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LOCAL 974 NEWS REPRESENTING WORKERS AT – CATERPILLAR, TAZEWELL MACHINE, CITY OF DELAVAN, MASON CITY PUBLIC WORKERS & POLICE DEPARTMENT & VILLAGE OF SOUTH PEKIN PUBLIC WORKS VOL 76 • DECEMBER 2019 Sunday, December 8, 2019 • 1:00 P.M. • Amalgamated Local 974, UAW Mark Your Calendars! Be Involved… See you there!

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Page 1: LOCAL 974 NEWS€¦ · UAW LOCAL 974 DEC./JAN. 2019-2020 5 Remembering Our Brothers and Sisters September Leonard E. Reeb R 09/01/19 Michael L. Spani D 09/04/19 David L. Hale R 09/08/19

LOCAL 974 NEWSREPRESENTING WORKERS AT – CATERPILLAR, TAZEWELL MACHINE, CITY OF DELAVAN, MASON CITYPUBLIC WORKERS & POLICE DEPARTMENT & VILLAGE OF SOUTH PEKIN PUBLIC WORKS

VOL 76 • DECEMBER 2019!

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Sunday, December 8, 2019 • 1:00 P.M. • Amalgamated Local 974, UAW

Mark Your Calendars!

Be Involved… See you there!

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PRESIDENT’S REPORTRANDY DIEHL, President

Greetings Brothers & Sisters,

We held our Annual Local 974 Golf Outing on September 7th andwe had 16 teams participate at Sunset Hills Golf Course in Pekin.Everyone had a good time and we were well fed after golfing. Wemade a profit of $2,085 that went into the Heather Henninger Schol-arship Fund.

Unfortunately business has slowed down considerably at Caterpillarand we have already had approximately 40 supplemental employeeslaid off in Mapleton along with lots of other moves in the RIF to otheremployees who remained.

I am sorry for our brothers and sisters who lost their employment andsincerely hope that they get the opportunity to return to work atCaterpillar in the future if they choose to.

I am also very sorry for all of our brothers and sister that were re-duced out of their classifications and or shifts.

Unfortunately some of the more senior employees were displaceddue to not having a “preferred shift” form turned into the company.This language is explained in Article 13.5 (k) of our contract. Theform must be filled out at least 40 calendar days prior to the reduc-tion in force and will remain effective until you change it. If you don’thave one on file or don’t know if you do ask your supervisor orhuman resource representative for another one and file it and be sureto keep a copy for proof.

In Solidarity, Randy Diehl

UAW LOCAL 974 EXECUTIVE BOARD

PresidentRandy DiehlExecutive Vice-PresidentBobby KollerSecond Vice-PresidentTony NewtonChair. of Insurance & BenefitsJohn ArnoldFinancial Secretary-TreasurerDavid J. StoensRecording SecretaryMatthew ButlerSergeant-At-ArmsMichael HamiltonGuideMichael T. BeechamTrusteeNick Donald Jr.TrusteeJudy PoulsenTrusteeTim StearM-A-L EP Prime ProductsMike McKinneyM-A-L EP Transmissions(Open)M-A-L EP UndercarriageRob HawkinsMapleton CMO Member-At-LargeOpenM-A-L Mapleton SealsCody CarterMorton GDC Member-At-LargeMelissa BuggTSD Member-At-LargeRodney N. ArmsSkilled Trades Member-At-LargeRandy BuhsSPBU Member-At-Large(Open)Plantwide Safety ChairmanLarry AndereckRetiree’s Chapter PresidentJane EvansL-2488 Retiree’s Chapter PresidentPhillip E. BeckC.A.P. ChairmanJames W. TaborBargaining Chair. – Unit 1 CaterpillarMike AtkinsonBargaining Chair. – Unit 4 TMW(Open)Bargaining Chair. – City of Delavan(Open)Bargain. Chair. – Mason City PWGregory A. OsbornBargain. Chair. – Mason City PDJustin DonovanBargain. Chair. – Unit 12 South Pekin(Open)

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INSURANCE & BENEFITS REPORTJOHN ARNOLD

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Annual Enrollment is done for another year and it was quite thesurprise when I finally got the premium amounts for next year. I, like many of you, were expecting there to bea large increase in the premiums for the retirees that stayed on the Union Insurance Plan and are younger than65. I was delighted to see that the premium went down $51.43 for a single person and $102.86 for a marriedcouple. That’s $1,200 you’ll get back into your pensions for next year compared to this year if you’re married.

For those retirees that are on the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan on the Union insurance and all the retirees thatswitched over to the Management plans the last two years the cost of prescriptions are going up in 2020.Please look in this paper for that chart. To all the active members please look at this chart as well because itconcerns us as well. Within this paper should be the charts showing what the premiums will be in 2020 for allcategories (Active, Retirees on the Management plan and Retirees on the old Union plan).

If you are a retiree and still pay premiums out of your pension check please remember that the new amountswon’t start coming out until your February check.

In closing I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year. May God bless you and your family this holiday season and in 2020 as well.

