biggtone

whatever mr. educated, i too go to all union meetings and also associate and have had lunch with international reps on staff and can attest this is only a smoking screen to take away the fact that we were sold out on concessions that was shot down 3-1 by the membership against dickwads like you that tried to support it...now the higher ups know that there is no confidence by the members in their leadership abilities after this blunder...give me a break.... suck ass.

F Like the previous poster put, if you have a personal problem with someone ...curtis...while hiding behind a pseudo name and cutting on someone because you are a coward, take it to the person. Who will then in turn slap the taste out of your mouth for talking about something you know nothing about.

I would definatly not call it hating, i would call it an awakening. I learned through mistakes that people that elect you depend on and more importantly deserve to have that person stand in the role as a "leader" and not blindly follow people when they dont believe in their heart that what is happening around them is in the best intrests of the people that put them in office. I agree we made our fair share of mistakes as reps at MTP and I definatly am not missing the pressure of carrying that burden at this time in my life, but the reason I got involved in being a rep for 12 years was the fact that I wanted to stand for something I believed in and the UAW was the cause, being that my father and Grandfather were reps for over 25 years, it was in the blood. I no longer believe in the leadership at local 900, after the deal with the concessions, that i spoke out against, i believe i have reason not to. Myself along with everyone else can make our own decisions on whether we believe that that the leadership at local 900 is fair and has the entire memberships best intrests at heart. I will continue to voice my opinions if I see something that I think is wrong or unjust. Now on a personal note,I think I have a good idea who this is and I understand you have to do as your told and make Bill happy and put blogs like this out there, but if you are being honest, I went out of my way to help many people at MTP I took a lot of time out of my personal life to not only get people like yourself involved but also got them elected when they were not electable do to being green ( no pun intended) I tried to be a personal friend, mentor and trainer. I agree that I made a mistakes in blindly following the upper UAW leadership at MTP, along with that I made mistakes in my personal life due to the stress of being in that position that almost cost me my life. But dont get it twisted I am not looking to get back into the political arena and I would like to think that at this point in my life I can say I truly do NOT HATE anyone. It just makes me sad that some people that were close to me on a personal level, that I considered GREAT friends, seem to have forgotten that. - this will be my last post on this. BigTone out, God bless.

Beth is awaiting a ruling my NLRB as to whether she goes to wayne due to the fact that the political caucus in place is afraid of her so they denied her the same opportunity that the rest of us were afforded by seniority and because bill and the rest of his blind following committee that cant think for themselves are afraid of beth due to the fact people know she is fair and honest. It truly disgusts me, as it does others, what our union leadership has become from the top down, i think our vote on the concessions they tried to shove down our throats shows that!!. Favortism and nepotism rule, it doesnt matter who is best for the job, it matters who can suck the most ass! It really doesnt matter what plant you go to at this moment, they are all ran the same. It will take a movement, a revolution to get things back to the way they need to be, the way they use to be. But unfortunatly people want things to change but they dont show up when they are needed to help make a change. Isnt just a few moments out of your life worth being able to know you will be treated fairly without having to do something to sacrifice your integrity to recieve the same benefits that should be yours afforded by your local agreement? Wake up people, look around you...everyone is saying the same thing but doing nothing about it!!! You know who I am, no pseudoism here. If you are like minded contact me or Gary Walkowitz at DTP..lets make a change.

what a huge load of horse crap...obviously written by a IUAW rep....they came into our plants threatening us, using whipsaw techniques that were usually only done by management and we still stood ground and showed solidarity against the new enemy. I agree, we should not forget this in 11' We are our brothers keeper.

I predict....it will be built at WAP which will not only not close down when MAP goes online but also...get the mustang after AAI closes doors after 2011 negotiations...

No debate needed here , past posts show people know who you are and what you are about. My only regret is I wish I had you in front of me because I promise when it was over you would know the meaning of respect. Let that happen one time mouth...please...let that happen

ok...so they didnt want to give up the concession of getting their car insurance paid for...or their COLA that gets rolled into their 2nd pension that is over what we that bust ass on the line get, or that they dont pay co-pay on doctor visits...they are so superior to the worker that busts his ass daily..but hey..i am debating with one of them now...so whats good for me is not good for you. The people know the truth, i dont have to debate with a sorry ass like you, you praised these concessions in former posts that the membership stood up and shot down, and embarrassed all the sell outs like yourself that came into our plants trying to sell this garbage for your own personal gains, guess what...Ford will show another huge profit again next quarter off our backs again...while they take no concessions, just like you IUAW sell outs, the vote shows times are going to change, we are coming full circle and UAW sell outs like you will only be talked about in the history books under the title " battle of the overpass 2"

even though in all actuality the plant is really only re-tooling for a new product, the powers that be have deemed it as a "new" plant for political reasons, therefore changing the plant code, so comes the question...if its not 224 code, do you have recall rights?? or can they bring in new hires if no one in the zone of region 1 and 1A are not on ILO but are placed in plants off temp postings? So if you transfered to WAP, which is closing soon supposedly and the new plant named MAP is just that.."new"..hmmmm........ by the way, heard that IUAW shot down their concessionary agreement on their own personal contract they have, which is over and above, as well as superior to ours...where is leading by example Cap 723? You mean they dont want to give more either??????????????? You're right ..lets not blame the ones that tried to shove the garbage down our throats right before the 1 billion profit announcement, and now they are taking no cuts, nor cutting anyone off staff...i have to finally agree with the majority on this site that is asking you to take your ass sucking, Bob King loving, under the desk at solidarity house punk ass off this site, this is for true Union Brothers and Sisters only. The ones that stand for the truth! Tell Bob that tommorow!!

Definatly NOT bragging about anything after being layed off 7 months out of the last 12 months before transferring to Saline, I am very blessed in this industry and economy not only to be getting overtime right now but to also be in the department for the Taurus which is selling so good and helping allow Ford to hopefully post another billion dollar quarter of profit, so dont get it twisted. was just looking for information, which by the way we have been contacted to come back Saturday due to strike being over. By the way... who in Region 1 and 1A is on ILO right now?

Layed off from Saline this week due to parts shortage at Chicago plant because of Ford supplier plant in India being on strike we are told. (guess they dont have a "no strike clause" there), went from working 7 days 12 hours due to trying to keep up with Taurus production to layed off this week, here is about all i could dig up on this... There is a parts shortage due to labor problems in India's automotive sector. Thousands of Indian automotive workers are on strike. One man has died, so far. It's affecting Ford, Honda, and Hyundai. Ford's parts come from Rico Auto Industries at Haryana. It's not getting alot of press in the USA. I am surprised that Ford employees haven't heard about the labor strife at the parts suppliers. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125604570010196419.html

amen

YESSIR!!

amen to that brother...who is the real enemy of the UAW now, who has done the most to divide us this time?

i think by anyone reading these posts its quite apparent how much damage the IUAW has done by whipsawing and strong arming members in our plants, I hope no one gets misplaced or ends up jobless, but lets be for real, do you think the outcome with Ford would have really been any different? Thanks again Internationl Union thugs for doing what the company has failed to do in the last 50 years..divide us!