From the Civil Rights Committee:
The 125th annual Annie Malone Parade will be Sunday, May 19 beginning at 1 pm. For those who wish to participate in the parade, we will be meeting at Behlmann Buick GMC, 820 McDonnell Blvd. at 10:30 am. We will be departing for the parade staging area no later than 10:45 am. For those wishing to help decorate the float, the staging area is located on Market Street between Compton Ave. and Jefferson Ave. at 12 noon. Remember, admittance to the staging area is by entry sticker only. There is street parking in the downtown area and near the staging area. For questions or detailed directions call Dan Williams at 314-616-2271. Mark the date and hope to see you there.
The Civil Rights Committee is raffling off a Samsung Galaxy 2 Tablet 7.0 to support the Annie Malone Parade. Tickets are $5 apiece or 3 for $10 and available from any committee member. Thanks in advance for your support.
From the Benefits Department:
There will be a change in physical therapy providers beginning July 1. The new provider will be TheraMatrix. More details to come.
From the Chaplaincy Committee:
The annual Blessing of the Bikes will be Tuesday, May 21 from 4 pm – 5 pm at the flagpoles. If you are unable to attend the group blessing, individual blessings will be available.
From BusinessWeek:
Wheelchair van maker Vehicle Production Group LLC, a closely held startup that received $50 million in Energy Department financing, has ceased operations and fired almost all of its employees, its former chief executive officer said yesterday. VPG, based in Allen Park, Michigan, shut down because it didn’t have enough cash to make payroll, said John Walsh, who left about a month ago as its chief executive officer. The Energy Department seized the $5 million in VPG’s reserve account, he said. VPG last year finished drawing down its full loan amount and didn’t make any repayments, Walsh said. “We did have to suspend operations,” Walsh said yesterday in a telephone interview. “We just didn’t have the funding to pay them, so they had to move on to other jobs.”
VPG had said it would produce about 6,000 vehicles this year (only 1500 were built). The company hasn’t produced vehicles for about six months, Walsh confirmed. The company hasn’t filed for bankruptcy and has two potential buyers, Walsh said, declining to name them. There haven’t been bids for VPG’s assets, according to an investment source who asked not to be identified because the process is private. The company’s vans, which sell for about $40,000, were made at an AM General LLC plant in Indiana that had been used to produce Hummer sport-utility vehicles for then-General Motors Corp.(in case you’re wondering, Dept. of Energy loans were for a CNG version of the van)
The kickoff is this Saturday, May 11 from 9 am to noon at The Enclaves at Eisenhower, 110 Clinton Ct, St. Peters (which is also where the home will be built). Since the plant is going to be down the month of July we have scheduled our work days for Wednesday July 17than 24th. They will be 4 hour shifts starting at 8am each day. There are T-shirts available to purchase. The price of the T-shirt is $20. You needn’t be a work volunteer to buy a T-shirt. The money will go towards our pledge to the Habitat House.
Please fill out the form below and include your T shirt money. The shirts will be delivered before we go down in July.
The forms can be dropped in the suggestion boxes at all the main entrances along with the T shirt money. Please include a location in the plant and a phone number so you can be contacted about scheduling your work day.
| Name | |||||
| Phone | |||||
| Plant Location | |||||
| Preferred Day to Work | July 17 July 24 |
AM | PM | ||
| T-Shirt Color | Pink | Gray | |||
| Size | SM MED |
LARGE | XL | XXL | XXXL |
Tom Brune
UAW/GM Communications Coordinator
Wentzville Assembly
636-327-2119
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