justwishing

Which plant are you at that runs c-crew on Sunday morning? All the other c-crews run Friday, Saturday dayshift, and Sunday, Monday afternoons.

Phoenix closed already. Can't transfer to any HVC if you are a legacy/new traditional employee if you do not have RTBU to the facility.

Unfortunately VOLUNTARY turns into mandatory placement further into Appendix N. In or out of zone. If you can be surveyed, you can be placed.

No they didn't. The advance profit sharing payout is totally seperate from the signing bonus. If you would not have worked the first 8 months of the year, you would have still gotten a signing bonus but no advanced profit sharing pull ahead. This is not rocket science. If you believe that you are somehow getting screwed, no matter how you paint the picture you are going to get screwed in your eyes. If you believe that the biggest problem with this contract is the fact that you somehow believe that you are losing some of next years profit sharing, than you need to start reading the whole contract seriously. Not just glimpsing at a page believing you know what it means. Because it would be a safe bet that you have no clue what 90% of the language means. There are a multitude of issues with this contract that need to be better explained. 50% of the workforce believes that if the cadillac tax kicks in (IF) than they will be responsible for 700 dollars a month for coverage. They believe this because they don't read. The vast majority plays the I "heard from a friend who has a friend that is best friends with a rep, and they said" card. READ. Once again it is not rocket science. All you have to do is take 30 minutes each day, and read; And what you don't understand, ask a question about. I know. No one has 30 minutes each day to read. But everyone on here seems to find an hour to post garbage that they believe to be true, when in fact the information they are stating as facts are totally false. Look that premise up in the dictionary. So here is the real truth. Jimmie Settles stated that the only reason that the pull ahead was done, was because in 2011, the total between signing bonus and pull ahead totaled $10,000. Jimmie Settles new that if the bargaining committee did not bring back $10,000, than the cynics that have nothing better to do but post ridiculous statements would say that this was a concessionary agreement. PERIOID. If you don't believe me, than ask your president or chair that attended the rollout meeting.If they say that wasn't said, than they are not being truthful,or weren't there. The one positive that this provides is that if you have paid off FICA, than you would get more now. The negative is, if you were rolling the entire amount into a 401K, you could have already maxed out this year and can't divert into next year.

The IUAW DID NOT raise the dues to 1.44%. That was something that was done by Constitutional Convention delegates. Period. The IUAW can't raise dues. That is a Constitutional matter. If you have a problem with the dues increase, you need to take it up with the Constitutional Convention delegates that were sent from the Local that you are a member of. Nothing can change with the 1.44% until a Constitution Convention is called. As members, everyone should read the Constitution.

Dues are deducted at 1.44%. It doesn't matter if it is one check for $10,000, or 10,000 checks for $1. It is going to be the same amount either way. There is no gain for the IUAW either way.

On leave of absence beginning not earlier than 90 days prior to the date of this agreement will receive a lump-sum ratification bonus payable in the second pay period following official notification. These are the employees that will receive the ratification bonus. The official date of the contract should be Sept. 15. So, if you were on a leave that started before 6/15, a ratification bonus will probably not be paid out. Confusing though.

No idea. I am not sure what the issue is with the pull ahead. It is a benefit if you have paid off FICA in this calendar year, but a negative if you have already invested max in your TESPHE. Either way, this is a non issue for me. If this was why some voted yes or no, than employees need to step back and look at the big picture. There are many issues that are in need of fixing before we get involved in a discussion that has no big wins or losses.

That is why resolution forms are distributed a year before contracts are negotiated. For both the national and local agreements. These resolutions are then voted on locally and sent to the respective negotiators/sub committees. If employees actually took a few minutes to try and make a difference before hand, we would not have so much complaining later. I would bet money that Decker filled out and submitted some resolutions.

All Constitutional matters are handled by the Constitutional Convention delegates. They are the only ones who can vote to change dues, and any salaries of International Reps.

Most factually correct statement on here.

Yes. He realizes that by not being part of the solution, he was part of the problem.

Only if they take the enhanced moving allowance. If you take the basic moving allowance, than you will retain you rtbu and hme zone rights.

An Entry Level Employee will gain health care the first of the month following their 7 full months of employment. They will gain dental and vision 3 and 5 years later. Depending on how long they were an LTS, that time may/should count towards their 7 months of employment. It is in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

If you take the retirement incentive, than your incentive is not taxed as a bonus. It is taxed at the 20% rate. It is not identified as income. It is paid out as an annuity. That is the way that this is done. As for vacation and paid personal time: if you are leaving under a RETIREMENT package, than you will receive your earned vacation and personal time. If you leave under a seperation package (STEP, EDOPP, FEDOPP. TRIP) you will not receive any of your earned time. Your last day of work could be 11/30/08 and you would not have any accrued time on 12/1/08. It sucks, but that is the way it is.