Edition 5 TRUTH FINDERS WWW.NOUAW.COM
The Truth Finders are
dedicated to distributing the TRUTH
to TMMK Team Members so that they may make an informed decision about the
UAW. We believe that the majority of
TMMK team members are intelligent people therefore, we are confident that once
you learn the facts you will agree that TMMK should remain
The union organizers are
complaining about the new Crossdock facility and about the declining employment
levels here at TMMK. The union
organizers claim that the UAW could stop declining employment levels but yet
the UAW recently announced that it is slashing its own staff due to declining
membership. The UAW cannot even provide
job security to its own staff much less its members. So why are the union organizers once again
trying to deceive TMMK team members? Of
course they are just trying to create more disharmony and discontent in an
effort to further their corrupt agenda.
So let’s take a look at what the UAW is doing about outsourcing and
employment levels at the Big 3 and other UAW plants.
www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=7265 www.detnews.com/2003autosinsider/0312/29/b01-19844.htm www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m157/29_15/55426726/p1/article.jhtml www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0406/22/a01-190994.htm
The UAW has agreed to allow
the Big 3 to eliminate over 50,000 jobs
through attrition, buyouts and OUTSOURCING
TO LOWER WAGE SUPPLIERS. The new UAW
contract signed in September 2003 allows Chrysler to eliminate 18.2% of union
jobs. GM can cut 12% and Ford/Visteon
11.4%. During the 1999-2003 contract
period, Chrysler cut 12.6% of union jobs and GM cut 17.2%. The new agreement also allows for the sale or
closure of up to nine of Chrysler’s parts plants. www.freep.com/money/autonews/uaw21x_20040221.htm
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2003w37/msg00058.htm
Chrysler’s North Jefferson
Assembly plant in
www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0401/13/a01-33053.htm www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsID=7367 Forbes
7500 workers left GM in 2002
but only 800 new workers were hired. The
UAW/GM contract has provisions to limit attrition but it has gone unenforced
for years. GM plans a 20-fold increase
over the next few years in the number of auto parts it buys in
Ford and Visteon
plan to cut their union workforces by 5% per year while Ford has doubled
purchases from low cost countries such as
The new UAW legally binding contracts
with
www.freep.com/money/autonews/china12_20040212.htm
In June of this year,
Federal-Mogul announced plans to close its Greenville, MI plant after UAW
workers voted against wage and benefit concessions. The closure would eliminate 310 jobs.
New York Times
Trane in
The
Big 3 have process reductions as well.
The big difference is that when
they have a process reduction someone loses their job. A recent article in the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch discussed the productivity gains at the Chrysler minivan factory
in
www.freep.com/money/autonews/drive4_20040304.htm
When Ford closed it
Since 1998 Caterpillar
has eliminated 3000 UAW jobs. Caterpillar
also uses temporary workers who make lower wages than regular production
workers.
During the period of 1983 to
2003 unionized manufacturing jobs in the
The union organizers
keep crying that we need a “legally binding contract” to “protect” us. Is this the kind of “legally binding
contract” that you want “protecting” you?
Is this what the UAW members sent the bargaining committee to get? Doesn’t matter - this is what they ended up with!
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Ford and the UAW have
recently announced that they will crack
down on UAW workers who have poor attendance.
A June 2004 union bulletin warned UAW members that Ford would no longer
wait for a fifth occurrence to initiate disciplinary action. The union bulletin stated “You could be subject to discipline on your
very first absence”. Another
union bulletin stated “We have to come
to work or we may not have a job to come to.” Ford is toughening its enforcement by
“cracking down on bogus doctor notes and questioning suspicious
illnesses”. www.detnews.com/2004/insiders/0409/15/d01-269746.htm
The UAW has announced that it
will endorse John Kerry for President despite the fact that historically 40%+
of its members will vote Republican. (Zogby, Luntz Research) The UAW also announced that it will spend 2.3
million dollars of its member’s dues to run anti-Bush ads in
www.detnews.com/2004/politics/0405/01/politics-139145.htm www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=8753
www.aiada.org/article.asp?id=10283&cat=Politics
Did you know that the union
organizers are issuing threats against team members who have not signed a
card? The threats can be viewed at www.nouaw.com/threat.htm and www.nouaw.com/threat3.htm . Do you want to be associated with the union
organizers when law enforcement officials start interviewing people in regards
to their illegal behavior? Remember that
their lead organizer has already PLED
GUILTY to federal extortion charges.
He is currently serving a 2 year sentence in a federal prison. If you have been threatened, lied to or harassed
and you would like to revoke your union authorization card then go to www.nouaw.com/revoke.htm and follow the procedures.
The union organizers continue
to try and compare our wages to those of the
The union organizers have
also been claiming that our recent raises do not keep pace with the cost of
living. Of course they are lying. During the last year our hourly pay has
increased by 2.85%. During the 2003-2004
period the cost of living increased by 2.34%.
The most recent figures show that the current rate of inflation is 2.54%
(September 2004). www.aier.org www.inflationdata.com
They also fail to mention
that the current UAW/Big 3 contract has
NO RAISES for the first two years.
The new UAW/ Federal-Mogul (
The new UAW/AK Steel contract ELIMINATES HEALTH
CARE BENEFITS FOR RETIREES and increases out of pocket costs for current
employees. The contract does not provide any guarantee
of a minimum work force. Indianapolis Star June 15, 2004