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Does anyone have the Production / Trades breakdown

Wrong....when the federal goverment changed the tax laws in 1985 TRASOP became illegal at the same time the Feds invented the 401K...at that time you could only put in 5% of your income wich at the time maxed out at about 30 dollars a week. No matching funds were ever kicked in by the company since the inception of the 401k better known as TESPHE......TRASOP was stock given to the hourly workers whether you wanted it or not. Stock was set aside for this purpose and if the company set aside to much, which they usually did almost every year, you could sign to purchase it and the company would kick in a little towards the puschase. I was always surprised at how few of my fellow co-workers took advantage of this. When TRASOP was fazed out you were given the option of rolling the money into the NEW 401k accounts or taking the cash. Again this was either 1984 or 85.....

Good Post....I want you to know I told the IUAW Reps exactly the same thing when we had our info meeting

You are one of those, who when the time comes, will be the first in line to sign up for the apprenticship test ! Wake up stupid !

Congrats to the Leadership at DTP....Its time for the rest of the Leadership to Man Up and tell Bob King where to stick this contract.....

Now we need Kentucky and KC to get on board....ENOUGH is ENOUGH

We all need to ask ourselves a couple of questions: What consessions did the guys at the top take??? Are they going to forego taking their obscene multi million dollar bonuses in the spring right after they throw us a thousand dollar bone???? They guys on the bottom keep taking the beatings while the guys on top give up absolutely NOTHING! While I read over the Highlights I see where they throw every Plant a little bone for a YES vote. Our leadership should bow there heads in shame. Lead by example, don't ask me for anything else till upper maagement shows EQUAL SACRAFICE. How about no Million dollar bonuses till the end of the contract??? FAT CHANCE......

You must never give up your right to Strike.....When was the last time the UAW called a strike at Ford Mtr Co. ?????? September of 1976 ! This is the only tool we have left, we have already given back everthing we bargained for since that contract in 76. ENOUGH is ENOUGH. They all wants us to be on par with GM and Chrysler, well I want management to lead by example. Mullaly and Co. should first step up and take the same medicine that top management from GM and Chrysler did.....Don't hold your breath

The question that all of us stuck in an ACH plant with a sale pending need to know is: After the sale is completed how many days till all Blue employees have to be gone.

You have alot of info crammed in here.. Who is elgible for the RLREI ???

Well its been 10 weeks since 2072 production employees and 505 tradesman turned in their paperwork to flowback. We now know exactly what we knew then, NOTHING. No one can tell you when your leaving or even what number you are on the list to leave. And yes they have a list. A couple of Fifth graders could have produced a list by now. All those involved in this should be ashamed, Company and Union alike. The Union should be raising Hell. Enough is enough. Answers are long overdue.

How many Tradesman are scheduled to leave KC on Feb. 1st ????

You obviously love Middle East Food and you must also speak fluent arabic because all your neighbors in that area will be Arabs. But I'm sure you already knew that you ignorant hillbilly.

Who has those trades numbers from LAP ???

If you signed to Flow you will Flow. If you didn't sign to Flow you will be go where they tell you after all those who signed to Flow leave first. If you still don't want to go and ''IF'' Valeo wants you, you can stay and work for 14 dollars an hour. Its time to go. All is contingient on a new contract between Valeo and Local 845.