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Sales Drop
Toyota, GM, Ford U.S. Sales Drop as Buyers Stay Home 2010-09-01 

By Keith Naughton and Tim Higgins     Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., General MotorsCo. and Ford Motor Co., the three largest sellers of autos inthe U.S., reported bigger sales declines than analysts projectedas the industry posted its worst August in 28 years.     GM said deliveries fell 25 percent to 185,176 from 246,479last August, when the U.S. government’s “cash for clunkers”incentive program boosted sales. The biggest U.S. automaker wasexpected to report a 19 percent decrease, including anadjustment for the number of selling days in August, the averageestimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. On that basis,sales fell 22 percent, Detroit-based GM said in a statement.     U.S. auto sales last month were the slowest for an Augustin 28 years as model-year closeout deals failed to enticeconsumers concerned about the economy and their jobs. Deliveriesindustrywide ran at an annual rate of 11.5 million vehicles lastmonth, according to researcher Autodata Corp., based inWoodcliff Lake, New Jersey. That was below the 11.6 millionaverage of eight analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg andlast year’s 14.2 million pace.    “Consumers are being very cautious about where they spendtheir money,” Emily Kolinski Morris, Ford senior economist,said on a conference call. “On big-ticket items, they’reundertaking those very carefully.”     Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, reported a 34percent drop in its sales of Toyota, Lexus and Scion brandautos. Read more...
King on Benefits

POSTED: AUG. 28, 2010
Auto headlines: Let's restore some benefits, King says

FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
United Auto Workers President Bob King said workers' concessions helped save U.S. automakers and the employees should regain some benefits now that the industry is recovering."We want workers to share in the upside just like they did in the downside," King, 64, told journalists Friday outside the gates of a Ford factory in Wayne. "Workers made a lot of sacrifices to help the industry survive."
King was elected president in June, succeeding Ron Gettelfinger, 66, who helped persuade President Barack Obama to organize rescues of General Motors and Chrysler last year. Workers have called for King to restore the wages and benefits they gave up to bolster the industry. Membership in the union has fallen to 355,000 from 1.5 million in 1979.
UAW members who work for U.S. automakers have each given $7,000 to $30,000 in concessions in the past five years, King has said. The union surrendered raises, bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments at GM, Ford and Chrysler.
It also agreed to a two-tier wage system in which new hires earn about $14 an hour, half the amount paid to hourly production workers.
The government should enact economic-stimulus measures that would put people back to work, King said Friday.
Auto sales "are not going as well as they should," King said. "Consumers are not going to buy vehicles if they don't have jobs or aren't confident in their job."

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Autoworkers

Autoworkers Adjust to Job Banks’ End as GM, Ford Try to Rebound2010-08-26 

By Theo Keith    Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. gave Kevin Dorey’sfather a paycheck for 34 years, kept him working near home andlet him out in time for his kids’ football games.    

“‘It’s steady’ -- that’s what my dad always told me aboutGeneral Motors,” Dorey, 44, said over chicken wings and beer atthe Beef ‘O’ Brady’s sports bar in his hometown of SaginawTownship, Michigan. “For me, it’s been anything but steady.”    

Kevin Dorey worked at three plants in three years until hismost recent location in Orion Township, Michigan, which requireda 90-minute commute, closed in November. Previously, he wouldhave received full pay during the layoff while GM revamped thefactory for a new car. The United Auto Workers agreed last yearto give up that benefit, known as the jobs bank, and thepaychecks stopped coming in July.    

Less employment security, lower starting pay and stricterwork rules signal a new era for the jobs viewed as a ticket tothe middle class since Henry Ford’s $5-a-day wage in 1914. Thechanges also mean GM, Chrysler Group LLC and Ford Motor Co. arefree of the obligations that helped sink the industry in 2009and can make money with lower sales volumes.    

UAW President Bob King said in June that he’ll seek to winback benefits and rebuild the union’s power when contractnegotiations begin next year. Automakers may seek even moreconcessions as sales remain close to a 30-year low.    

In the meantime, autoworkers are adjusting to a new way oflife in an industry where deliveries fell to 10.4 millionvehicles in 2009, the lowest level since 1982, the year Doreygot his driver’s license. Sales averaged 16.8 million a yearfrom 2000 to 2007.

