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Chaos is everywhere.... Teamster`s local in Chicago having a get together like this. https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/04/15/when-american-anti-war-activists-cheer-for-irans-war-on-israel-n3786506 Death to America? in an American Labor Union house?

This pretty much can sum up CAP well a lot of Ford situations. It is written about Boeing but substitute Ford in place of Boeing and dam it puts things in perspective. DEI or DIE "I interviewed a long-time Boeing insider who explained exactly how DEI has undermined company culture and degraded performance. "DEI is the drop you put in the bucket, and the whole bucket changes." Christopher Rufo But I guess I should be glad that after "13" recalls on the Focas and 11 recalls on the Escape then waiting for the Explorer to be delivered just to get the "dear customer" letter two weeks later.... at least the door didn`t fly off at 600 mph.

Is it just CAP or possibly other Ford facilities? Down week with MP1 build scheduled? Model year balance out starting three days before the last day of producing MP1 ? MPP2 what's that? VIN Roll umm no. 20 to 26% awol daily. Process coaches awol daily. Equipment creating more issues than good units. Anyone can be an engineer even managers from Target. Part shortage one of the favorite excuses to short shift. Close the facility building PHEV and FHEV`s move FHEV production back to the facility that didn`t have the floor space to build FHEV`s. Without adding square footage. FHEV`s will be very low volume mix rate. DAMMM Police FHEV orders are whaaaat? And that is just a short over view of the short list of CAP`s downward spiral.

The machinist union backed this current policy maker with votes & thousands of their dues/political fund dollars. First thing the current policy maker did with a pen? Yep no pipeline work for you union brothers and sisters... Voting for what works isn`t a strong attribute of those that think for themselves.

How the Liberal Media Reacted to Trump’s Latest Comment Is Why Americans Have Lost Trust https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/17/trump-bloodbath-comment-taken-out-of-context-n2636600 Ford US facilities "9" - US assembled models - "16" Ford/China facilities "6" - China assembled models - "20" Ford/Mexico Facilities "2" Mexican assembled models - "3" Non Ford Mexico/China joint venture facilties "2" assembled models "?" But are just barely president states the UAW is in full support of the current policies and the administration putting these policies in place..... Any chance of organizing Mexico or Chinese workers? To date 14% of Mexican labor is unionized and in decline. No assembly facilities. One parts plant is unionized (about 400 employees) the agreement isn`t centered around rates of pay, mianly hours worked and working conditions. 100% tariff worked before, energy independent worked before, small minority business at and all time high and inflation lowest in so many years worked before. Maybe the just barely IUAW president didn`t care for what worked....

If MAP is going through what CAP is going through it might be a while before MP1 or MP2 reaches Job1. The VO teams have little experience and no planning abilities then here at CAP they go from a 2024MY new body style components to changing their minds and making 2024MY a VIN Roll and push everything new and unproven over to 2025MY. I get it 5 weeks of down time but again no experience and no planning lead us to utter confusion. One VOME group doesn`t communicate last minute chances to another VOME group. The unknowing VO group then has to stop and try to make changes after the non communicated changes. Less than professional. (complete BS) Of course the 2024MY has all the issues from 2023MY because a VIN Roll is just that, don`t fix the issues just push everything to model year balance out. Annnnd dam there`s the same issues. Now mix all that with the boxes checked promotions and you have customers waiting for their 2024MY units and then the phones calls trying to get the customer to consider canceling and reordering a 2025MY toooo wait more. Roll in 20 to 25 precent AWOL of hourly and then have three process coaches per crew in one department...one is off per crew regularly. CAP has FHEV orders coming out our ears. Police/Service FHEV orders are 20% higher than 2023. Open a facility for PHEV`s & FHEV`s but someone decides hey lets close the FHEV & PHEV facility, imagine the savings was said. Imagine all the people coming to the main facility Hey!!! we will cover all the AWOL`s. But wait... the FHEV & PHEV facility was opened for??? not enough floor space in the main facility... Did they think to add some square footage to the main plant? Before closing the other? Did bringing the people from one facility to the main plant make the AWOL`s go away? You can answer. all three questions with two letters N-O. I thought 2020 was a VO & NMPD total disaster well we are fixing to make 2025 another launch to remember... Good Luck MAP but some of the VOME`s with their liberal arts degrees are the same here at CAP and buncing back and forth to MAP. Thank goodness the all electric eco fad is starting to fade away like those super fat rear tire custom Harleys.

This may be hard for some who know me but... I`ll never stand squarely with this just barely president. I was just made aware of our just barely IUAW president did an interview with the Sharpton Little Fella. Our just barely president went on and on how the economy is in a good recovery, how he secured so many jobs in the big three EV manufacturing facilities, inflation is well under control and how he has his membership squarely behind the only president that has ever walked the picket line with the UAW. The last UAW member leaving the Lighting plant, please turn off all the lights. The UAW membership is squarely behind open boarders, soft on crime, foreign policies that benefit Iran and China and the newest policy "unlimited vacation". Reminds be about something in polisci, didn`t Rome have a leader like we got.....

