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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED With your help, our membership achieved a huge victory when the state legislature, meeting in special session, finally approved the Manufacturing Jobs Act. The bill, signed by Gov. Nixon at our union hall on July 15, will provide $150 million in tax incentives to Ford to bring a new product to our plant when Escape production goes to Louisville next year.
Thousands of our members signed the
petition calling for a special session of the legislature to take up
the jobs bill. Hundreds called and wrote their state senators and
representatives to urge them to support the bill. A number of you
wrote letters to the editor.
All this hard work paid off when,
against all odds, the bill was passed. If ever there was an example of
the importance of our union engaging in political action, this was it.
The Missouri Primary Election is coming
up on August 3.
Call
Local 249 at 816-454-6333 to work with the UAW Community's Action
Committee.
Victory!
Gov. Nixon Signs Jobs Bill at Local 249 Gov.
Jay Nixon came to UAW Local 249 July 15 to sign legislation approving
$150 million in tax incentives designed to keep Ford Motor Co.'s
assembly plant in Claycomo when the Escape moves to After
a tortured, four-week process that culminated in a 20-hour filibuster,
by Tea Party senate candidate Chuck Pergason, "With
the sharper, stronger economic tools provided by this jobs bill, A
Nixon spokesman said Wednesday that the governor had a "positive
and productive" conversation with Ford CEO Alan Mulally following
the bill's passage. In the telephone call, Nixon reiterated the
importance of Ford and its supplier network to Local
249 President “We
fought hard for passage of the tax incentive package,” Wright said,
“and we won. Our members build the highest quality vehicles, and
we’re the most efficient auto assembly plant in Wright
thanked all the members of Local 249 who called or wrote letters urging
passage of the act. “Our members understood how critical this bill
was,” said Wright. “Their activism was a crucial factor in getting
the special legislative session called and the bill passed.”
KANSAS
CITY VACATION SHUTDOWN INFORMATION TRUCK SYSTEM
Pay
for hrs worked PE 6/27/10
Direct Deposit - 7/2/10 SUV SYSTEM
Pay
for hrs worked PE 6/27/10
Direct Deposit – 7/2/10 B Crew Production and
Supporting
Pay
for hrs worked PE 6/27/10
Direct Deposit – 7/2/10 C Crew Production and
Supporting
Pay
for hrs worked PE 6/27/10
Direct Deposit – 7/2/10 ALL
START TIMES REMAIN UNCHANGED Trucks
#2 Shift
8 hrs holiday pay converts to 8 hrs EAA *Mondays
are not part of B-Crews normal work week Requests
for receiving holiday pay rather than converting to EAA (paid personal)
must be made in writing in Labor Relations prior to shutdown. TEMPORARY
EMPLOYEES ONLY Temporary
employees do not have vacation hours entitlement and must file claims
for Unemployment Compensation Benefits. EXAMPLE Temps
assigned to C-Crew may make UC benefits claims for state benefit W.E.
7/3/10 after 1:00 pm on Sunday 7/4/10. Temporary
employees, regardless of where they are assigned, will need to file UC
benefits claims for state benefit weeks ending 7/10/10 and 7/17/10.
Since C-Crew will return to work on 7/16/10 they will be
required to calculate and report their earnings from Friday 7/16 and
Saturday 7/17. Some
temporary employees will be eligible for holiday pay.
This year, July 5, 2010 is the negotiated paid holiday for the 4th
of July. Those assigned to
C-Crew who are eligible for holiday pay will receive 10 hours plus 10%
shift premium and temps assigned to other areas/shifts will require 8
hours holiday pay plus 5% shift premium.
Temporary employees who are unsure of their rate whether or not
they will receive holiday pay or have any questions regarding earning
they must report when filing for UC benefits may call Labor Relations at
816-459-1768 or 816-459-1567 M-F before 4:30 p.m. (except Monday July 5th)
and a Labor Relations representative can provide them with this
information. Production
Saturdays Scheduled for Truck System
Members
of Local Union leadership encourage everybody to be safe and have a well
deserved vacation.
Worker
to Worker The UAW’s National Ford Department has recently informed us that
although they continue to pursue settlement of the mass grievances
associated with monetary compensation, they were successful at
negotiating the reinstatement of the Employee Tuition Assistance Plan (ETAP)
benefits for UAW-Ford hourly employees. This grievance settlement
provides for ETAP benefits to be reinstated effective on June 1, 2010.
Qualified tuition paid prior to the effective date for the
upcoming semester/term may be reimbursable pending proper application as
of the June 1st effective date.
We have been told that in the next few weeks more information and
details will be communicated to each location.
Any questions regarding the implementation of the above plan may
be directed to the National Program Center ETAP dept. at (313-392-7162).
Employee Discounts This web site lists information about all the employee discounts that are available to both active and retired members. Worlds of Fun Discounted Tickets 2010 - UNION WEEKEND JULY 23-25th! Just follow the
instruction below.
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