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Durbin bill
Durbin bill re-introduced
Senator Brown is a co-sponsor of this bill:
[ WASHINGTON , DC ] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced legislation today, which will curb abuses that deprive employees and retirees of their earnings and retirement savings when businesses collapse. The Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act would make several changes to Chapter 11 bankruptcy law, putting workers interests near the top when companies file for bankruptcy.
"American workers and retirees who give their lives to a company are too often treated like strangers when their employer files bankruptcy,” Durbin said. “This bill says that if a company goes bankrupt, employees and retirees won’t take a back seat to creditors and executive bonuses in getting fair treatment."
Sadly, corporate bankruptcies are nothing new to American workers. In too many corporate bankruptcies, workers’ claims for compensation and benefits are denied while executives’ claims are given preferential treatment. It is time for a more balanced and just approach.
“Workers of distressed companies are frequently asked to save their companies by sacrificing their wages, benefits and right to collective bargaining while executives are rewarded with bonuses and golden parachutes,” said Conyers.  “Our bill establishes that sacrifice should be spread evenly among all employees when companies face bankruptcy.”
The bill is also cosponsored by Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Al Franken (D-MN).
“American workers are already feeling the pressure of this tough economy.  If their employer falls into bankruptcy, this can be a one-two punch for those already struggling to make ends meet,” said Harkin.  “This bill ensures that workers and retirees are treated fairly and their losses are minimized in the event their business declares bankruptcy.  These are protections needed now, more than ever.”
“There is a growing disconnect between work and reward that is dangerous for our economy and our society,” Brown said. “When a company’s bankruptcy filing means pink slips for skilled workers and millions for ousted CEOs, something is very wrong. This legislation would ensure that when a company files for bankruptcy, it must place a priority on meeting workers’ claims for compensation and retirement benefits.”  Brown is the author of the Forewarn Act, S. 1374, which would ensure more workers receive advanced notice of mass layoffs or workplace closings. The Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act would ensure that back pay awarded through WARN damages would be given priority in the bankruptcy claims process.
"It's critical that employees and retirees are protected when the company they've worked for ends up in bankruptcy. Minnesotans don't want workers to lose out when a company reorganizes,” Franken said. “We've seen that happen too many times, especially on the Iron Range . In this tough economic climate, preserving jobs and retiree benefits must be a priority."”
The Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act will protect workers from losing out by:
Improving Recoveries for Employees and Retirees:
·         Doubles the maximum value of wage claims entitled to priority payment for each worker to $20,000
·         Allows a second claim of up to $20,000 for contributions to employee benefit plans
·         Eliminates the restriction that wage and benefit claims must be earned within 180 days of the bankruptcy filing in order to be entitled to priority payment
·         Allows workers to assert claims for losses in certain defined contribution plans when such losses result from employer fraud or breach of fiduciary duty
·         Establishes a new priority administrative expense for workers’ severance pay
·         Clarifies that back pay awarded via WARN Act damages are entitled to the same priority as back pay for other legal violations
Reducing Employees’ and Retirees’ Losses:
·         Restricts the situations in which collective bargaining agreements can be rejected, tightens the criteria by which collective bargaining agreements can be amended, and encourages negotiated settlements
·         Toughens the procedures through which retiree benefits can be reduced or eliminated, including preventing companies seeking retiree health benefit reductions from singling out non-management retirees for concessions
·         Requires the court to consider the impact of a bidder’s offer to purchase a company’s assets would have on maintaining existing jobs and preserving retiree pension and health benefits
·         Clarifies that the principal purpose of Chapter 11 bankruptcy is the preservation of jobs to the maximum extent possible
Restricting Executive Compensation Programs:
·         Requires disclosure and court approval of executive compensation for firms in bankruptcy
·         Prohibits the payment of bonuses and other forms of incentive compensation to senior officers and others
·         Ensures that insiders cannot receive retiree benefits if workers have lost their retirement or health benefits
The Durbin-Conyers bill enjoys strong labor support.
“Workers and retirees throughout American industry have seen hard-won benefits stripped away by a deadly combination of American bankruptcy laws and other governmental policies that have for years been aligned against their interests,” said Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers. “Congress can now begin to set things right by reforming the bankruptcy laws to level the playing field, respect the bargaining process, and encourage companies to reorganize in a responsible way.”
