LODGE NO. 873
258 Barstow Street, Horicon,
WI 53032
Phone -920-485-2631
Fax—920-485-4941
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LOCAL LODGE 873
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PRESIDENT
Brian Brath
VICE-PRESIDENT
Theresa Wagner
RECORDING SECRETARY
Marla Ryan
FIN.SECRETARY/
TREASURER
David Berezinski
CONDUCTOR/SENTINEL
Dale Deibert
TRUSTEES
Brian Trotter
Darrel Schepp
Shawn Gubine
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Tammy-Jo Baer
Doug Flouro
Paul Rabe
EDITORS
Marla Ryan, Nikki Schlagel
October 2014
“Justice on the job and service to the community”
International Associations of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
NOMINATIONS & ELECTION
Nominations for Shop Committee (2) 2 year positions and (1) position to fill the remainder of the open term which ends Dec 31, 2015, South Central Federation of Labor Delegates (6), Safety Representative (1). The number behind the office is the number to be elected. In accordance with the Bylaws of Local Lodge 873, Article II Section 2A “Any member who does not attend fifty percent (50%) of the regular lodge meetings during the 12-month period ending the date of the close of nominations shall not be eligible for any office of the local lodge or election as a Steward, Committee-man, or Delegate”.
NOMINATIONS
Those members wishing to run for an office may contact a member of the nominating committee prior to November 6, 2014to have their name placed in nomination. Members of the nominating committee are Doug Flouro, Tim Shookman, Jim Checolinski, President Brath or Recording Sec’y. Marla Ryan.
Nominations will also be accepted from the floor during the November 6, 2014 Union meetings. If nominated from the floor,
the person nominated must be present.
ELECTION All eligible members nominated will have their name placed on the
December 4, 2014 Election Ballot. Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
December 4, 2014.
Brothers and Sisters; Thank you to the membership for allowing myself(Darrel Schepp) and Sister Tam-my Baer to attend Leadership classes held at William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center at Placid Harbor, Hollywood , MD. While there we stud-ied the following subjects Collective Bargaining, Issues and Lobbying, Advanced Steward, Organizing, and Labor History. Classes begin Sunday after dinner, usually 6pm-9pm. Classes then resume Mon-day morning around 8am and sometimes go into the early evening. You are kept extremely busy, generally there isn’t a lot of idle time. You get to interact with IAM members from throughout the country. The Teachers are fellow IAM members. Through the course of the week you are put into problem solving situations, which you and your classmates are asked to resolve. Again thank you to the membership for this learning experience. In Solidarity; Darrel Schepp and Tammy Baer
President’s Report Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I cannot stress enough how important the upcoming elec-
tions are. I realize there are many very personal and deeply compelling reasons everyone has on why we all vote the
way we do. I can also understand why only a small percent-age of us even go bother to vote. However, as your IAM
Local 873 President, the only issue I am concerned about is how legislation affects us here at work, and my article is
written only to address that issue, not abortion, gun rights,
gays, or God. All those issues are personal issues and you will have to make those decisions on your own when you
enter the voting booth. No, I’m not a Democrat or Republi-can, I reserve the right to tell representatives from both par-
ties where we stand and what we’d like them to consider
from a workers point of view. We are for Women’s Equal Rights, eliminating the Unemployment Compensation waiting
week, raising the minimum wage, Collective Bargaining (workers being able to negotiate an employment contract
with their employers), Buy WI and USA products, and the
One Day of Rest per workweek to name a few recent issues.
Over the last few years, there have been numerous issues that affect us at work go through the legislature. Examples:
Women’s Rights: Equal pay for women – women on average earn between 75-82 cents per dollar that a man earns for
doing similar jobs. The legislation that repealed the Equal
Pay Enforcement Act that was enacted in 2009 was spon-sored by State Senator Glen Grothman and signed into law
by Gov. Scott Walker. State Senator Grothman is currently running for US Congress and has been quoted as saying
“money is more important to men”. So sisters, think about
that if you have the chance to vote for or against him. Un-employment Compensation: All of you who have been laid
off at all since 2010 should be familiar with this one, the “waiting week”. For those of you who have had to suffer
through not being paid up to $370 for being laid off should take this one into consideration when you vote. The Unem-
ployment Trust Fund is fully funded and there is no reason
there needs to be a waiting week anymore. Every single Republican in our State Legislature voted against Union en-
dorsed Unemployment law changes that would’ve benefitted you if you’re laid off. Minimum Wage: Over the past 3 dec-
ades our wages have been under constant pressure to go
down. It’s time we apply some pressure to bring them up. Even though no one here is making minimum wage, if oth-
ers in our community are, we need to support them to be able to make a living as well, which will then help apply up-
ward pressure on our wages. Every single Republican in our
State Legislature voted against Union endorsed legislation increasing the minimum wage. Collective Bargaining: All we
need to do to see the difference between the ability to bar-gain for our wages here having a Union and the inability to
do so at our sister plant in Janesville which is non-union is look at wages. Compare our starting assembly wages here
($13.21*1.15 = $15.19/hr) vs the starting wages there ($9/
hr, no tcp, no 115%). Our assembler’s start at over $6/hr more!!! Welders and Press Operators start at $6.73/hr
more! So obviously, we stand for all workers to be able to
bargain with their employers. If you’ve even watched any of the news in WI the last few years, it’s blatantly obvious that
Gov. Walker and the current Republican legislators hate that we have the ability to stand together as one and bargain col-
lectively. They’ve already attacked public sector workers Un-
ion’s and if elected again, there’s a very strong probability they will come the after private sector next. That means us!!
