UAW Local 31

George Ruiz

President’s Report

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

To my Brothers and Sisters of Local 31:
          

On behalf of the entire executive board, I want to thank our membership for taking time from your busy schedules to vote on the National Agreement.  While not everyone is pleased with the outcome as it relates to them personally, our National Committee did their best to see that the contract was negotiated to benefit our membership in its entirety.  That means job security, return of health care benefits, economic guarantees and a retirement incentive.  The Local Negotiating Committee is still meeting with management over the Local Agreement and another ratification meeting will be held at the conclusion of their  negotiations.        

I hope that you had an opportunity to bring your family to the Open House that we had at the plant.  It was a huge success and I want to thank our UAW team who worked so hard to make it a success.      

We have just concluded the United Way Campaign and will have the results within the coming weeks.  Again, we appreciate everyone’s generosity and particularly that of the United Way solicitors who have put so much of their own time into this worthy cause.          

Our Local will be very busy in the upcoming fall months – the Women’s Committee will be doing projects for Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is important to everyone.  The Recreation Committee will be holding their annual Trunk or Treat for our kids on October 29 at the Union Hall.  We have so many more children of our members who are participating, so please stop at your favorite store and pick up a few extra bags of candy to drop off at the Union Hall.          

The Bar-B-Q Committee will have their 2nd annual cook-off the weekend of October 15-16 here at the Union Hall.          

Please read all of the articles to find out more information about everything that will be coming up.          

The Union Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011.  The executive board starts at 1:00 pm followed by the regular membership meeting at 2:00 pm.  Please plan to come.       

If you need to reach me, please call the office at (913) 342-7330 or contact me by email at george.ruiz@gm.com 
In solidarity,