"Our bankruptcy laws must be changed. Ensuring employers engage in good-faith bargaining when seeking contract modifications must be codified into law. Companies cannot be allowed to use our bankruptcy laws to eliminate decades of collective bargaining gains with the bang of a gavel," said R. Thomas Buffenbarger, International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
“Since 2001, pilots have given tens of billions of dollars in concessions, sacrificing enormously to save our airlines and our jobs,” said Capt. John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA). “This comprehensive reform legislation promotes fairness and shared sacrifice during economic crisis and brings needed transparency to the bankruptcy process to the benefit of all U.S. workers.”
Today’s bill is similar to a bill Durbin and Conyers introduced in the 110th Congress.
Durbin bill re-introduced
Senator Brown is a co-sponsor of this bill:
[ WASHINGTON , DC ] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced legislation today, which will curb abuses that deprive employees and retirees of their earnings and retirement savings when businesses collapse. The Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act would make several changes to Chapter 11 bankruptcy law, putting workers interests near the top when companies file for bankruptcy.
"American workers and retirees who give their lives to a company are too often treated like strangers when their employer files bankruptcy,” Durbin said. “This bill says that if a company goes bankrupt, employees and retirees won’t take a back seat to creditors and executive bonuses in getting fair treatment."
Sadly, corporate bankruptcies are nothing new to American workers. In too many corporate bankruptcies, workers’ claims for compensation and benefits are denied while executives’ claims are given preferential treatment. It is time for a more balanced and just approach.
“Workers of distressed companies are frequently asked to save their companies by sacrificing their wages, benefits and right to collective bargaining while executives are rewarded with bonuses and golden parachutes,” said Conyers.  “Our bill establishes that sacrifice should be spread evenly among all employees when companies face bankruptcy.”
Read more...
GM Dealers
General Motors Plans to Reinstate 661 Dealers to Shore Up Sales
2010-03-06 07:30:30.765 GMT
By Katie Merx
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. plans to
reinstate 661 dealers and may enter arbitration with as many as
400 outlets as the biggest U.S. automaker attempts to stem
declines in domestic market share.
GM offered franchise agreement letters to the dealers,
North America President Mark Reuss said yesterday in a
conference call. The company has about 5,500 outlets.
“We are eager to restore relationships with our dealers,”
said Reuss. “The arbitration process creates uncertainty in the
market. Issuing these letters of intent is good for our
customers, our dealers and GM.”
The Detroit-based automaker is trying to increase U.S.
sales and market share while trimming four of its eight brands.
Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre named Reuss, 46, to the post
in December in a shuffle of top managers.
GM accounted for 19.9 percent of U.S. sales of cars and
light trucks last year, a drop from 22.3 percent in 2008,
according to Autodata Corp. in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Ford
Motor Co. beat GM in monthly sales in February for the first
time since 1998.
The dealer reinstatement plan “is a good thing,” said
Maryann Keller, president of Maryann Keller & Associates in
Stamford, Connecticut. “There were false economics in
terminating that many dealers. If they restore what they’ve lost
and put back into business dealers that were financially viable,
then they will gain sales.”
Dealer Response
The National Automobile Dealers Association said the plan
was “a significant move forward.”
“We appreciate the good-faith effort that GM is showing
and hope that this carries forward in its continuing settlement
and arbitration discussions with the remaining wind-down
dealers,” association Chairman Ed Tonkin said in a statement.
Reuss said last month that repairing dealer relations is
his most important priority. On March 2, he announced changes to
his North American leadership team that reduced management
layers.
The company began to re-evaluate the closing of 1,100
retailers after Congress passed a law in December to give GM
dealers who lost or were scheduled to lose franchises the right
to hearings. The binding arbitrations may reverse the
automaker’s termination decisions.
“It was going to be virtually impossible to take 1,100
cases and arbitrate everything in a 120-day period,” GM North
America Vice President of Marketing Susan Docherty said during
the call. Decisions were made based on the company’s criteria,
the time they had to handle the cases and how the company
believed arbitrators would look at each dealership, she said.
Chrysler, which targeted 789 dealers for closing, is also
bound by the law. Chrysler’s arbitration isn’t expected to begin
until late this month or early April, said Kathy Graham, a
spokeswoman.
For Related News and Information:
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U.S. auto bailout: STNI AUTOBAILOUT <GO>
U.S. auto sales graph: SAARTOTL <Index> GP <GO>
GM’s debt distribution: 3341199Z US <Equity> NDDS <GO>
--With assistance from Mike Ramsey. Editors: Steve Walsh, John
Lear, Nicolas Johnson.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Katie Merx in Southfield, Michigan, at +1-248-827-7130 or
kmerx@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Jamie Butters at +1-248-827-2944 or jbutters@bloomberg.net.
