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Ford continues to shoot themselves in the foot. There are a great many people out there who want a sedan, not a truck, not an SUV or other balloon vehicle. And as we get older, we don't want to have to climb into a vehicle. I'd really hate to have to buy a competitor's product but I want a proper car. I've spoken to quite a few folks who do, as well. And we aren't interested in your electric crap.

I just got my new benefit book. Am I reading this right? My pension benefit is reduced if I retire before 62, regardless of how many years I have?

REFERENDUM VOTE! One man, one vote!

This has been a bone of contention where I live. I'm very active in our county CAP and am a candidate as well. For far too long Labor has been a rubber stamp for the Democratic party and whereas that used to be beneficial to the UAW and Labor, it has now become a case of the Democrats taking Labor for granted and thinking they can dictate to us. They're very accommodating at election time but forget who you are afterwards....hence NAFTA, GATT and TPP....not to mention this so-called "cadillac tax" that, funnily enough, the politicians are exempt from. These are not the Democrats of our youth and of our fathers. We call this new breed pretendocrats and Demorats. We need to support those who support us. Bottom line.

Cal, I had heard that.

Was the quality manager Kesha or something like that? She was at OHAP with him......this is very interesting.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/171340772996516/If you'd like to see the highlights.

You'll not get 25 and out or even 28 and out. Those 5 or 2 years that you'd get out early, you were technically in the GEN and since that was abolished, there's not an avenue to facilitate that. I did put in a resolution for reinstatement of the GEN but we'll see if anyone else did.

This seems to be a new trend. It was recently done to our county workers. I will vote against anything that touches my health care coverage. That's a non-starter!

Because when they did the 25 or 28 and out you supposedly spent those remaining years in GEN. Since they suspended that program during the concessions and apparently just abandoned it in the contract talks, there is no GEN program for you to go into.....and how many people put in a resolution to reinstate the GEN program? I know I did.

Because the attitude of the membership has become every man/woman for themselves, screw you Jack, I've got mine! Just look at how they vote their local officials in! It's based on not the greater good but who is going to do you a "favor"!

No we won't! The idea is to bring the 2nd tier up to legacy rates.....not go backwards!

I'll wait for the follow up story because I think the IUAW is in for a very rude awakening......very rude.......

If you're looking at their wages: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/daimler_trucks_north_america_w.html And Ford has already established a VEBA with the UAW......

And today, at least in my region, they're getting the delegates together to brainwash them into supporting the dues increase. It's time to get real. You're not going to defeat the Admin Cauc on who they're supporting or in getting the referendum vote. The delegates are too busy for the most part sucking up and this is a wasted effort and just makes people look foolish. Give it up, it's a lost cause. I'd be concentrating right now on making damned sure that they don't raise those bloody union dues. And if you REALLY want to control them? Control their money! Sign off on your Beck rights with the VCAP and hamstring them. Start playing hardball because they're damned sure doing it to us and they could care less what happens to the rank and file. They've shown that time and again. Right now they're on their own personal agenda and it has nothing to do with what is good for the people in the plants!

Why not? That's how our chairman got re-elected! Bring in a shitload of LTSs and tell them they'll get hired if he gets elected....even though we know that won't happen since we're going to be laying off! And then telling the folks in the garage that if they don't vote for the chairman that we won't get a new product. OR! Telling the entry levels that you'll be able to protect their jobs if you get re-elected.....

Amen and Solidarity!

Thank you for supporting your UAW brothers and sisters.....

I think you'll see an announcement about some overflow.....that's as much commitment as these guys can get.....sigh....

Oh I figured out who you are! lmao! Dead giveaway....just like your political career!

Soup, they have openings at LAP and KTP.....there were postings.....people from OHAP that wanted to go should have had the opportunity.....backfill with LTS if necessary but give the folks a chance.....and yes, I've noticed the new faces at the union meetings.....some of them are even currently elected reps.

Does Bob King work for the Koch brothers?

The devil is in the details and you know we'll NEVER get the details....what did THEY get?!

Oh you should see how the people found out! There was supposedly this email from the plant manager to the chairman and then the chairman's response. No town hall meeting, nothing! And this was the day AFTER the union meeting where everything was being reported out as hunky dory! Now either the chairman was lying to us OR the company has that little respect for this guy! Furthermore, a notification of this magnitude is NOT conveyed in the form of an email nor is it conveyed by the plant manager. They either call you to the Region or Detroit and sit you down face to face....unless they don't respect you....something tells me though that this is going to be an underhanded little ploy by the chairman since our election is in a couple of months....he's going to say that there won't be any new product unless HE is re-elected!

It's all over our plant. People that I wouldn't think would even have the first idea about this are talking about it! Of course, then they go on to the RTW discussion because there are two bills in Ohio about RTW.