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Chicago Teachers Union - we don`t need no stinkin audit - asking for one is racist.... Chicago Teachers' Union Got Some 'Splainin' to Do – HotAir Hmmm wonder what the IUAW LM-2 is going to look like for this year, when posted next year? IUAW, Political Spending may be interesting next year too.

Most white pages leave some form of an open end or future negotiations references on the subject or topic. As for record offering by no means is SRI an amount record but, with all the previous SRI`s times are different. The group I look at as the best off when they excepted their SRI was the150K (before taxes & liabilities) group and no Ford heath care insurance. Most that took this SRI had a spouse working for Ford also. Take your 150K and become an insurance dependent. Even those that took this SRI and had no spouse to be covered under they now are eligible for UAW VEBA so pretty much not a bad SRI. JMO Me I`m good with the 50K.

“Ford Motor Co.'s decision to resume construction of its electric-vehicle plant in Marshall, but at a much smaller scale, marks another sign that looming expectations for EV sales growth aren't keeping pace with ambitious targets embraced inside and outside the auto industry.” “The Dearborn-based automaker said Tuesday it is scaling back its expected gigawatt capacity for the Marshall project by about 43% and will decrease the number of jobs created through the investment by about 32% to a new total of 1,700 jobs. The company still plans to complete construction by 2026.” Willie Clay and Farley know there is no reason to assume that Old Joe will be calling the shots on January 20th, 2025 which means there's no guarantee Willie Clay or any one of the big three will see an endless stream of our tax dollars to help subsidize these pie in the sky projects…. Umm does this mean our just barely UAW president won`t be counting all those future dues? Woo Woo make the deposits and give me an exit date

Well..... wishes do come true, now for the deposits lets talk exiting dates too hey, has there been a lot of transfers from CAP to Kentucky?

2023 UAW/Ford Contract Totals; Total votes cast; 30783 20546 or 66.7% - YES 10237 or 33.3% - NO

2023 UAW Voting Totals.docx Ok lets try it this way 17968 or 66% - YES 9223 0r 33.9% - No

Ford Tentative Agreement Ratification Vote Tracker - Google Drive.html 17968 or 66% - YES 9223 0r 33.9% - No We be gettin close to 50% of the membership taking time to voice their opinion...

As of last nights reports; In Support of the Contract. Production - 12974 Trades - 2978 Total For - 15972 Not Happy with the Contract, Production - 7776 Trades - 760 Total Not Likin It - 8536 Any bets on just how many eligible members vote? I got a quarter on less the 50%....

Hey how you doin cecil..... I see you still have a sore spot, can I suggest Preparation H. Fuzzy hit out the park, was dead on right. Get a hand shake and the promise "all" the EV facilities would be union and the just barely president started counting future dues. Then it was on to tentative agreements. Now don't get me wrong I am all in with this contract. I understood from the first book of faces influencer broadcast it was the typical business negotiations at work. Ask, demand or change to the membership demands and off we go. But unforunitly our influencer didn't`t think some of his members had never been through a negotiation before and took his 46% etc etc dead serious. So now these unknowing members want that pie in the sky contract. Hopefully we will see a 51% for in the next week. As for the 551 - - 3 crews - over 7 thousand members - more trades personal than ever - 400 million Ford bucks coming down the shoot - no lay offs since our Chairman took office - local President and V. President running a local with quorums 5 out of 6 months in a row, all the time and we leave the SUB benefits for the other locals..... Bad 551 Bad

SSD will be your only gateway to some financial assistance. It will open doors to other state level assistance also. You can apply at your age and most likely retain an attorney for the future appeals process. Good luck

Ahhh the bad asses at CAP have spoken.... 55% YES --- 45% no.... Sorry activists When`s the deposits hapnin

I`m sure you're aware Ford Motor Co. has nothing to do with retirees health care coverage. VEBA health care administrators make the eligibility and benefits decisions for all retirees. The 2024 highlights are a generalization of benefits for all Ford employees. The details for each group, active and retirees is laid out in the white pages and the publish contract books, issued in the near future. As for retirees healthcare coverage nothing has change from prior contracts since Ford paid the IUAW to administer retirees healthcare benefits. You are correct in stating no charge to Ford retirees, by the company. That is based on VEBA being in complete control of determining all charges for benefits and who is eligible. Appling for a social security disability should be a priority. Unfortunately everyone will be required to apply for Medicaid /Medicare at one point. Good Luck "Ok sometimes I don't see the whole picture" but, I just assumed your father was an hourly employee. I`m not to in-depth on the salaried retirees benefits so just maybe there is other options for you from a salaried benefits plan.