General Motors Plans to Reinstate 661 Dealers to Shore Up Sales
2010-03-06
By Katie Merx
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. plans to
reinstate 661 dealers and may enter arbitration with as many as
400 outlets as the biggest U.S. automaker attempts to stem
declines in domestic market share.
GM offered franchise agreement letters to the dealers,
North America President Mark Reuss said yesterday in a
conference call. The company has about 5,500 outlets.
“We are eager to restore relationships with our dealers,”
said Reuss. “The arbitration process creates uncertainty in the
market. Issuing these letters of intent is good for our
customers, our dealers and GM.”
The Detroit-based automaker is trying to increase U.S.
sales and market share while trimming four of its eight brands.
Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre named Reuss, 46, to the post
in December in a shuffle of top managers.
GM accounted for 19.9 percent of U.S. sales of cars and
light trucks last year, a drop from 22.3 percent in 2008,
according to Autodata Corp. in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Ford
Motor Co. beat GM in monthly sales in February for the first
time since 1998.
The dealer reinstatement plan “is a good thing,” said
Maryann Keller, president of Maryann Keller & Associates in
Stamford, Connecticut. “There were false economics in
terminating that many dealers. If they restore what they’ve lost
and put back into business dealers that were financially viable,
then they will gain sales.”
Read more...
Lutz Retires
GM Vice Chairman Lutz Announces Plan to Retire May 1 (Update1)
2010-03-03 21:13:21.941 GMT
(Adds former colleague’s comment in the third paragraph.)
By Katie Merx and David Welch
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Bob
Lutz, who helped lead each U.S. automaker over a 47-year career,
will retire May 1 after Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre
relegated him to an advisory role.
Lutz had said he planned to retire at the end of last year,
then on July 10 agreed to remain as head of sales and marketing.
Chairman Ed Whitacre changed Lutz’s role to adviser for global
design and product development on Dec. 4, three days after the
board removed Fritz Henderson as CEO and named Whitacre to the
post. GM announced the retirement in a statement today.
“I think he’s fed up with it,” says Thomas Stallkamp,
former Chrysler president and now industrial partner for private
equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC. “Ed Whitacre is in the
driver’s seat. It may not be fun anymore. It’s a shame because
he has done a lot for the company.”
Lutz, a former Marine fighter pilot, had guided GM’s global
product development and held other management roles since he
rejoined the company in September 2001. He had said he was
surprised and saddened by Henderson’s ouster in December. Since
changing roles, he has had no direct reports.
“I left because I’m 78 and the company has integrated my
strategy that producing only the world’s best products will
allow the company to achieve its goals,” he said in Geneva,
where he attended an auto show this week. “I am 78, and it’s
time I seize the opportunity to do something else.”
Losing Share
Henderson said that Lutz’ current role wasn’t an ideal fit.
“He was never a professional adviser. He wants to be in
the game,” said Henderson, who is now an adviser to Whitacre.
“Bob is obviously a superb product guy. He is also a great
businessman. Bob unleashed the creativity of the people in
product development.”
While GM’s vehicles won critical praise under Lutz, the
automaker continued to lose U.S. market share. It fell below
20 percent in 2009, the year the Detroit-based automaker
restructured in a U.S.-backed bankruptcy, from 28 percent in
2001, according to researcher Autodata Corp.
Lutz championed the Chevrolet Volt electric-drive car,
which is set to go on sale this year. He also influenced the
Saturn Aura and Chevrolet Silverado pickup, which won the North
American car and truck of the year at the 2007 Detroit auto
show.
“He brought a product conscience to GM that had not
existed for decades,” said Jim Hall, principal of 2953
Analytics Inc., an automotive consulting firm in Birmingham,
Michigan. “The system was driven by non-product issues. Lutz
basically said, ‘The product is what we’re here for.’”
Converj Cancelled
He also had advocated for the Cadillac Converj, a luxury
model based on the Volt, which was shelved in January, according
to two executives with knowledge of the decision.
He was succeeded as vice chairman for product development
last year by Tom Stephens. Whitacre has since added two other
vice chairmen: Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer, and
director Stephen Girsky.
Lutz had spent a dozen years each at Ford Motor Co. and the
former Chrysler Corp.
He also worked three years at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG,
starting in 1972, after his first stint at GM. He began at GM in
1963, and worked in a variety of positions in Europe.
