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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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9650 South Telegraph Road
Taylor, MI 48180Telephone: | (313) 926-5451 | | (313) 291-2750 | Fax: | (313) 291-2269 |
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GM signs agreement to sell Saab
June 16, 2009, Associated Press
STOCKHOLM — General Motors Corp. said today it has signed a deal to sell its Saab unit to a consortium led by Swedish luxury sports carmaker Koenigsegg Automotive AB. read more
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Too Poor to Make the News
June 14, 2009, New York Times, Op-Ed Contributor, by Barbara Ehrenreich
The human side of the recession, in the new media genre that’s been called “recession porn,” is the story of an incremental descent from excess to frugality, from ease to austerity. The super-rich give up their personal jets; the upper middle class cut back on private Pilates classes; the merely middle class forgo vacations and evenings at Applebee’s. 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. Everyone who
contributes $5.00 will receive a
t-shirt. Sign up as a Century Club
member for $9.00 a month and you
will receive a t-shirt and your
choice of one of 3 items, a
jacket, vest, or stadium blanket.
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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Europeans Rely on a Mix of Concessions to Save Jobs
June 16, 2009, by Matthew Saltmarsh, New York Times
PARIS — Rising European unemployment has business and government looking to offset the pain, and some of the solutions belie the region’s reputation for inflexibility. read more
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Bell Helicopter workers picket on 1st day 06/15/2009, by Schuyler Dixon / Associated Press
Manufacturing workers at Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. picketed the company's Fort Worth-area plants Monday, their first day on strike in more than two decades, a union leader said. read more
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 photo:michael
joseph
Region 1A's Women Council Celebrates
Healthy Heart Awareness -
Region 1A advocates healthily lifestyles for it's members.
Celebrating "Red Day for Healthy Hearts" at Women's Council
Quarterly meeting are Karinda Washington, MI Legal Services,
Rep. Dian Slavens, Women's Council President Peggy Smith,
Detroit Councilperson Brenda Jones, Jean Pittman, Region 1A
staff , Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, and Darryl Goodwin, Women's
Council coordinator, Region 1A staff. .
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Quote of the Day
"Hope! Of all ills that men endure the only cheap and universal cure." Abraham Cowley
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UAW Region 1A Women's Council Quarterly Meeting
Sat. June 20th - 10AM-2PM
Good Health - It's the Way to Live!
The Power to Stop Strokes!
Free lunch-gifts-door prizes
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Read
the Director's Article from Solidarity
Magazine
"Region 1A
- A Magnet for Our Membership"
Spotlight on our Children's Committee
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to read or print
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