So if you think we are underpaid now, wait till they take away our bargaining power. We have to prevent this!! Buy
WI and USA products: Call your Republican Reps and ask them why every single one of them voted against provisions
to buy Wisconsin made and American made products/
services.
To be “fair and balanced”, Gov. Walker did do a couple good things for us as Union members. He did update the law that
would’ve taxed us on the health benefits that we provide to
our children up to age 26. And I can’t remember what the other thing was, I’ll have to research it again.
The reason the IAM gets involved in politics is simple: The
very reason we are able to form a Union is because of the law. If we elect people who don’t like that, they can rewrite
the law and eliminate our rights to join together and bargain
for a contract just like they did for public sector workers. There is legislation that has passed in several states in the
Midwest called “Right to Work” or as I call it, “Right to Work for Less”. If we re-elect Gov. Walker, Mark Born, Scott Fitz-
gerald, Joan Ballweg, John Jagler, Daniel LeMahieu, Kieth
Ripp, and Michael Schraa, I’m going to bet that our Union will be the next one under attack. So if you think you have it bad
now, vote these people in and see how bad it can really get for us at work.
Many of us live in different districts, so some of these candi-dates may or may not be on your ballot when you vote. I
also have copies of all of the voting records for the State Reps if anyone wants a copy.
Union endorsed candidates: Governor- Mary Burke, Lt. Gov.-
John Lehman, State Attorney General-Susan Happ, Congres-
sional District 5- Chris Rockwood, Congressional District 6- Mark Harris, State Senate District 13- Michelle Zahn, Assem-
bly District 37- Mary Arnold, Assembly District 42- George Ferriter.
So don’t forget to vote on November 4!!!! In Solidarity,
Brian Brath
Shop Committee Report Thank You Doug Wood elected to retire at the end of Septem-ber and I would like to thank him for his time on the committee. Doug did an exceptional job while on the committee and helped resolve several issues. I enjoyed getting to know Doug and wish him the best in retirement. Thanks again. Apprenticeships There have been several meetings about the recent decision to start the R5 apprenticeships. The Ap-prenticeship Committee which is Josh Herringa, Ken Lischka, and Dan Shadley has been involved with those meetings. The plan as of now is to post those around the December time frame. The Selec-tion Committee which is Josh Herringa, Mike Kaiser, and Jim Checolinski will oversee the interviewing and scoring process of the applicants. Good luck to all candidates. One Day of Rest in Seven There has been an agreement to waive the one day of rest law with the Union and Company. Under-stand that this is still a volunteer option. It runs in calendar weeks. Your week starts on a Sunday and ends Saturday. One of those days would be your volunteer day which the Company should identify. This only allows the Company to ask you to work all seven days but they can’t force you. Payroll Since our payroll processing has moved to Wage Pay-
roll Shared Services there has been several is-
sues. Double check your pay stubs for any errors. If
wage employees have questions regarding their pay,
hours, rates, etc., they should express these concerns to
their supervisor. Your Supervisor should be able to fix
the issues through MX Wage Payroll. If for some rea-
son they can’t, bring your paystub up to the hall and
I’ll work with them to resolve the issue. Also remem-
ber effective October 6, 2014 those of you that fall in Exhibit “A” and “A-1” weather your core or supple-mental will be receiving a 2% raise. This should show up on your October 17 deposit.
Retirement Program There has been an agreement between the Union and Company to allow up to 30 spots for SRI or ESPP as long as they are retired between the win-dow of October 1 and January 31. This applies to the 2014-2015 and the 2015-2016 contract year.