Lutz is known for proclamations such as calling global
warming “a crock.” He likened boxy SUVs at the 2001 Detroit
auto show to “angry kitchen appliances.”
Between his 1998 departure from Chrysler and his second
time at GM, he was chairman of battery maker Exide Technologies,
which was known as Exide Corp.
“He’s got an incredible legacy and one that streams over
several companies and several continents,” said Michael
Robinet, vice president of global forecasting for CSM Worldwide
Inc. in Northville, Michigan. “I would be hard-pressed to find
a more influential person in our industry in the past
50 years.”
For Related News and Information:
GM stories by Bloomberg: 3341199Z US <EQUITY> CN BN <GO>
Autos and U.S. economy: TNI AUT USECO <GO>
--With assistance from JoAnne Norton and Jeff Green in
Washington and Mike Ramsey and Keith Naughton in Southfield,
Michigan. Editors: Jamie Butters, Ed Dufner, John Lear
To contact the reporter on this story:
Katie Merx in Geneva at +001-44-77-954-52608 or
kmerx@bloomberg.net;
David Welch in Southfield, Michigan, at 248-827-7131 or
dwelch12@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Jamie Butters +1-248-827-2944 or jbutters@bloomberg.net.
GM Vice Chairman Lutz Announces Plan to Retire May 1 (Update1)
2010-03-03
By Katie Merx and David Welch
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Bob
Lutz, who helped lead each U.S. automaker over a 47-year career,
will retire May 1 after Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre
relegated him to an advisory role.
Lutz had said he planned to retire at the end of last year,
then on July 10 agreed to remain as head of sales and marketing.
Chairman Ed Whitacre changed Lutz’s role to adviser for global
design and product development on Dec. 4, three days after the
board removed Fritz Henderson as CEO and named Whitacre to the
post. GM announced the retirement in a statement today.
“I think he’s fed up with it,” says Thomas Stallkamp,
former Chrysler president and now industrial partner for private
equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC. “Ed Whitacre is in the
driver’s seat. It may not be fun anymore. It’s a shame because
he has done a lot for the company.”
Lutz, a former Marine fighter pilot, had guided GM’s global
product development and held other management roles since he
rejoined the company in September 2001. He had said he was
surprised and saddened by Henderson’s ouster in December. Since
changing roles, he has had no direct reports.
“I left because I’m 78 and the company has integrated my
strategy that producing only the world’s best products will
allow the company to achieve its goals,” he said in Geneva,
where he attended an auto show this week. “I am 78, and it’s
time I seize the opportunity to do something else.”
Read more...
NUMMI Workers
Toyota to Pay California Plant Workers $250 Million (Update3)
2010-03-03 22:32:31.141 GMT
(Adds Lockyer’s request for meeting in ninth paragraph.)
By Alan Ohnsman
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s
largest carmaker said it’s providing $250 million for workers
who will lose their jobs when a former joint-venture auto-
assembly plant in California closes next month.
The money is for bonuses to salaried and hourly workers who
keep building vehicles through April 1, when Toyota’s production
contract with the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. venture
ends, the automaker said today in a statement. The plant has
4,700 employees, said Lance Tomasu, a spokesman for the factory.
Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, said in August that
it wouldn’t run the Fremont, California, plant, known as Nummi,
by itself as the former General Motors Corp. pulled out after 25
years. Motors Liquidation Co., which took over assets shed as
the new General Motors Co. exited bankruptcy in July, hasn’t
committed to financial aid to the factory’s workers.
“The support we are providing to Nummi underscores our
commitment to do our part,” said Jim Wiseman, a group vice
president for Toyota’s North American unit. “It is unfortunate
that neither GM -- Nummi’s other 50 percent shareholder and
customer for 25 years -- nor Motors Liquidation Company, its
current shareholder, has indicated that it will do the same.”
Nummi, California’s last large auto-assembly plant, opened
in 1984 as an experiment for GM to study Toyota’s manufacturing
system. The factory had been solely owned and operated by GM
from the early 1960s until the Detroit-based automaker closed it
in 1982.
Tim Yost, a spokesman for Detroit-based Motors Liquidation,
said in a November interview that the company “is not
contributing at all to Nummi’s closure costs.” Yost said today
that he couldn’t immediately comment on Toyota’s statement.
UAW Plant
Nummi is the only U.S. plant building Toyota vehicles with
employees represented by the United Auto Workers. The factory
makes the Toyota City, Japan-based company’s Corolla small car
and Tacoma pickup truck. GM last year stopped getting Pontiac
Vibe hatchbacks, a version of Toyota’s Matrix, from Nummi.
