Summer Help 

A requisition has been submitted for approval of up to 80 people.  Referrals will be handed out on Wednesday, April 18, and sent to employees on sick leave or layoff, and have to be returned no later than Friday, April 27 at 3:30 p.m.  Then 180 names will be selected for testing on Saturday, May 19.  Retesting will be on Saturday, June 9.  Management still has not determined whether they will need anyone or not, but they want to be prepared just in case.

Local Demands

There were over 200 demands submitted, which the committee went over and removed demands that were duplicates, which ones pertained to or conflicted with the National Agreement, and recommended against demands where one classification was trying to take work away from another classification. 

Our meeting to go over the demands with the membership is scheduled for Sunday, April 29, 2007 at the union hall located at 3852 Buchanan Ave SW.  This meeting will start at 1:00 p.m. and continue until finished. 

Loose Scrap

Management has notified the union of their plans to go to loose scrap.  They were talking of this in the past and determined it was more profitable to continue to bale it, and they even brought in a baler from Flint.  Now they have changed their mind again.

The union has expressed their concern that there are more negatives than positives in doing this.  As we work out the details with management, we will communicate those with the membership.

Appointments

Barb and I finished conducting interviews for the Co-Suggestion Coordinator last Thursday and will conduct interviews for second shift alternate Benefit Rep next week.  We will then make the selections and forward them to the International for approval.

Thank You

I would also like to thank the membership for sending Barb, Greg Golembiewski, Rocky Love, and myself to the Special Convention on Collective Bargaining in Detroit on March 27-28.  It was very well attended, and there were quite a few different speakers including Governor Granholm, Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick, as well as, the Governor of Ohio. 

In solidarity,

Steve Rop

Shop Chairman

UAW Local 730