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UAW & BlueGreen

UAW joins BlueGreen Alliance

08/23/10Labor-environmental partnership grows to nearly 9 million members and supporters

DETROIT — Citing the need to rebuild the American auto manufacturing sector by building more efficient vehicles, the UAW today announced it would join the BlueGreen Alliance, a fast-growing labor-environmental partnership dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy.With the addition of UAW, the BlueGreen Alliance now unites nine major U.S. labor unions and two of America’s largest environmental organizations in pursuit of good jobs, a clean environment and a green economy.

“UAW members produce best-in-class cars and trucks, key vehicle components, and top-quality, heavy-duty trucks, and we know that we can rebuild the American auto industry by building cleaner, more efficient vehicles — and developing the technologies that will get us there,” said UAW President Bob King. “We have enormous opportunities to revitalize this industry, and the American economy, by embracing the clean energy economy of the future.

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Michael Stanley plays charity benefit gig at W.D. Packard Music Hall...

Packed House is proud of our partnership association with UAW Local 1714. We have a long and storied connection to Lordstown and hope you will join us in what is destined to be an awesome, autumn evening of rock n roll…

That’s right! On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Packed House Productions in association with Clear Channel Radio proudly presents MICHAEL STANLEY & THE RESONATORS with special guest, JONAH KOSLEN, L-I-V-E and for the first time ever in Warren!

This one-night-only, special charity event welcomes the “Heroes of the Heartland” to our town for a memorable evening with proceeds to benefit S.C.O.P.E., Inc. & Hospice of the Valley.

Tickets are ON SALE NOW at http://www.packedhouseproductions.net or by calling TOLL -FREE (800) 750-2747. Tickets are selling quickly. Doors will open at 6:30PM.

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NOTICE OF PLANT WIDE ELECTION FOR OPEN POSITION OF LOCAL UNION EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRUSTEES (1 to ELECT), FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS THREE YEAR TERM.

NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR LOCAL UNION POSITIONS FOR:

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Well its official, we are working on three shifts!  There has been a lot of excitement around the launch of the new Chevrolet Cruze.  We just had a wonderful 40 year celebration. All of the transfers are in place and getting adjusted to their new local union.  We will be having elections at our location for new Committeepersons, and November elections are just around the corner.

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We would like to put out a big THANK YOU to the 40 Anniversary Committee and all the volunteers that worked the celebration on Saturday.  It took a lot of time and effort to put this celebration on and the Anniversary Committee did an excellent job.  We had over 100 participants in the car show and over 500 people came out to celebrate with us.  Great turn out, great weather, great time!  Check out the pics at our photo page.     http://www.uaw1714.com/media/photos

 

40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2010
was a
HUGE SUCCESS ! ! ! !
AND THE
WINNERS are ! ! ! !
Grand Prize: 2011 Chevy Cruze
Stella Velichko Tkt # 01434
1st Prize - $1,000.00
Pete Ignatovic Tkt # 05870
2nd Prize - 32" Flat Screen TV
Mary Miller Tkt # 32726
3rd Prize - Lap Top
Kenny Edwards Tkt # 06434
4th Prize - Wii Game System
David Gwinnup Tkt # 31614
50/50 Winner
Albert E. Skornicka $781.50
People’s Choice Awards
1st Place Don Blockinger 1948 Buick
2nd Place Michael Reed 1950 Dodge Pick-Up
PRIZES CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE UNION HALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS and THANK YOU to the MEMBERS and your FAMILIES WHO CAME AND SUPPORTED THIS GREAT EVENT!
AND THE WINNERS are .......................Grand Prize: 2011 Chevy Cruze--Stella Velichko Tkt # 01434
1st Prize - -$1,000.00-Pete Ignatovic Tkt # 05870                2nd Prize - 32" Flat Screen TV--Mary Miller Tkt # 32726
3rd Prize - Lap Top--Kenny Edwards Tkt # 06434               4th Prize - Wii Game System--David Gwinnup Tkt # 31614
50/50 Winner--Albert E. Skornicka $781.50
People’s Choice Awards---1st Place Don Blockinger 1948 Buick       2nd Place Michael Reed 1950 Dodge Pick-Up
PRIZES CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE UNION HALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS and THANK YOU to the MEMBERS and your FAMILIES WHO CAME AND SUPPORTED THIS GREAT EVENT!
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:34
 
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