I`m all in for the Ford contract, the retirement incentive works out well for my schedule. No luck with giving back the VEBA to Ford. But a good raise in the LIB. Seems with little fan fare the 3% raise is still in place but, the total hourly percentage is very good. (three consecutive 3% increases) Then there`s the expansion of the contract, once again little talk on this contract item. But some grand standing of the MAYDAY thing for 2028 expiration date. Would that then be a five year contract? Oh well, 3, 4, or 5 year contract who`s counting. Then the biggest win for the book of faces influencer, ORGINIZE ORGINIZE ORGINIZE!!!! Yep we will see our membership numbers jump jump jump. Those future UAW members will be lined up waiting to pay their initiation and first month dues very soon, at all those battery and EV plants. Well, there was that one mention of card check process but not to worry bout those right to work laws, if the influencer says it, they will come. On that win for new membership, wonder if the just barely president has given any of this a thought while up on the mountain? The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't – HotAir

A disagreement or in my case a dislike of a mans methods isn't a need to apologize for my views or opinion. Fains approach and statements changed over time from eating the rich to a more business approach in his statements and methods should there be an apology for his realization of the situation? I can't judge the last five IUAW presidents by the negotiations Fains UAW/Ford team has just completed. The last two for sure and possibly three IUAW presidents put the bar really low for the membership in almost every aspects. Two for sure paid for their complete dishonest and disrespectful methods they put in place. Then if one looks at the picture in a wider view than just the focus on the IUAW president there were more players in the selling out of the membership. Fain at this point (with very few details) can definitely take the success of the IUAW Ford Department`s results as credit as his leadership. I and many members are concerned with Fains earlier approach. The radical approach and to appease the democratic socialist support he gained through his campain may be something that could come back to haunt him. There are many members that are stating the 40% or a no vote... that's what was promised. Fain put in place that frame of mind, I think it may be an even bigger part of his method and approach to undo. fmco76 only results will prove out methods. My views and opinion are something that have yet to change. Fain, the next Reuther? A great step forward sometimes is based on everything but, where the people, organization and/or the membership were currently at. One last thing fmco76 the membership may have forgot and some may have no knowledge of the fact, of those that helped sell the situation our union was in prior to Fain. Reuther did unit, Fain may get there.

It wasn't`t ten minutes after the book of faces announcement when the .... that's bull shit, what happened to 40%, we haven't got anything for 3 or 4 contracts and of course the "our work is worth way more that this offer". Then the texts and calls from the worried members that have honest concerns. You know the members that come in, do their operation and can be counted on. We talk and I let them know that getting what has been presented at this point is just as Chuck stated more than we have received in multiple contracts. I am no different than most members at this point when it comes to details but, then what I have heard and the informaion that will be put on line later this week will be what I and the membership will need to have to make an educated decision on the TA. If your a member that lives for the shop floor rumors, bull shit talk or the "I heard or they said" then run with the "our work is worth way more".... but for those members that get real tired of listening to the rumor mongers, (that get everything wrong) get as much info as you can. Then make a trip to the hall and vote. Hopefully information and common sense will make for good decisions for the next four years. Good Luck to us all.

Listened to our leader and I guess on one hand Ford isn't being fare but on the other hand the leader wants GM & Stalantis to come up to Fords offer? I did pick on the $3 increase in the LIB, I think. Not sure would that $3 be across the board for any retiree? Or just future retirees? I hope it is across the board because we have retirees the went out 10 or 15 years ago and their LIB could really use a $3 increase. ( $3 X 30years isn't much more a month) As for the 401K increases Ive done a little comparing. Here in my area that 9plus percent Fords offering is above average, expect for the trucking/legistics they are even a little higher matching percentage. Swift does a dollar plus an hour worked into the drivers 401K. But hell some of the drivers are logging the max behind the wheel and getting a mileage bonus too. Steel miles are close but a little higher at some with restrictions. BP is a little better but again with restrictons. All in all it is relative I guess, work in a facility and bank a buck an hour or literally live in a truck cab for a little more. The key word for the 401K members is "work". More hours more dollars in the 401K. Work....that seems to be key everywhere but here at CAP the members are.... well...ummm not feelin the celebrity thing much anymore. The smilin for WGN or WLS is gettin old I guess. The activists aren't stomping around chanting much and for sure I`ve not seen one "Eat The Rich" T shirt on the news. CAP is living up to its reputation, Strike Captains late or no shows. Assigned picket duty umm can I make up my day this week, next week? Then there are the members that are seeing a clearer picture about the money. Strike for six weeks and get a 6K signing bonus.... put that on a balance and see what adds up. Then I saw an interview on CNN (yea I know CNN) seems a few members are wondering just what our leader is doing. One sermon is fire & brimstone about electric facilities and the next sermon nuttin? I`m completely understand the union ideology, always have and always will. But, like all ideologies it takes a leader or leaders to have the knowledge and the experience to pass the ideology on to the followers, membership, with guildence. As for our union ideology it is sprinkled with all sorts of just plain human nature. From the resent thieves to our current democratic socialist leaning just barely leader it seems to be something different than the unionizing of the working class to more of just another big corporation. Here's to our corporate IUAW, just barely, democratic socialist backed president, (Rah Rah) you got my attention, hell I will say your the best thing since sliced bread just get a grip, do some listening to Chuck, and get that tentative agreement. Ahh can you imagine the book of faces live feed with a tentative agreement.