Wednesday, February 4, 2015

State of the Union February 4, 2015

February 4, 2015 online at www.uawlocal2250.com

• From Chairman Mike Bullock: I have great news – the profit share payout for 2014 will be $7000!! But that’s not all. UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada and her team were able to negotiate an additional $2000 performance bonus to defer the charges related to recalls this year. She was able to accomplish this because of the great work all of you have done. This total is the equivalent of $4.50 an hour for a typical 2000 work year. Through the life of the current agreement negotiated by our UAW team, we have received $30,250 in total profit sharing!

To receive a full profit share and performance bonus, you must have 1850 compensated hours in 2014. Any amount of hours less than that will be prorated. For example, if you had 1600 compensated hours you would receive $7783 in combined profit share and performance bonus. The payouts will also be subject to a 1.44% dues special deduction. Payout will be February 27. You can read the joint letter on the back for Cindy’s message.

• Reminder: As you know, the gate drive for the Polar Bear Plunge netted $5880. Once again, thanks to everyone who donated. But David Hurst has not yet achieved his goal of $7500. If you didn’t have the opportunity to donate yet you can go to David’s web page to make a donation by going to www.somo/PolarPlunge and scroll down to the Lake St. Louis picture. Click on that and select “donate to a participant”. Enter David Hurst in the box and it will take you to his page. The plunge will be Saturday, Feb. 7 at Lake St. Louise (the smaller lake). The Parade of Costumes is 11:30 am and plunging begins at noon.

• The annual African American Heritage day is set for Thursday, Feb. 12. Displays will be in the cafeteria along with videos and, of course, popcorn. The Civil Rights Committee is asking for items to be displayed for one day. You can give them to Denise Black at the end of trim, 1st shift, or at the Civil and Human Rights Committee office at column A-40 by the Learning Center.

• Anyone interested in playing mens softball Sunday nights at Ozzies in O’Fallon should contact Kevin Dandois at 636-578-3683. Tryouts will be the first warm weekend at Ozzies.

• From Automotive News: Ford Motor Co. is adding 1,550 hourly employees in the first quarter. The hires will cause between 300 and 500 UAW members earning Tier 2 hourly wages of $19.28 today to rise to top-tier status with hourly wages of $28.50, said Bill Dirksen, Ford vice president of labor affairs. Under Ford’s agreement, Tier 2 numbers are capped at 20% of the production work force (GM agreement is not the same as Ford’s and GM tier 2 percentage stands at 18).

Tom Brune
UAW Communications Coordinator
Wentzville Assembly
636-327-2119

No comments:

Post a Comment