The previous agreement only allowed 15 spots. As of today there are 25 members signed up to retire for the 2014-2015 contract year. Remember that seniority only counts if you’re leaving the same day as another member otherwise it goes by the first one out. Grievances Current grievance log includes: Step A - 0 Step B – 2 Step C – 0 Step D – 0 (Arbitration) Benefit Appeals – 0 Employment Levels as of September 29, 2014 302 Hourly 415 Incentive 717 Total Members Working 143 Supplemental Members Working 574 Core Members Working 25 Members on Leave / LTD In Solidarity,
Jeremy L. Terlisner Shop Committee Chairman
Health Care Reference Guide
Medical – United Health Care – 1-888-JDEERE1
www.myuhc.com – Alliance and UHC providers
Vision – United Health Care Vision - plan providers
www.myuhcvision.com – 1-800-638-3120
Hearing – HAMS Network – plan providers
call United Health Care – 1-888-JDEERE1
Mental Health/Substance Abuse – 1-888-533-7311
www.liveandworkwell.com – same log-in as
myuhc.com – pre-approval required
Fidelity HSA – 1-888-377-0323
Fidelity Investments—1-800-835-5095
Fidelity Reimbursement – 1-800-544-3716
Delta Dental – 1-800-236-3712 – plan providers
www.deltadentalwi.com
Deere Direct – 1-888-432-3373
UNION MEETING The monthly meeting for October will be held on Thursday, October 9 2014. The meeting will start at 12:00 noon for the night shift. The meeting for the day shift will begin at 3:30 PM. Lunch and refreshments will be served after the meeting. This month’s drawing is worth $360.00. Plan now to attend. Remember it does not cost to attend the monthly meeting. It Pays!!!
Financial Officers Hours For October 2014
Wed. Oct. 08 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Thur. Oct.09 – 11:00am to 9:00pm
Fri. Oct. 10 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Wed. Oct.15 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Fri. Oct. 17 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Wed. Oct.22 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Fri. Oct.24 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Wed. Oct 29 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Fri. Oct. 31 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
I will also be in during the week other then Fridays.
Those times vary from day to day.
A reminder that if you change address, phone num-
ber or get married and change your name, let me
know because John Deere does not let me know. You
can call 920-485-2631 ext. 23. The reason I need cur-
rant addresses is if you want your dues refund in a
timely manner I need to know if you have moved.
David Berezinski/Secretary/Treasurer
Women’s Committee On behalf of the Women’s Committee, we are seeking to add new members to our committee. If you are in-terested in women’s issues and helping out in our com-munity, then this would be a great opportunity to join us and get involved. We meet once a month at the un-ion hall. Please contact Marla Ryan, Nikki Schlagel, Yolanda Pillsbury or Theresa Wagner.
Next ditch clean up will be on October 15th at 4:00, meet at the BP on the corner of 33 and 26. A prize drawing will be held for those who help. Please contact Yolanda Pillsbury (920) 382-2553, Nikki Schlagel (920)210-3976 or Marla Ryan (920)210-3045 if you are able to help.
Hello Brothers and Sister, I would like to thank all of you for allowing me to rep-resent you at the Legislative Conference held in Washington ,D.C. ,in Sept. AFL-CIO State of Wiscon-sin Convention held in LaCrosse,WI, and the State Machinists Council held in Green Bay,WI. At these conferences there are usually some very interesting speakers and workshops. Topics range from certain legislation affecting workers and how it may affect you and your job. Trade, pension funds, wages and jobs were the main focus at this year’s Legislative Conference. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone on the Legislative committee. The committee consists of Jeremy Terlisner, Tammy Baer, Brian Brath,Yolanda Pilsbury, Robert Klein, and Darrel Schepp Again it is an honor to serve you, In Solidarity; Darrel Schepp
Good day Brothers and Sisters, The HPX transition to the 350 line is coming along, as always there are challenges and hur-dles to overcome. The 950 line will be starting the LPB for 5 units of the A3T military gator on October 6th. With Brother Doug Wood retiring I will be taking over the DT RLE and will also still be UV rep. I would like to thank Mr. Wood for his years of service and also say I enjoyed working with him on the shop committee Bryan Trotter
United Way Fundraiser
Pie in the Face! Did you get to throw a pie in the face of your favorite person? If not there is still a chance to raise money for United Way.
Thursday Oct 9th: Time: 12-1pm
Cost: $2 per pie, or 3 for $5
Where: G8 Cafeteria
Participants:
Mike Amerling, Mark Brewer, Kalani Brown, Warren Bullock, Whitney Bullock, Brandon DeShon, Dennis Dix, Frank Ferree,
Samira Hermann, Jeff Hoffmann, Mark Czerwinski, Jerry McDonald , Joe Miller, Bryan Perry, Andrew Quinn, Chris Samec, Chris Schluter,
David Schumann, Adam Smith, Ashley Tracy, Ryan Voy, David Wiese, Scott Winter & Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson
Brian Brath
Brian Pulford
Brian Brath