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AUG 6, 2010, 2010 MEMBERSHIP MEETING ATTENTION MEMBERSHIP There will be a regular Membership meeting on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the Union Hall on 232 West King Street in Strasburg, Virginia. The hours will be from 7AM-4PM. Karen L. Foster, President AUG 6, 2010, 2010 FACEBOOK Our local now has a Facebook page. Please check us out here. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 20, 2010 CONTRACT RATIFICATION UAW Local 2999 ratified our contract today. It was approved by 77% of the voting membership. The contract will run through May 19, 2013. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 5, 2010 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS The UAW Local 2999 Bargaining Committee is scheduled to meet with IAC Corporate and Local Management on May 17 and 18, 2010 for final negotiations on our new labor agreement. The new proposed agreement will be available for review on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. It will be available at the Union Hall from 7AM-4PM. There will be a Ratification vote on Thursday May 20, 2010. NOTE: The Union newsletter has the Ratification Vote scheduled for Friday, May 21, 2010. We had to change the date due to plant inventory and there will be little to no production on that Friday. For the Bargaining Committee, Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 5, 2010 PROFIT SHARING UPDATE IAC Corporate has informed the UAW International Union that none of their plants reached the EBITDA margin required for a Profit Sharing payout. The books are still in the hands of the independent auditors and will be reviewed again by the UAW Financial Department once the auditors have completed their findings. For the Bargaining Committee, Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 5, 2010 MEMBERSHIP MEETING ATTENTION MEMBERSHIP There will be a regular Membership meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at the Union Hall on 232 West King Street in Strasburg, Virginia. The hours will be from 7AM-4PM. Karen L. Foster, President APR 26, 2010 ELECTION NOMINATIONS ATTENTION MEMBERSHIP The UAW Election committee is now accepting nominations for: (1) Delegate and (1) Alternate This is a four (4) year term. The position requires travel to the Constitutional convention in Detroit, Michigan. Delegates attending will be voting for the next seats of the UAW International Executive Board. The Convention will be held June 14-17, 2010. Other duties or travel may arise at any time during the four year term. To be considered you must be a UAW Local 2999 member in good standing for one (1) full consecutive year. In the event no nominations are received the UAW Local 2999 President reserves the right to appoint a Delegate. If more than one (1) nomination per seat is received a vote on the Delegate will be at the regular Membership Meeting which will be held on May 11, 2010. For a nomination form, please contact Sheila Metz or Harold (Turk) Thompson. All nominations are due in no later than 12:00PM (noon) on May 10, 2010. Karen L. Foster, President JAN 25, 2010 - IAC WORKERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HELP ATTENTION MEMBERSHIP Workers at International Automotive Components Group North America in Strasburg are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance through the U.S. Department of Labor. The program was created to provide benefits and support to workers who become unemployed due to the impact of international trade. Those who apply may receive case management and re-employment services, training in new occupational skills and income support during training. Some workers may also receive job search and relocation allowances, and the Health Coverage Tax Credit. Workers 50 and older may elect to receive Re-employment Trade Adjustment Assistance. If a worker obtains employment at less than $55,000 and their new wages are less than those previously earned, the RTAA program will pay 50 percent of the difference, up to $12,000 over a two-year period. RTAA participants may also be eligible for retraining and the health coverage tax credit. Workers covered by the Trade Adjustment Assistance program will be contacted by their respective states with instructions on how to apply for individual benefits and services. For more information, visit www.doleta.gov. NOV 6, 2009 CONTRACT RATIFICATION VOTE Members of UAW Local 2999 voted not to accept the concession framework agreement that the Bargaining Committee reached with IAC on November 4, 2009. The UAW Voting members turned the package down by 60%. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman NOV 5, 2009 CONCESSION FRAMEWORK PACKAGE VOTE United Auto Workers Local 2999 Bargaining Committee has reached a tentative agreement with International Automotive Components on a concession framework package. There will be a ratification vote this Friday, November 6, 2009 at the UAW Local 2999 Union Hall on 232 West King Street. The hours will be from 6AM 4PM. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman JUN 24, 2009 UAW LOCAL 2999 PROTEST On May 22, 2009 members of UAW Local 2999 were informed that a major program for General Motors was leaving IAC-Strasburg, Virginia, and headed for Mexico. This decision was made by International Automotive Components. The transfer of this work will be completed by July 31, 2009 and will affect 110 American UAW manufacturing job from our plant. In an effort to raise public awareness UAW members staged a demonstration in front of the facility on June 24, 2009. A hundred workers and their families showed up bearing colorful signs and American flags. Our goal was to bring attention not only to our local community, but to hopefully gain national attention on the negative effects of outsourcing, and the tolls it has on the American family.
UAW Local 2999 President Karen Foster and Bargaining Chairman Richie Franklin rally the troops.
The members of United Auto Workers Local 2999 took it to the streets to protest IACs decision to transfer our jobs to Mexico.
