REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The regular membership meeting was held on
The 67 members present paid their respects to the
flag.
Prayer was held for the membership and for the
local.
Roll call was taken with John Ballard Jr., Darryl
Cook, Randy Herbert, Dan Palmer absent, Dale Shafner,
Ed Potter, Tim Stuck on vacation. Steve Hubbard and Tracy
Kelly working.
Motion made and seconded to dispense with the
reading of the October membership minutes, subject to question.
Motion carried.
Motion made and seconded to approve the December
executive board minutes as read and recommendations therein, subject to
question.
Recommendations:
Sending the three top
officers and two shop committeemen to the February Conference Board.
After discussion, a vote was taken with 40 yes votes
and 14 no votes.
Motion carried.
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN, KEITH BAILEY:
Reported on the status of the grievance procedure.
Active last month at 3rd: 267
This month at 3rd: 223
Appeal Step:
4
Paragraph 99 – 0
Zone 1 – 25
Zone 2- 16
Zone 3 - 150
Zone 4 – 28
Reported on Employment
Status level.
Active Employment
1078
Leaves - 102
Lay offs –
396
Reported on the Gm visit to the
Reported that Jim Clark made the visit happen.
Reported that the newspaper article about combining
plants here locally. That has
nothing to do with our plant.
Reported on COLA. Traditional employees will get
5 cents and tier 2 will receive 7 cents.
Reported on the up and coming Christmas party in
December. We have 115 signed up and the deadline is
Friday.
Reported on handling VR at third step. Minutes have been exchanged.
Keith
reaffirmed that he is not going to the International.
Motion made and seconded to approve the chairman’s
report subject to question.
Motion carried unanimously.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, DAVID HILL:
Reported on the new insurance for GM retirees called
active care. Reported that the retirees
are coming in in droves. Kim and Dave are being overwhelmed with
questions due to the vagueness in the literature that GM sent out to the
retirees.
Reported that through late December, the EBPC is
working on forms A and B for first time eligible incentive retirements.
Reported
on why the pre-retirement class had to be cancelled. We will try to reschedule it as time permits.
The
JAC is working on a nationwide retirement class. Brian Woolum will be attending
it for our Local.
Reported
that David Hill and Larry West will be attending a Premier Health meeting over
the contract problems they are having.
Reported
on the social security article in last Sunday’s paper about how President Bush
is going full steam ahead to privatize some if not all of social security.
Motion made and seconded to approve the executive
secretary’s report, subject to question.
Motion carried unanimously.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, LARRY WEST:
Reported that he is making some changes to help the
financial situation at the Union hall. Reported that he took a poll in
support of his changes and it was unanimous in favor.
Reported that we have another employee, named Steve
Griffin, who is doing his tour in
Reported that right now the auditor is doing his
yearly audit of our books and has found everything to be in order.
Motion was made and seconded to approve the
President’s report, subject to question.
Motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Cheryl
Rice thanked everyone for such a great turnout for Toys for Tots.
Motion made and seconded to approve the report.
Motion carried unanimously.
NO GOOD AND WELFARE:
NO OLD BUSINESS:
NO NEW BUSINESS:
Meeting adjourned at
Dave Hill
Executive Secretary