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It is taxed the same as a Bonus. 20% off the top to Feds, 1.15% to the UAW, and then State Taxes and of course FICA..

May 18th for some...If you have to report, you will get a phone call. Hope everyone's contact info is up to date...

If you register a temp, you are sent home and will be required to bring a Doctors note in order to come back to work.

If you are laid off on the week of a Holiday, You WILL NOT receive Holiday pay. You are not on active roll...You are LAID OFF.. Unemployment will continue. Contractually---you must work the day prior, and/or the day after the holiday to receive holiday pay. If you are laid off, you are not eligible for Holiday pay...

press releasess are calling it a "Shutdown" probably have to use your vacation time.

We need fair and Honest elections with one member, one vote for ALL IUAW positions. I will also advocate that any Member being moved from the plant to the IUAW, MUST have a vote from the membership of the plant in order to be taken. We the membership know best if so and so did the job or screwed us blind. For far too long people have been moved up the ladder due to ass kissing. It has to stop!

The Profit sharing cap WAS NOT about what a person could make. It was how much was put into the profit pool to be shared by the UAW workforce. The cap was 12 Billion in North America Profits, any profits more than that were not shared with us. What it meant was that the "Average" Profit sharing check would never be more than 12k. Some could make more, and some would always make less based on their individual work hours.

You'll darn sure care when in a few years, the In-Progression and today's temps that get hired full time that you don't care about, far outnumber legacy, and they vote in a contract that cuts YOUR Pension. And don't say it can't happen...cause it surely can. A Signing bonus is nothing more than a BRIBE to accept a garbage contract. I would prefer to get a contract that increases my weekly wages so it grows over time, then a bonus that will be gone in a month.

I think we need to do something to help our retirees. After all, they are the ones that fought to get us what we have today. We have been ignoring them over for years, and that's just not right. I also believe that our newer members have gotten a pretty raw deal, with not having retirement or medical when they retire. I know that's not going to change, but I feel that it should. We should never have accepted two tier wages and benefits. Unfortunately, at some point in the future, that decision may come back to bite all of us in the hind end.

182, if you don't like the fact that senority is protected by the National Contract...fight to change it...By the way...Good Luck with that...cause its NEVER gonna happen. I have been to 5 plants. Welcome to the UAW. Stuff happens, Deal with it, or QUIT! You tried that same old tired line of bullshit 2 years ago before I came to Livonia...You lied to people then, and you telling the same lies today. Get over yourself. In the overall scheme of things, you are NOBODY! And as for your Question about welcoming people...I HAVE done it...3 times in my career when people came from other plants with more seniority than I had. I welcomed them as UAW Brothers and Sisters, Knowing that one day, I would have seniority because of the struggles of those that came before me.

Almost everyone starts out in assembly, but there are opportunities to move into better positions. 182 tried to keep people from coming here 2 years ago, and failed. There is shopping allowed for OT, so no one is completely blocked at 40 hours. Some areas are working 10 hour days, and some work weekends. Come on and join us. Many of us that came from other plants will welcome you with open arms, as Union Brothers and Sisters should. Perhaps one day, 182 will grow up and learn what a Union is. Remember, we are all ONE FORD regardless of where we come from, and one UAW.

They are now available. At Livonia, we are given a choice of hard copy books, or a Flash Drive with all of the books on it. Got mine today

Decker, This was simply the first volley. It WILL eventually get done...Regardless of what the Sheep want. Since those arriving at the plant will soon outnumber those that were here...I would say that the days of doing things they "Way they always did" are numbered

So now that the vote is over and so many are happy that nothing changes...we are about to become a local with a FULL TIME vice President, a FULL TIME Recording Secretary, and a PART TIME President, and PART TIME Chairman... makes absolutely no sense to me. One person can not in any way devote FULL TIME to two different jobs.. But its what these folks want...so now they have to accept the fact that things would be much better with two FULL TIME positions than they would be under current PART TIME positions, Can ANYONE tell me how the proposed change would adversely effect all of the retirees that were brought in to FIX the vote? I would think that they would be better served by a FULL TIME president serving their needs, while a FULL TIME Chairman serves the needs of the PLANT The argument that "we've always done it this way" simply refuses to recognize that change is needed to fight off the constant attacks on our UAW rights' If anyone is silly enough to even think that our current part time president was responsible for bringing the work into the plant, they had best wake up, and understand that FORD does what FORD wants and WHERE they want to do it. The work was brought to Livonia because it benefits FORD, not to benefit workers.

Caustic, you obviously do NOT enjoy your job. Otherwise, you would not be on here bitching about what others do. If you truly enjoy your job so much, it wouldn't matter one bit what someone else does. Your own remarks tell everyone how much you hate your job and want a better one. But you can lie to yourself all you want. Your own words speak louder than you think. And they show you for the Self Centered ASS that you are.