Submitted by President on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:35
The January General Membership Meeting will NOT be held on the third Sunday this month due to the celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Instead the January 2012 Membership Meeting will be held on Sunday January 22, 2012 at 1pm. At this meeting all Members in good standing will be nominated for election to the Local 245 Election committee. Elections for Election Committee Members will be at the February 19, 2012 Meeting. This election is conducted by the trustees per the local 245 bylaws. Hope to see you at the meetings!
Ford Motor Co. will offer more new car models over the next three years than any other automaker, according to a Bank of America/Merrill Lynch report released Wednesday.
Ford will change 26 percent of its lineup for the model years 2013 through 2016 compared with an industry average of 23 percent, the bank's annual "Car Wars" report said.
General Motors Co. will replace 25 percent of its vehicles, followed by Toyota Motor Corp. at 24 percent and Nissan Motor Co. at 23 percent. Chrysler Group LLC will change only 20 percent of its vehicle lineup.
Most of those new models will be crossover utility vehicles, luxury sedans and light trucks.
Consumers gravitate toward new models, which can help increase an automaker's market share, profits and stock price. Automakers that replaced the most models and had the youngest cars in the showroom "generally gained market share" between 2002 and 2012, the report said.
HOW DO YOU STACK UP NEXT TO A CEO?
Millions of workers remain unemployed. But that didn’t stop S&P 500 companies from raising CEO pay by almost 14 percent in 2011—to nearly $13 million on average—while shipping jobs overseas.
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Go to www.PayWatch.org now.
Dear Union Member,
I wanted to give you a chance to be one of the first people to check out the new AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch website—this year’s version is called CEO Pay and the 99%. It’s your one-stop shop for the most recent information on out-of-control CEO pay and what you can do to stop it.
Dear Union Label Supporter: March, 2012
The Michigan State AFL-CIO Union Label & Service Trades Council is pleased to announce the 2012 “Renew America Expo” which will be held on June 9, 2012 at the UFCW Hall, 876 Horace Brown Drive, Madison Heights, Michigan.
With the overwhelming interest in today’s U.S. manufacturing of goods and services, our goal is to educate and place American products in the hands of true patriotic citizens.
We would be honored if you were a part of this one day event to “renew america”. We have the capacity to house 150 exhibits inside, with an area outside for 40 Union-made vehicles of any size. We are hoping for a large crowd which of course, includes your families.
We hope you’ll help us advertise this Expo by announcing this at your union meetings and running something in your newspapers. If you need extra flyers please do not hesitate to call one of us. We will have posters available soon.
This is a great event. Local 245 has been a proud sponsor of the Ride for Autism since the beginning.
You can download the official 8th Annual Ride for Autism informational flier here: http://www.mediafire.com/?baeddowq1dkxqi9