UAW Local 2999 Bargaining Committee members Scotty Miller and Hal Thompson carry signs during UAW protest. The protest was covered by four local newspapers, two TV stations, and several radio stations carried it on their local news.. The newspaper stories are on our Archives/Photo page and the TV link is listed below. TV 3 Winchester - http://www.tv3winchester.com/home/headlines/49036571.html Karen Foster, President Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman JUN 18, 2009 PRESS RELEASE Below is a press release that UAW Local 2999 released to the local media. Dear Media: On May 22, 2009 employees of International Automotive Components of Strasburg, Virginia were notified that a major program we run for General Motors was being transferred from our plant to an IAC plant in Mexico. This move is spearheaded by IAC Corporate in Dearborn, Michigan. The movement of this program from the IAC Strasburg facility affects 110 American manufacturing jobs. In June of 2007 the Strasburg plant employees were asked by corporate management to take concessions of $4.33 off their hourly wages & benefits. This was approved by our Union membership in hopes of keeping the plant open and that this would also help IAC bid future work for the Strasburg facility. Besides giving concessions to IAC Corporate we the members of UAW Local 2999 and the citizens of the United States pay taxes which helped bailout General Motors who is allowing good paying American jobs to go to Mexico and other foreign countries in order to achieve a cheaper labor rate with no benefits. United Auto Workers Local 2999 would like to protest the movement of all American jobs being outsourced to foreign countries, and we welcome anyone else who wishes to show support to walk with us. This peaceful protest is scheduled on June 24, 2009. The time of this public awareness is from 1-4 PM in front of the IAC-Strasburg facility. For more information please call United Auto Workers Local 2999 at (540) 465-5485 or e-mail us at local@uaw2999.org. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 22, 2009 GMT-900 CONSOLE LINE Today UAW Local 2999 was informed by local management that IAC corporate has decided to follow through with their plans to transfer the GMT-900 Console assembly lines and the 35 injection molds that go with the program from IAC-Strasburg, Virginia (USA) to one of their Mexican operations. This transition will be completed on or about July 30, 2009. This will affect 110 American manufacturing jobs. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 19, 2009 RATIFICATION VOTE Members of UAW Local 2999 today voted on rolling over our current labor contract until May 19, 2010. It was approved by 98% of our voting members to extend our contract for another year between the United Auto Workers and its Local 2999 and International Automotive Components and their Strasburg, Virginia facility. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 12, 2009 WARN NOTIFICATION The United Auto Workers Local 2999 have been advised that International Automotive Components - North America (IACNA - Strasburg) is hereby furnishing notification under the WARN act for layoffs and are the result of IACs transfer of business to plants closer to the customers manufacturing facilities. The initial scheduled layoffs are expected to commence on or about July 12, 2009. However, this notice is in anticipation that the GMT-900 Console line is leaving our facility, and we understand that International Automotive Components and General Motors have not finalized any details. Employees who are affected by the layoff have recall rights under our labor contract for two years or the length of his/her service whichever is less from the date of such layoff. This is our third WARN Notification since April of 2008. The WARN Notification was issued due to a Layoff and this is not a plant closure. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman MAY 12, 2009 BARGAINNING COMMITTEE The Bargaining Committee has been working on our next contract. With the current state of the economy we felt that it is in our best interest to extend our current labor agreement until May 19, 2010. We ran this by our UAW International Servicing rep, Don Cordell. He then contacted IAC Corporate Employee Relations Director, Jeff Freiburger. All parties are in agreement for a one year extension of our current labor contract. This of course is subject to approval by our UAW membership. We will hold a ratification vote at the UAW Local 2999 Union Hall on: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - Hours are 7AM 4PM Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman Karen L. Foster, President MAY 12, 2009 VACATION CHECKS Disregard any rumors you may have heard. Our vacation checks will be distributed on June 5, 2009. Please refer to our Labor Contract, Article 9, Section 2. As defined below; Vacation pay is distributed to eligible employees as a lump sum, normally during the first week in June each year. Employees who have already met the initial requirement of completing six- (6) months of active service prior to April 1 may begin taking vacation time for which they are eligible during the year on January 1. In order to avoid forfeiting vacation time, employees should take vacation before December 31 of each year. Employees are not allowed to carry vacation time over to the following year. Richie Franklin, Bargaining Chairman Karen L. Foster, President MAY 12, 2009 LINCOLN MKT We have started the D-472 Lincoln program and will build interior parts for this platform in Plant 4, Molding II Department. This program runs through 2014. On May 12, 2009 we had the Lincoln MKT in Plant 4 for our members to view.
MAR 23, 2009 CAMARO CONSOLE On March 23, 2009 we started building consoles for the 2010 Chevy Camaro. This is a brand new program for IAC-Strasburg, and we will build them in the Plant 1, Molding I Department. This console program runs through 2014.
OCT 8, 2008 FORD FLEX October 8, 2008 we had the Ford Flex in Plant 4, Molding II as we have started building interior trim for this platform at IAC-Strasburg. The Flex program runs through 2014.
FOOD BANK United Auto Workers Local 2999 Community Service Food Bank is accepting donations of non-perishable foods to help those in need in the Strasburg and surrounding area communities, as well as our Brothers and Sisters. Donations may be dropped off at our Local's office located on 232 West King Street, Strasburg or at our UAW in-plant office. You can contact the in-plant office at extension 299 or call the Local at (540) 465-5485.
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