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| From The Director's Desk:
Rory L. Gamble |
 | Section 7, National Labor Relations Act:
"Employees shall have the right to self organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except | | to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 8(a)3." |
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 | UAW Region 1A 9650 South Telegraph Road Taylor, MI 48180Telephone: | (313) 926-5451 | | (313) 291-2750 | Fax: | (313) 291-2269 |
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Recall Leaves Toyota on Tricky Political Ground
February, 2, 2010, by Josh Mitchell, Wall Street Journal
Ahead of Congressional Hearings, UAW Seizes on Japanese Car Maker's Quality Woes
WASHINGTON—Toyota Motor Corp. is wading into a tricky political situation as its executives prepare for congressional hearings later this month about the company's massive safety recall.
The Japanese auto maker is the top competitor to General Motors Co., now majority-owned by the U.S. government. It also was a major beneficiary of last summer's "cash for clunkers" rebate program for car buyers, which lawmakers initially designed to spur Detroit's flagging sales. read more
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Union says it might challenge state furloughs
February 2, 2010, by Scott Davis, Lansing St Journal
UAW Local 6000 says members didn't get sufficient notice
A state union and labor negotiators are trying to hammer out a compromise to avoid 10 days of newly imposed furlough for 17,000 employees. read more
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Organize!
Help the UAW Thrive!
Region 1A Organizing Council
Region 1A’s
organizing efforts are headed up by UAW International
Representative Janet Schulz. She can be reached at (313)
291-2750. She coordinates our organizing team’s efforts to
reach out and support the organizing efforts of nonunion
workers. Our strategic planning uses situation analysis
research, the sharing of factual information and coalition
building to achieve an effective consensus for change. Our
campaigns are structured with the needs of nonunion workers as
our guidelines.
Contact us! All Information is
Confidential!
We need
your help in identifying new workplaces that can be organized.
If you know of any nonunion businesses that produce products or
provide services in the Region 1A area, please contact us. If
you are currently employed at a nonunion workplace and wish to
be organized, please contact us. Call Janet Schulz at (313)
291-2750 or fax us at (313) 299-2269.
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Region 1A V-CAP Drive is On!
The Region 1A V-CAP Drive is On!
Now is the time for us to keep
moving forward. We must defend our
hard fought gains not only for us
but for our children and future
generations. In order to strengthen
our political action to fight for
change we must improve our V-CAP. We
thank all who are
donating to VCAP and all
our retirees who support our V-CAP Dollar
Drive. All new participants are
welcome! We need you!
We have new union made incentive
items for new and current V-CAP
contributors.
All retirees will be receiving a
letter with the details of the V-CAP
Dollar Drive. If you have any
questions please see your Local's
V-CAP or Worker to Worker
Coordinator or call our V-CAP
Coordinator, Ed Honsinger, at (313)
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Spring Hill UAW Urgent on Finding Work
Monday, February 01st, 2010, by Blake Farmer, WPLN
Spring Hill UAW Urgent on Finding Work, Leasing Out Headquarters to Cut Costs
There are 800 UAW union members left working at GM’s plant in Spring Hill. Production of the Chevy Traverse moved to Michigan late last year, and the union itself has taken a hit. read more.
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UAW Supports Nunni Workers photo: michael joseph
James Hoffa, Jr., president of the Teamsters Union, Bob King, vice president, UAW, and Rory Gamble, UAW Region 1A director, stand in solidarity for the employees of the Toyota Nummi Plant. UAW members from Region 1A and around the country joined these three labor leaders at the Japanese consulate in Washington, D.C. to protest Toyota's closing of their Nummi plant.
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We see things not as they are, but as we are.
- H.M. Tomlinson
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COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING CLASS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010
Topics of discussion to include:
Duty
to bargain Mandatory subjects of bargaining Permissive subjects
of bargaining NLRB Charges Requests for
relevant information
Strategies for contract
negotiations
Class will be held at: UAW Region 1A
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Lunch will be provided)
Please call Barbara Turner (313) 291-2750
Limited to 50) - There is no charge for this class. |
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Quote of the Day
"We see things not as they are, but as we are."
H.M. Tomlinson
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The only way to master Safety is to practice Safety. |
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Read
the Director's Article in Solidarity
Magazine
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