Ten-O-Five #19 Newsletter

November 17, 2008:

NEW WORK ROLL OUT: As you are all now aware, a “Perfect Storm” is engulfing the auto industry. Surely weathering this unprecedented down-turn will effect us all in some way. We here in Parma are lucky to have the right product mix, which so far has minimized our losses. Where is the bottom, no one knows, but it seems like we are not there yet. The news media and economists are all taking pot shots at the domestic auto industry. Our Congressional Leaders are all guilty of allowing our jobs to be sourced offshore and allowed foreign products to be imported and even made in whole or part on American soil. There is no level playing field, there are no reprisals. In foreign countries, the governments protect their industrial base, but in America, greed has overshadowed common sense. Now we, the American Citizens, are left holding the bag. Call (877-331-1223) your Senators and Congressmen and let them know that the U.S. Big Three automakers need to be bailed out also or three million other U.S. workers will lose their jobs in supplier industries.

In May and June of 2008, you elected a new Shop Committee. We set about to improve the Parma and Local 1005 U.A.W.’s competitive position by agreeing to adapt the “Work Rule” changes dealing with blurring the “Lines of Demarcation” under Doc 112. Also, adding to the P.M.P. “Production Maintenance Partnership” under Doc. 157 we added language for “Skilled Trades Partners”. Further, under Doc. 159, we agreed to the exit strategy for “Non-Strategic Work”. All this language was previously negotiated and ratified in the 2007 National Agreement. With these agreements, we raised our Parma “Competitive Operating Agreement” score to 92.38. This was a difficult and daunting challenge with much political risk to the Parma Complex. Today, we are seeing the results of our efforts combined with the hard work of this membership meeting your S.P.Q.R.C. & E. goals.

These re-allocations the Corporation is announcing are the fruit of our combined efforts and you’re to be congratulated for your patience and understanding. You, the membership, deserve the enhanced job security this work will bring to Parma and Local 1005. Once again, congratulations and thank you for your support.

PAID HOLIDAYS: Under Paragraph (203) of the 2007 UAW-GM National Agreement, Thursday, November 27, 2008 “Thanksgiving” and Friday, November 28, 2008 “Day after Thanksgiving” are paid holidays. As such, each eligible employee will receive (8) hours pay provided they meet the following eligibility requirements:
1) The employee has seniority as of the date of the specified holiday.
2) The employee would otherwise have been scheduled to work on such day if it had not been observed as a holiday, and
3) The employee must have worked the last scheduled work day prior to and the next scheduled work day after the specified holiday within the employees work week.

USE OF V.R. HOURS: Will not be permitted unless excused in advance for the above mentioned qualifying days per Document #8, Sub Paragraph 9-A.

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