The plant’s closure will eliminate 25,000 jobs in
California, including at suppliers, and trim $1 billion in
revenue for the state and local communities over 10 years,
according to a study released today by a commission led by
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Harley Shaiken, a labor
professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
Lockyer released a letter today that he sent to President
Akio Toyoda requesting that Toyoda or “senior staff” meet with
the state’s Toyota Nummi Blue Ribbon Commission at the company’s
headquarters in Japan on March 9.
“As convenor of the commission, I have asked a delegation
representing the commission to visit Japan on March 8 and 9,”
Lockyer said in the letter.
Toyota’s American depositary receipts rose $2.52, or
3.4 percent, to $76.94 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange
composite trading. They have declined 8.6 percent this year.
For Related News and Information:
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U.S. auto-sales rate: SAARTOTL <Index> GP <GO>
--With assistance from Michael Marois in Sacramento, California.
Editors: John Lear
To contact the reporter on this story:
Alan Ohnsman in Los Angeles at +1-323-782-4236 or
aohnsman@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Kae Inoue at +81-3-3201-8362 or kinoue@bloomberg.net
Toyota to Pay California Plant Workers $250 Million (Update3)
2010-03-03
By Alan Ohnsman
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s
largest carmaker said it’s providing $250 million for workers
who will lose their jobs when a former joint-venture auto-
assembly plant in California closes next month.
The money is for bonuses to salaried and hourly workers who
keep building vehicles through April 1, when Toyota’s production
contract with the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. venture
ends, the automaker said today in a statement. The plant has
4,700 employees, said Lance Tomasu, a spokesman for the factory.
Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, said in August that
it wouldn’t run the Fremont, California, plant, known as Nummi,
by itself as the former General Motors Corp. pulled out after 25
years. Motors Liquidation Co., which took over assets shed as
the new General Motors Co. exited bankruptcy in July, hasn’t
committed to financial aid to the factory’s workers.
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RETIREE CASINO TRIP PDF Print E-mail
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I hope you had a great holiday season. Our first meeting of the year will be Monday, March 22, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at our Local Union Hall. Please bring a covered dish or dessert for the luncheon after the meeting. Table service will be provided.
The next meeting will be April 19, 2010. Mark your calendars!!
CASINO TRIP
We have a fun trip set up for April 12 and 13, to Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, and Seneca Allegheny Casino in Pennsylvania. The trip will leave the union hall at
6:30 a.m. on Monday, April 12, with a overnight stay at Seneca Niagara. We will leave Tuesday, April 13, at 12 Noon going to the Seneca Allegheny Casino for five (5) hours before returning back home.
The cost for this trip will be $149.00 (Per Person/double occupancy). From Seneca Niagara, you will get back $10 for food and $20 for slots. From Seneca Allegheny, you will get back $20.00 for slots and $5.00 for food. To make reservations, call Day Dream Tours at 1-877-535-1060.
We have a fun trip set up for April 12 and 13, to Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, and Seneca Allegheny Casino in Pennsylvania. The trip will leave the union hall at
6:30 a.m. on Monday, April 12, with a overnight stay at Seneca Niagara. We will leave Tuesday, April 13, at 12 Noon going to the Seneca Allegheny Casino for five (5) hours before returning back home.
The cost for this trip will be $149.00 (Per Person/double occupancy). From Seneca Niagara, you will get back $10 for food and $20 for slots. From Seneca Allegheny, you will get back $20.00 for slots and $5.00 for food. To make reservations, call Day Dream Tours at 1-877-535-1060.
