all the 2nd shift openings and for 2 dayshift vacancies. A separate election for these new committeepersons and alternates will be held after 90 days per our By-Laws. (A copy of the districting agreement is on the back)
Second Shift Committeepersons and Alternates are as follows:
o Zone 2 at Large Torkey Graham
o District 2 Committeeman- Marlon Brown Alternate-Rob Baltimore
o District 4 Committeeman- Dave Devine Alternate-Rob Davies
o District 6 Committeeman- Susan Abrams Alternate-Mark Cather
o District 8 Committeeman -Tim Wakeland Alternate-Bob Warren

Also, Management has informed the Union of their intention of scheduling a Vacation Shutdown the weeks of August 20 and 27, 2012. Per the 2009 Modifications to the National contract, employees will be required to use 80 hours of their vacation time or be placed on a leave of absence for vacation purposes if no vacation accruement is available. Management has also scheduled the weeks of September 3 and 19 as Plant downtime for new product construction. All this is tentative until February 1 when management has to make it official before the vacation application period opens. Finally, Tuesday Jan. 17 is a holiday qualifying day and a VR blackout day.
•    As a result of a TKS scheduling error generated up north, some of you will not
receive short work week pay for last week. The majority of the errors appear to be in General Assembly on both shifts. Adjustments will be made on next week’s check.Local Agreement – Districting 01/03/2012


(Based on current plant population: 1,705)
Shop Committee: Two (2) Shop Committeeperson At Large (1 Chairperson & 1 Zone) &
Five (5) Shop Committeepersons

It is agreed between General Motors Corporation, Wentzville Assembly Center, and Local 2250, UAW, that the following Districts, Shop-Districts and Zones shall be established in accordance with Paragraphs 10 & 11 of the GM-UAW National Agreement.

Description of Chairperson at Large

Chairperson of the Shop Committee – Entire Plant, All Shifts
Zone 2 – Districts 2, 4, & 8

Description of Districts

Shop District 1 District 4 Shop District 7
District 2 Shop District 5 District 8
Shop District 3 Shop District 6

Districts # of Emp’s Description of Districts

Shop District 1, First Shift 219 All 1st shift employees assigned to the
Material & Body Shop (except K-line
Door Fitters)

District 2, Second Shift 212 All 2nd shift employees assigned to the
Material & Body Shop (except K-line
Door Fitters)

Shop District 3, First Shift 214 All 1st shift employees assigned to Trim &
Quality

District 4, Second Shift 207 All 2nd shift employees assigned to Trim &
Quality

Shop District 5, First Shift 214 All 1st shift Assigned to Chassis, Final
Process & K-Line Door Fitters

Shop District 6, Second Shift 205 All 2nd shift Assigned to Chassis, Final
Process & K-Line Door Fitters

Shop District 7, First Shift 193 All 1st shift employees assigned to Skilled
Trades, Paint & Stamping

District 8, Second Shift 241 All 2nd & 3rd shift employees assigned to
Skilled Trades, Paint & Stamping

Employees assigned to the Third Shift will be governed by the provisions of Paragraph (21b) of the National Agreement where applicable.

Employees assigned to Department 83 will be represented by the Committeeperson for the District to which they are assigned.