REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETING April 28, 2005 3:30 P.M.

The regular 1st shift membership meeting was held on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. with Larry West presiding.

The 43 members present paid their respects to the flag.

Prayer was held for the membership and for the local.

Roll call was taken with Scott Bowling in training, Joe Farmer, Von Fessler, Jim Holly, Mark Shinkle and Denny Mesarvy absent. Ed Potter working.

A motion was made and seconded to go into a special order of business for the purposes of voting on proposed constitutional amendments.

Motion carried unanimously.

The first proposed constitutional amendment was read. “Any member in good standing shall have copies made available to them for their possession upon request, any Regular Membership, Special Membership, Executive Board, Special Executive Board, Skilled Trades, or Special Skilled Trades Meeting Minutes within two (2) weeks of said meeting, except Executive Board Minutes which must be made available prior to the following Membership Meeting.”

Questions were asked and answered.

A vote was taken with all present voting to accept the proposed amendment as read.

The amendment will be adopted pending approval of the International Union.

The second proposed amendment was read: “Any member in good standing shall have copies made available to them for their possession upon request, any Memorandum, Memorandum of Understanding, Published, Unpublished, or any other type document that pertains or relates to the Collective Bargaining Agreements of IUE-CWA Local 755 or any member therein in any way, shape or form.”

Questions were asked and answered.

A vote was taken with 7 voting for and 30 voting against.

The second amendment is defeated, the total vote on both shifts being 23 for and 33 against.

Motion was made and seconded to return to the regular order of business.

Motion carried unanimously.

Motion made and seconded to dispense with the reading of the March membership meeting minutes, subject to question.

Motion carried unanimously..

Motion made and seconded to approve the April Executive Board minutes as read, and recommendations therein, subject to question.

Motion carried unanimously.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN, KEITH BAILEY:

Reported on the status of the grievance procedure.

Active last month at 3^rd: 225

This month at 3^rd: 242

Appeal Step: 6

Paragraph 99 – 0

Zone 1 – 8

Zone 2- 24

Zone 3 - 165

Zone 4 – 45

Reported on Employment Status level.

Active Employment 943

Leaves - 91

Lay offs – 408 (370 permanent. 38 indefinite).

Reported that we have received three “Temporary Insourcing” notices that will provide us with new work.

Reported that Delphi Products & Service Solutions (DPSS) toured our plant this month with the intent of selling more of our products in the after-market business

Reported on the Fan Clutch business.

Reported that the 154 Department Header, which was sold at a surplus equipment auction last year because of lack of use, will start being dismantled this summer.

Reported that April 29^th, this Friday, Scott Mitchell from the AHG will be coming into the plant. The meeting will be held from 7 to 8 a.m. The Exec Bd and bargaining committee will be present.

Reported that SBC will be coming in to the plant and removing some payphones. Ten phone booths will remain in the plant.

Due to the slow sales in North American, Local 801 will be sending 120 of their job protected employees back to plant 10 starting May 31, 2005.

Due to Mike Bindas and Denny Thomas’ retirements, Jim Clark is now the President of the IUE-CWA. Henry Reichard is now the Conference Board Chairman. Willie Thorpe will be head of Region 7.

Gave an update on direct deposit. It will be happening soon.

Motion made and seconded to approve the chairman’s report subject to question.

Questions were asked and answered.

Motion carried unanimously.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, DAVID HILL:

Reported that Larry West and David have been working with CWA so that Dave can go to Baltimore June 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd of 2005 to represent all IUE and CWA members for the state of Ohio at a Workers Compensation workshop at no cost to the Local.

Reported that he got his results back from the February conference board and got some good news that one of our local popular dentists south of town has now been cleared and all bills will be paid.

Also reported that at the conference board meeting in May in Troy, Michigan they will be having a rep. from Fidelity to go over some of our major issues with Fidelity.

Reported on American Built cars compared to the Japanese and the wide variety of price range and stock prices in the Japanese’s favor.

Motion was made and seconded to approve the executive secretary’s report.

Motion carried unanimously.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT, LARRY WEST:

Reported that the IUE-CWA Golf Outing for the Children’s Christmas party fund will be held on Saturday, June 25^th at Larch Tree Golf Course.

Reported that we have come to an arrangement with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens to provide discount tickets for our members.

Reported that we are also working on a package deal with King’s Island for dates during the shutdown, when our members would be able to buy tickets at a great discount. There will be four days that our members can choose from. Tickets will be available at the hall in about ten days.

Reported that the college fair was our most successful one to date. We had 13 schools represented and approximately 75 people attended.

Reported that today is Worker’s Memorial Day. Reported on the ceremony that we attended at the plant.

Read a letter from Jim Clark.

Motion was made and seconded to approve the President’s report, subject to question.

Motion carried unanimously.

NO COMMITTEE REPORTS:

NO GOOD AND WELFARE:

NO OLD BUSINESS:

NO NEW BUSINESS:

Meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.

Dave Hill

Executive Secretary