 
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LORDSTOWN COMPLEX MODIFIES MARCH 2010 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE PDF Print E-mail
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LORDSTOWN COMPLEX MODIFIES MARCH 2010 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE The General Motors Lordstown Complex is retiming its production schedule that now calls for a down week the week of March 8, 2010 and normal production resuming the week of March 15, 2010. Previously, March 8, 2010 was scheduled as a production week and March 15, 2010 was scheduled as a down week. The retiming is to support a supplier issue, continued adjustment of Cobalt production with customer demand and Cruze related training at the complex. Team members scheduled to work the week of March 8, 2010 will be notified by their leadership. All other team members are asked to follow the normal down week process and report back to work at their regularly scheduled times the work week beginning March 15, 2010. ### Contact: Tom Mock 330-824-7370 (office) 330-553-6362 (cell) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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LORDSTOWN COMPLEX MODIFIES MARCH 2010 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
The General Motors Lordstown Complex is retiming its production schedule that now calls for a down week the week of March 8, 2010 and normal production resuming the week of March 15, 2010. Previously, March 8, 2010 was scheduled as a production week and March 15, 2010 was scheduled as a down week. The retiming is to support a supplier issue, continued adjustment of Cobalt production with customer demand and Cruze related training at the complex. Team members scheduled to work the week of March 8, 2010 will be notified by their leadership. All other team members are asked to follow the normal down week process and report back to work at their regularly scheduled times the work week beginning March 15, 2010. ### Contact: Tom Mock,   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Monday, 22 February 2010 19:55
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IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING YOUR CLAIM
For Employees of:  _General Motors Corp. – Locals 1112 & 1714, Lordstown, Ohio_
Last Day Worked: February 25,  2010  (TEMPORARY LAYOFF)
The following mass layoff number is being provided to you for use when filing your Application for Determination for Unemployment Benefit Rights.  This number may be used only for the application filed because of your layoff on the last day of work shown above.
MASS LAYOFF NUMBER: 1000071   (This number may be used only for this layoff.)
To file your application for Determination of Unemployment Benefits, take the following action starting   February 28, 2010 _ but no later than March 6, 2010.
SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:
INSTRUCTIONS:
File online at: http://unemployment.ohio.gov (accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week).  Limited service may be available while our system is being updated nightly.  Check the Website for available services.  Be sure to follow the prompts given.
If you do not have internet access: Call 1-877-644-6562 (business hours are 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, except holidays).  We ask that you call on a day associated with the first letter of your last name (i.e., Monday, A-I; Tuesday, J-L; Wednesday, M-S; Thursday, T-Z; or Friday, Open to all). Filing later in the week will not affect your claim eligibility as claims are effective the Sunday of the week in which you file.
You should be prepared to provide the following information:
Ø     Your social security number and either your driver license or state ID number
Ø     Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if applicable)
Ø     The name, address, telephone number, and dates of your employment with each employer for whom you worked during the past 6 weeks of employment
Ø     If you had out-of-state employment within the past 18 months, the name, address, telephone number and dates of your employment for each employer with whom you worked out of state during the past 18 months
Ø     If you were separated from military service with any branch of the U.S. armed forces within the past 18 months , your discharge papers (form DD-214, member 4)
Ø     If you were employed by the federal government within the past 18 months, the SF-8 and/or SF-50 form given to you by your government employer at the time of your separation
Ø     Dependents' names, social security numbers and dates of  birth, including your spouse’s
Ø     Alien Registration Number and the expiration date of your work authorization (if you are not a US citizen or National)
Ø     Direct Deposit Information (if preferred, you will need your bank routing number and account number).
Instructions continued on back
Once your application has been filed, you will receive further information in the mail.
You must access the ODJFS website or call ODJFS twice to receive benefits.  First, you must make application for benefits as shown above.  Next, you will need to access your claim again, either by the web at http://unemployment.ohio.gov or by the interactive voice response (IVR) system 1-877-644-6562, to file a claim for benefits for week(s) of unemployment.  If you do not return to work, you will need to continue to claim weeks of unemployment this way.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUB ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ONLY:
After receiving a written determination of benefits from the State of Ohio, you must apply for SUB Benefits.  You may call GM Benefits and Servicing Center at 1-800-489-4646 or apply on line at www.layoffbenefits.com. (If you encounter a problem and you are told to fax information to the layoff center the Fax number is 313-230-7492.
NOTE:  If you and your spouse are both employed by GM, and one has waived his/her health care to the spouse, you must fill out a SUB-DI form.  The forms are available at the UAW Benefits office and online at www.layoffbenefits.com.  Please drop off your completed form at the Benefits Office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  Only the member who waived his/her insurance completes this form.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING YOUR CLAIM
For Employees of:  _General Motors Corp. – Locals 1112 & 1714, Lordstown, Ohio_
Last Day Worked: February 25,  2010  (TEMPORARY LAYOFF)
The following mass layoff number is being provided to you for use when filing your Application for Determination for Unemployment Benefit Rights.  This number may be used only for the application filed because of your layoff on the last day of work shown above.
MASS LAYOFF NUMBER: 1000071 (This number may be used only for this layoff.)
To file your application for Determination of Unemployment Benefits, take the following action starting   February 28, 2010 _ but no later than March 6, 2010.
SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:
Last Updated on Friday, 26 February 2010 22:29
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