PRESIDENT’S REPORT
By: Barb Henderson
February 2006
MANY THANKS
Thank you to Local 1231 Retirees for their support in helping us obtain the tables and chairs from their closed union hall, they look great! A big thank you to our Trustees for all of their hard work removing the old tables and chairs and setting up the new ones, the chairs really improved the look of our hall. Also, thank you to Dave Everts for donating the use of his trailer for the project.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the members who offer their time to make repairs to Local 730 and ask for nothing in return. In addition, I wish to thank our members who always make it to the union meetings even though they aren’t required to per our bylaws, what dedication! Again, thank you to all for supporting our standing committees by attending their activities or by purchasing raffle tickets from them.
Speaking of Local activities, we have many coming up soon.......
BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION
The Civil Rights Committee is presenting their Black History Program on February 26th, doors open at 1:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 2:00 p.m. The Administrator of the Grand Rapid Public Schools, Dr. Cathy Large will be the keynote speaker with the guest speaker being The Honorable Judge Stephen L. Borrello of the Michigan Court of Appeals. Our very own Larry Smith, Director of the International Union Civil Rights Department, will also be speaking. The program is free to everyone, we hope that you can make it.
TEXAS HOLD’EM TOURNAMENT
The Citizenship / Legislative Committee will have a Texas Hold’em with black jack tables, wheel of fortune, and 50/5 raffles on March 18th at the Local 730 Union Hall. It will be held from 7:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., for Local 730 members only.
CAREER AND EDUCATION DAY
The Education Committee along with the help of the Citizenship / Legislative Committee, will have their annual Career Day on April 25th. Be sure to watch the Focus On Labor, Auto View, and the Bulletin Boards for upcoming information on when and where to sign your child up for the program.
UNION LABEL PANCAKE BREAKFAST
The Union Label Coalition will have their Annual All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast on March 26th at Region 1D from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Tickets are $5 each, children 10 and under eat free. There will be door prizes, union made products displayed, and activities for the children.
SPEAKER AND AUTHOR FRANK H. WU
If you haven’t had a chance to see Frank H. Wu, Dean of Wayne State University on any of the talk shows or read his book ”Yellow Race in America”, now is your opportunity. He will be at Wealthy Theatre on March 14th. His lecture begins at 6:00 p.m. and he will have a book signing at 7:00 p.m. This event is brought to us by the A.O.K. CAP Council in honor of the Grand Rapids Womens History Council Legacy.
RESOLUTIONS FOR THE UAW CONSTITUTION
You may now submit a resolution, which is a proposed change to the UAW Policy or Constitution. The proposed changes will be voted on by the membership at the March
21st membership meeting. All resolutions approved will be submitted to the International, and if the resolutions received the support at the convention the change may be adopted. Please watch the bulletin board for upcoming information regarding this.