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DATE: November 7, 2008 TO: All Local Lodge 709 Members FROM: Jeff T. Goen, President/DBR SUBJECT: Constitutional Changes made at 2008 Grand Lodge Convention The change made to the Constitution at the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention now gives each Local Lodge the ability to set their own dues rates via their bylaws. At the December 6, 2008 monthly meeting, a presentation of Local Lodge 709’s financial status will be given and a recommendation by the Executive Board will be read and acted upon. I urge all members to be in attendance at this meeting so you may be included in discussions on this very important issue. The results of this action by the membership in attendance will set the dues rates that will become effective in January, 2009. Your presence is requested and expected on December 6, 2008. Fraternally, Jeff T. Goen President JTG:rrb
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DATE: July 1, 2008 TO: All Local Lodge 709 Shop Stewards FROM: Jeff Goen, President/DBR SUBJ: EBS (EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SYSTEMS, INC.) MACHINIST CUSTOM CHOICES WORKSITE BENEFITS On July 22 & 23, 2008, there will be a meeting for all Shop Stewards regarding the new optional insurance that was negotiated in the 2008 contract. This package gives you several options for additional insurance coverage. I am asking that all shop stewards be present in order for you to understand the options available and to give you time to go back to the people you represent and explain to them what is available. Onsite enrollment for all shifts will be Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 15, 2008. The schedule for the informational presentation is as follows: Swing Shift July 22 – Tuesday 1:00pm Day Shift July 22 – Tuesday 4:30pm Gvyd Shift July 23 – Wednesday 7:30am Each session will last approximately 2 hours and there will be light food provided before each session. It is imperative that you attend in order for this to be a success. If you are unable to attend, please send your committeeperson or a representative. Fraternally, Jeff T. Goen President/DBR JTG:rrb |
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April 30, 2008 TO: Shop Stewards, Committeepersons, Members FROM: Jeff T. Goen, President/DBR SUBJ: DOBBINS RUNWAY CLOSING The scheduled closing of the Dobbins runway will be August 19 – September 19, 2008 for maintenance and repair. During this time, there will be some Flight Line classifications that will be affected due to no flight activity. The Company has informed the Union that it will make every effort to schedule upcoming field duty work during this period of time. Additionally, any affected employee who requests vacation to coincide with the closing, will be granted such. The scheduling of the field duty work by the Company and the scheduling of vacations by those affected employees will greatly reduce any chance of a temporary layoff. JTG/rrb |
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UPGRADE REQUESTS If you are wanting to put in an upgrade to a job, you fill out the Employee Background Resume for the position you are seeking! If you already have an upgrade request in, you need to fill out a Resume on that particular job also. These can be submitted electronically, faxed, or walked-in to Labor Relations. Follow this link for a Resume form. Resume forms can also be found on the Labor Relations web-site @ http://people.lmaero.lmco.com/human-resources/hrjobs/ or by contacting Labor Relations at 494-9730. This is a reminder for all employees to update their mailing/address information, including their mail zone, in LM People. If the information is incomplete or not updated, then the Company is not able to ensure that each employee is receiving all necessary information that is distributed. We are asking you to ensure that this information is updated, especially your mail zones for company mail.
UNION REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT
DATE: March 20, 2008 TO: All Shop Stewards, Committeemen and Members FROM: Jeff T. Goen, President SUBJ: Disaster Relief Brothers & Sisters: If any member suffered a severe loss during the storms on Friday, March 14th or Saturday, March 15th, there is assistance available through your Machinist Union. Please contact your Local Lodge 709 President’s office with this information. Fraternally, Jeff T. Goen PRESIDENT JTG:rrb
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UNION REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT
DATE: October 29, 2007 TO: Local Lodge 709 Members FROM: Jeff T. Goen, President SUBJECT: Your “Negotiated” Benefits Recently you should have received via U. S. Mail, a package from the Company titled, “Your Benefits” giving a summary of your pay and benefits for average LM Aeronautics employees. Granted we can acknowledge that we have a decent job package however we must also acknowledge why we have it. The wages and benefits which we all enjoy are there because we, the working people, have negotiated them with the Company. Our forefathers stood firm and made many sacrifices in the past for the benefits we now enjoy, such as: Seniority, Pension Plan, Basic Benefit Plan, Company Matched Savings Plan (401K), General Wage Increases, Insurance Cost Sharing, 8 hour work day, overtime after 8 hours, double time after 12 hrs, 40 hour work weeks and the list goes on. This “total job package” should certainly improve as we labor for the company to insure that its profits “soar” like the F-22 raptor which we assemble. We should also take time to ponder about the upcoming contract negotiations that will take place beginning in January, and think about what the Company will want to reduce from the “total value” of your job. Will it be your pension? Your savings? Future employee benefits or your various other job benefits which it has brought to your attention in this summary? Earlier this week I received correspondence about the strike at Cape Canaveral, Florida where our Union brothers & sisters of Local Lodge 2061 have endured over one hundred thirty days on the picket lines to protect their current pension benefit and those same benefits for future employees. The company, United Space Alliance, which is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has set out to gain an economic advantage over other contractors that currently provide pensions by gutting the pension plans of USA employees. The CEO of USA, Dick Covey, has determined that they no longer need such plans as the company so gratefully provides a 401K “retirement opportunity” for all company employees alike. Our Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for a Pension Plan, a Basic Benefit Plan and a Savings Plan (401K). Any reduction of either plan for current employees or future employees would be a loss of benefits. At the same time, USA (a.k.a. Boeing/Lockheed Martin) is attempting to slash the benefits of our brothers and sisters at the Cape, both companies are posting record profits (Boeing 3rd qtr. Profits 61%/Lockheed Martin 3rd qtr. Profits 23%). Obviously as you can see your “Total Job Value” is in the crosshair of the company. If we allow the Company to restrict new hires from our existing benefits, at some point those “without” will outnumber those “with.” As we look toward the next contract negotiations we need to remember why we have these benefits and most importantly how we keep them. Fraternally, Jeff T. Goen President JTG:rrb
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