DEPARTMENT REPORTS to the 36Th Constitutional Convention
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DEPARTMENT REPORTS to the 36th Constitutional Convention UAW.org twitter.com/UAW facebook.com/UAW.union Detroit, Michigan • June 2-5, 2014 Department Reports Submitted to the 36th UAW Constitutional Convention June 2-5, 2014 Detroit 1 Table of Contents Aerospace ................................................................. 4 Agricultural Implement ............................................... 6 Arbitration .................................................................. 9 Chrysler ................................................................... 10 Civil and Human Rights ........................................... 16 Community Action Program (CAP)............................. 23 Community Services................................................ 26 Competitive Shop/Independents, Parts and Suppliers........................................................... 30 Education and Mobilization ..................................... 38 Ford ......................................................................... 43 Gaming .................................................................... 62 General Dynamics ................................................... 64 General Motors ........................................................ 65 Health and Safety .................................................... 72 Heavy Truck ............................................................ 80 Information Systems ................................................ 84 Insurance ................................................................. 86 International Affairs .................................................. 88 Legal ...................................................................... 103 Legislative Affairs ...................................................111 Organizing ............................................................. 126 Public Relations and Publications ......................... 137 2 Public Sector and Health Care Servicing ............. 142 Retired Workers ..................................................... 146 Skilled Trades ........................................................ 153 Social Security ....................................................... 157 Strategic Research ................................................ 159 Transnational and Joint Ventures .......................... 161 Veterans Affairs ..................................................... 163 Women’s ................................................................ 163 3 Aerospace Department Vice President Jimmy Settles, director UAW Aerospace members are skilled technicians who manufacture highly advanced products: airframes, space equipment and the sophisticated components that go into allflight of these.hardware, Our membersdefense systems, work in aerospace clean room ground environments, facilities. They perform test procedures on aircraft and spacecrafttool rooms, to aircraft ensure hangers, that avionics, flight hydraulicslines and aerospace and guidance testing systems are all in good working order. Tolerances are exacting, noise levels can be deafening, deadlines are tight and quality is paramount. UAW members in aerospace know that the safety of our troops and the traveling public is, quite literally, in their hands. The Aerospace Department monitors the industry on the national and global levels and assists UAW regions in negotiations and day-to-day issues when requested. Because the aerospace industry is highly regulated, and much of the demand for its products comes from the U.S. Department of Defense, we are also active in the legislative arena and work This last cycle of aerospace negotiations took place in one ofclosely the most with uncertain the UAW’s economic legislative times office in in the Washington. history of our but the outcome was successful. At many of our aerospace locations,country. Negotiations UAW bargaining in this committees environment won were new difficult, jobs, resulting in a wave of new hires. For example: • four-yearLocal 647 agreement.in Evendale, The Ohio, agreement representing has created members aat steady General growth Electric in Aircraftnew hires, Engines, and we ratified anticipate a new further growth as the “teaming” concept that was part of the agreement matures. 4 at Spirit AeroSystems. Our members in Tulsa • manufactureLocal 952 in Tulsa,wings Okla.,and leading represents edges members for Boeing year collective bargaining agreement that provides foraircraft. both Localeconomic 952 securedgains and an employment unprecedented growth. 10- In 2005, this location had 525 members; today they are near 2,000 members. • manufactureLocal 1821 in state-of-the-art Ocala, Fla., represents military members hardware withemployed sophisticated by the Lockheed manufacturing Martin techniquesCompany. They that keeps our troops prepared and safe while in improvements.conflict. Local 1821 As a membersdirect result ratified of negotiations, a five-year theagreement company that has included hired and significant trained new economic hourly represented employees with the potential for additional growth in the near future. • Members at Local 766 in Denver, a unit of the gains.master As agreement a result of within the negotiations, Lockheed Martin’s the company Space Division, ratified a new agreement with economic for electrical manufacturing. Growth at this location has designated this site as its “Center of Excellence” As part of the Aerospace Department’s work in the is anticipated to be significant. legislative arena, we are assisting Local 148 in Long Beach, Calif., where our members are responsible for the final intendsintegration to terminate of Boeing’s the C-17 program. Globemaster This termination III Aircraft. notice Our members at Local 148 were recently notified that Boeing directly impacts 1,200 UAW members in Southern California; theadditional country members may be affected. in Texas Weat Local continue 848 towill work also with be UAW impacted. In total, about 20,000 aerospace workers across Region 5, drawing on the resources of the UAW Washington 5 develop a strategy to preserve good, highly-skilled U.S. manufacturingoffice, Strategic jobs Research in the and wake the of Legal Boeing’s Department, announcement. to Agricultural Implement Department Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Williams, director The Agricultural Implement Department represents a total companies.of 19,797 active members at Caterpillar, CNH and Deere & Co., All with three 411 corporations additional members manufacture on layoff construction across the three agricultural equipment. The construction and agricultural equipmentequipment; industries CNH and Deere were bothare also hit hardmajor by manufacturers the global of recession. In the space of just 12 months, from the end of 2008 to the end of 2009, U.S. employment in the percent.agricultural Since equipment then, employment industry fell in both by more industries than 15 has percent. reboundedEmployment strongly. in construction equipment fell more than 25 Plants manufacturing agricultural equipment employ more Americans today than they did before the recession. EmploymentThe continuing in construction challenge is to equipment ensure that has our recovered members more in agriculturalslowly, but is and still construction up almost 20 equipment percent fromshare its in lowthe industry’sin 2009. upside. That challenge is heightened by the global nature of all operate nonunion plants that compete with our UAW facilities. Ultimately,three employers, the way and to theimprove fact that our both contracts CNH andin Agricultural Caterpillar Implement is to organize to build UAW density in the sector. Caterpillar As of February 2014, we represented 6,917 active/ traditional, 411 members on indefinite layoff and 88 6 supplemental employees for a total of 7,416 UAW-represented members in six bargaining units. That is down from 7,636 recallactive rightsand 2,608 reported laid-off at themembers last convention. with recall The rights drop and in an membershipadditional 2,500 since supplemental the last convention employees is due laid mainly off without to the decline in mining; we have also lost one UAW-represented facility, the Memphis, Tenn. parts distribution unit, which handled parts for Land Rover. Our previous agreement with Caterpillar expired March 1, 2011. The current six-year agreement was the first in nearly 50 years to be settled prior to the deadline and without a strike. It became effective Feb. 28, 2011 and expires March 1, 2017. The agreement included a general wage increase and supplementaladditional wage employees, adjustments as well for membersas for “competitive in Caterpillar’s wage” employeesmanufacturing in logistics plants hiredfacilities. after The Jan. agreement 10, 2005, includingalso provided a cost-of-living adjustment for employees hired prior to Jan. sum10, 2005, payments and an under upfront the ratificationagreement. bonus and lump sums for all employees. Current retirees receive two $300 lump- was contemplating a complete closing of its York, Penn., logisticsOn Oct. facility 4, 2012, and Caterpillar that a decision informed would the be UAW made that by it April 4, 2013. Instead, on Sept. 30, 2013, Caterpillar announced to employees at the York Distribution Center that they will purchase and modernize the 1.1 million-square-foot leased facility and will retain the nearly 200 employees. On Oct. 2, 2013, Cat gave notice of a layoff of up to 195 relocationmembers from of its the hydraulic Montgomery, excavator Ill. facilityto a nonunion