In Solidarity, John Arnold, Insurance & Benefits Chairman

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UAW LOCAL 974 21ST ANNUAL 9-PIN NO TAP TEAM TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020SUNSET LANES • 3000 COURT ST. • PEKIN, IL 61554

SPONSORED BY: LOCAL 974 HEATHER HENNIGER SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

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Remembering Our Brothers and Sisters

SeptemberLeonard E. Reeb R 09/01/19Michael L. Spani D 09/04/19David L. Hale R 09/08/19Marvin D. Vanderwerf R 09/08/19Julia O. Harris R 09/08/19James K. Heath R 09/09/19Kenneth E. Kerker R 09/13/19Herschel L. Batterton R 09/14/19Bille J. Short R 09/16/19William J. Mantle R 09/17/19Richard R. Deakin R 09/26/19

OctoberDonald R. Vore R 10/01/19Mark W. Thompson R 10/06/19Carl C. Peters R 10/06/19Paul D. Lourash R 10/07/19Victor W. Magee R 10/09/19Jerdie E. Bullard R 10/12/19Gregory A. Ratliff R 10/14/19Betty L. Summers R 10/14/19Donald L. Harrold R 10/15/19George B. Evans R 10/16/19Joan S. Smith R 10/17/19Jack D. Hyatt R 10/17/19Carl E. Frazier R 10/21/19Anthony G. Melton R 10/23/19John W. Hazlerigg R 10/24/19Lyle K. Lingenfelter R 10/27/19Wayne E. Griffith R 10/31/19

On behalf of the Officers, Members and Retirees of Local 974, maywe offer our deepest condolences to the families of our brothersand sisters who have recently passed away. May God comfort all ofyou in your loss.

Please notify us when one of our active or retired members passes away. We do not receive this information from the company.

RETIREES CHAPTER UAW LOCAL 974WED. POTLUCKS – DEC. 18 & JAN. 15

We invite and encourage all the new Retirees to join usfor dinner and Bingo after the meeting.

(Please bring your own table service.)

We also encourage the spouses of deceased members ofLocal 974 to join us. Surviving spouses are AssociateMembers of our Retiree Chapter and we invite you toparticipate in our activities.

BUS TRIPSTuesday, December 17th – Isle of Capri

Tuesday, January 28th – Jumer’s Rock IslandFor questions concerning the trips call

Velma Walton at 694-3151.

HOW CAN I JOIN THE RETIREE CLUB?Upon retirement Local 974 members in good standingare encouraged to register at the Dues Office to becomeChapter members. Retirees and their spouses are welcome and encouraged to attend the Retiree ChapterMeetings and activities.

We have a Potluck the third Wednesday of everymonth – meat, coffee and doughnuts are furnished. A variety of other activities are planned at various timesthroughout the year.

To assist in financing these activities a $3.00 per monthvoluntary membership dues can be established at theDues Office. The largest portion of the dues dollars goesto the International Retired Workers Advisory Councilwhich is concerned with retired workers programs andpolicies and other matters that affect the welfare of retired workers.

Contact Retirees’ Officers at 309/694-3151 Jane R. Evans, President

Velma Walton, First Vice PresidentJames W. Tabor, Second Vice President

Richard Jack “Honey” Evans, Recording SecretaryGary E. Hall, Sergeant-At-Arms

Thomas J. Bencher, Financial SecretaryRaymond “Dale” Cassel, GuideDavid Blumenstock, TrusteeSteven C. Adams, TrusteeGarry Rendleman, Trustee

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UAW AMALGAMATED LOCAL 974

ELECTION NOTICE

THE FOLLOWING POSITION HAS BEEN WON BY ACCLAMATION:

UAW AMALGAMATED LOCAL 974RECORDING SECRETARY

(to finish 2017-2020 term):

MATT BUTLERPAM NEWMAN, CHAIRMANELECTION COMMITTEEUAW LOCAL 974

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BARGAINING CHAIRMAN’S REPORTMIKE ATKINSONGreetings Brother and Sisters,At the time of preparing my article General Motors has ratified their contract after striking the company for almost40 days. Ford & Mack truck are sitting on a tentative deal.

We all know organized labor has been taking a beating since Ronald Reagan went after the air traffic controllers.

When 48,000 UAW workers walked off their jobs and stayed out for 40 days followed by Mack Truck, then theChicago Teachers Union went out it was kind of refreshing to see labor standing together in solidarity to say we aretired of being treated this way.

November 18th thru 21st, Randy Diehl and I and two committee chairmen Matthew Diebel (Mapleton Foundry) andRodney Arms (Tech Center Mossville) will be attending the annual Fall UAW Ag Imp Conference in St. Pete, Florida.

Caterpillar says they are slowing down; we are seeing that in all the facilities except Morton. Again, I cannot stressenough about not leaving your work area early, taking long breaks and lunches. Now is not the time to be missingwork either. So please stay on your toes, and look out for each other, because the company is looking for a rea-son.

As of November 5, 2019 I have 13 issue grievances and 15 just cause grievances on my docket.

We are preparing to take 4 Morton and 3 East Peoria just cause grievances to an upcoming docket meeting withthe company sometime late November or early December.

Christmas is just around the corner so I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New year.

In Solidarity Mike Atkinson, Bargaining Chairman

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