Vice President Jimmy Settles has been assigned to lead the UAW Ford National Department along with still overseeing the Aerospace Department. President Gettelfinger has assumed not only the Presidents duties but also the National Organizing assignments as well. For full details check out the www.uaw.org website
The following is from a September 4, 1997 Detroit News article:
Detroit's first Labor Day celebration was on Aug. 16, 1884, according to Adelbert M. Dewey, one of the union pioneers. A program held in Recreation Park attracted 50,000 Knights of Labor and the Trade and Labor Assembly, making it a popular and real holiday. The large crowd of laborers marched proudly and defiantly down Woodward Avenue to the park. Labor leaders included Richard Trevellick, a ship carpenter from Detroit, who was called the "old warhorse" of the labor movement.
His efforts earned him blacklisting by the shipyards. He became president of the National Labor Congress, the first national labor organization in the United States. Detroit workers later built a house for him in the western part of the city and presented it to him as compensation for his organizing efforts.
By 1900 the trend toward using the holiday largely for recreation so tempted the tired workers that unions affiliated with the Detroit Trades Council adopted special resolutions. They set fines against members who failed to show up for scheduled union functions. But as an incentive to members, 50 pounds of tobacco awaited the union with the best showing.
Detroit continued to grow in size as abundant capital, skilled labor, and cheap raw materials made the city the center of auto manufacturing. In 1899, the city's first automobile factory, the Olds Motor Vehicle Co., opened. By 1905, 29,000 vehicles had been produced in the city.
It’s that time of year again. Local 245 will be marching in the annual Detroit Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 6, 2010. We will meet at the Local 245 Union Hall at 7:15 am. Dough-nuts, bagels, coffee and juice will be served. All participants will receive a UAW Local 245 Labor Day t-shirt. The bus will arrive at 8:00 am and leave the Local at 8:30 am. We will decorate the parade truck when we get downtown. The parade usually starts at 11:00 am and is over sometime after 12:00 pm. There will be a hot-dog cook out at the Local after the parade. This is a fun day for the entire family.
Please feel free to contact the Local if you have any questions: 313-561-7500
Why a $30,500 Ford Mustang beats $150,000 European sports cars
Jason H. Harper / Bloomberg News
I have a $150,000 sports car in my parking garage, a handcrafted machine produced overseas in limited numbers. Next to it, I have a U.S.-made Ford Mustang GT, armadas of which will be sold for as little as $30,500.
I tested both the day before, so which to take out today just for the thrill?
"The 'Stang, please," I tell Paul and Hector, my trusty garage guys.
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Paul raises his eyebrow. Seriously?
Times have changed. Changed in a whopping, Big Bang kind of way. Once hopeless and bumbling, Ford Motor Co. is now really cranking out the good stuff. And its new Mustang is about as good as it gets.
I'm reminded why as I aim the sparkling blue hood (the deep, lustrous paint is called "Kona Blue Metallic") on my way out of town.
Normally I nurse high-dollar rides over the canyon-sized cracks and craters in New York's West Side Highway as if guiding a colicky baby in a carriage. With the Mustang's high clearance and sturdy shocks, I bound over the choppy asphalt. Bulletproof.
Ford Motor Co. will debut the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer in nine major U.S. cities, including New York and Washington, D.C., on Monday, according to sources familiar with the plan.
Ford has been building up the crossover's debut with Facebook teaser pictures of portions of the vehicle and a steady diet of snippets about features and attributes. The new Explorer goes on sale later this year, but the production model has not been shown on the auto circuit.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally will be in New York on Monday to make a splash in Herald Square with special guest Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs." A simultaneous event is planned in eight other cities, including Dearborn, Chicago, Washington, Denver and Los Angeles, as part of an innovative marketing campaign, sources said.
Details of the launch emerged as the automaker confirmed that the new crossover will be 30 percent more fuel-efficient than the outgoing model.
The improved fuel economy will be achieved because the vehicle is lighter, more aerodynamic and car-based (from the Taurus family). It has an optional 2-liter four-cylinder Ecoboost engine, which means it is turbocharged and has direct-injection.
The current Explorer, with a 4-liter V-6 engine, is rated as getting 14 mpg in the city and 20 mpg on the highway. A 30 percent improvement would mean the new Explorer should get 18/26 mpg. Official figures will be released once the EPA completes its testing.
The public got its first look at the crossover with the Explorer America concept at the 2008 Detroit auto show.
I apologize for the lack of updates since the conclusion of the convention. Our website is experiencing a few technical issues. We are working on updating the software and tweaking a few features to make the site run better. In addition to the technical issues, I moved 2 weeks ago and was without Internet access for most of that time. I was told that there were complaints about our upcoming events not being posted on the website. I am re-posting an event article I posted on the website back in March. I deleted the events that already took place. Please contact Local 245 if you have questions about the following events: (313) 561-7500.
July 18Local 245 Golf Outing
Aug ? Ride For Autism
Sept 6Labor Day Parade
Sept 8Retiree Golf Outing
Sept 15Region 1-A Veterans Committee at Local 245
Oct 93rd Annual Strike A Cure Cancer Bowling Fundraiser
Oct 15Local 245 Halloween party at The Henry Ford
Dec 5Local 245 Kids Christmas Party at Region 1-A
Dec 15Retiree Christmas Party at Robert Jones K of C
The following is from a September 4, 1997 Detroit News article:
It’s that time of year again. Local 245 will be marching in the annual Detroit Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 6, 2010. We will meet at the Local 245 Union Hall at 7:15 am. Dough-nuts, bagels, coffee and juice will be served. All participants will receive a UAW Local 245 Labor Day t-shirt. The bus will arrive at 8:00 am and leave the Local at 8:30 am. We will decorate the parade truck when we get downtown. The parade usually starts at 11:00 am and is over sometime after 12:00 pm. There will be a hot-dog cook out at the Local after the parade. This is a fun day for the entire family. 
