Returnee

We were told by the Plant Chairman yesterday that those of us that were originally from Saline but left and came back will not have to go back to Wayne or DTP this time but everyone else will. Sounds like something was worked out at the convention last week.

I talked with Kanitz last weekend and he said that Dearborn was taking alot of their people back and he thought that Wayne may start taking some of theirs too. He said that the Visteon employees were coming back to Saline.

I'm a spray painter at Saline, we are painting the panels with Graco Airpro guns.The repair guys are using Sata hvlp guns and graco hvlp guns.

Wildo, I know that people look at things differently, I'm just wondering if you're looking at this with your left eye that looks straight on or your right eye that shoots out the side of your head! You really need to get a life, I think you're spending too much time sniffing the trash you haul around all day. Every candidate that signs up to run for an elected office in any election knows that they will be scrutinized but when there are people like you that have nothing else to do in life but run your mouth it really takes out any value in anything that you have to say. Now you're even talking about where someone hangs their signs? come on! Buster6969 has been asking you to answer a question for him for the last two days but you can't seem to do that, if you're going to continue to post then you should get some facts.

I understand that you are supporting Tom, but to say that Pete has just about sunk the ship is a pretty blind statement considering that the plant is doing better than it has done in years and better than any other plant around. If you think that Tom's experience and knowledge outways the dirt , you really don't know Tom at all.

Is this the same Barry Stevens that tried to be a bargaining rep at Saline but couldn't handle the pressure so he retired? Now he is working as a "scab" cleaner at DTP. This sounds like a real union man to me! Watch out Wildo he may be coming after your job at Saline next.

The Escape Panel Line did go to Kansas City, the Escape Console is still at Saline.

Well I guess if you were really doing your homework you would know that the GEN rep at Saline is Tom's brother-in-law which Tom appointed while he was Chairman.Regardless who appointed them they have both helped me out in the past when I needed their help.

Skill1987 I see from your postings that you are definitely a Kanitz fan, maybe you should ask him about the c.o.a. agreement he negotiated 6 months prior to the last election and had the company hold off on it untill after the 2006 election then Pete had to implement his agreement. Ask your buddy Tom for a copy of that agreement and see who all signed it and gave up the ship to the company. As for the agreement you are talking about, I called the International Union and asked about it myself when I heard about it. I was told that Pete and his committee did try to negotiate with the company but were not willing to go outside the guidelines of the Local Contract so the International Union took over to help the company through the churning.I asked who actually made this agreement and I was told that it was Frank DiGiorgio and Frank Keatts.

Wow! I wonder how many people he's promised this job to, I heard that he offered it to Kathy Kruger too. When we were at Wayne they were talking on the phone everyday working on strategy to get him elected.

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No I never planned on running, I'm just amazed how easily you can be fooled by someones B.S.

The Union Contract took care of them not Tom, the point is that he is out there making promises to us like he always has but doesn't care whether or not he can carry them out. Maybe he has promised you something if he gets elected, if he did and if he wins election write back and let us know if he kept his promise.

I remember two elections ago when Tom told the low seniority people they wouldn't get laid off if they re-elected him, two weeks after he was elected they were laid off and later picked up by Milan. But he did get elected!! He will tell you what you want to hear as long as he can gain from it.

The first group is supposed to go April 14th.

I just got back to Saline, I was never "advised" to leave I just thought it was the right thing to do at the time. It sounds like the same two guys will be running for Chairman again this time and I plan to vote the same way I did last time it must have been the right way because the plant is doing pretty good.

I just talked to the Union and we have people coming in next week and we also have people scheduled for the week of March 30th somewhere around 35 people each week.