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Volume 38, No. 3
December 14, 2005
Best Wishes of the
Holiday Season
from the
Leadership
of CAW
Local 1520
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St. Thomas, Ontario
P. O. Box 545, St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3V6
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jean Simpson, Editor
John O’Handley
Whitey MacDonald
President
Plant Chairperson
Cindy Aquilina
Les Smith
Member-At-Large
Recording Secretary
Stan Szydlowski
Sara Johnston
Financial Sec.-Treas.
Member-At-Large
Bob Such, Retired Workers’ Chairperson
The opinions expressed or advertisements displayed do not necessarily
reflect the views, opinions or endorsement of Local 1520 C.A.W. The
Editorial Board reserves the right to edit any article submitted for length
or conformity to C.A.W. Policy.
FINE TOUCH GRAPHICS
BORDER PRESS INC
T h a n k Yo u !
On behalf of the Hertlein Family, we would like to
thank the membership and leadership for their condolences, cards and gifts. Also, thank you to CAW Local
1520 for the beautiful Bible given in memory of my
husband. A sincere thanks to all my husband’s friends
and co-workers who phoned and visited us during our
difficult time. All your thoughts and kind gestures
were greatly appreciated by us.
Sincerely,
Shirley Hertlein & Family
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I just wanted to extend my gratitude for all the support you gave me and my family when my father, Peter,
passed away. Your thoughtfulness is very much appreicated.
Roger Hertlein
EDITORIAL
Why is it important to volunteer your time and energy
in our communities?
The plain fact is that many
of our community agencies
would not exist if it were not
for volunteers. Volunteers are
the lifeblood of any community, just ask the folks who
benefit from many of our United Way agencies.
There are lots of agencies that need help so a person
can always find an organization that is near and dear to
their heart. Sharing yourself with a group of interested
people is energizing and rewarding. Volunteers often
gain new clarity and a new perspective surrounding
their subject of choice.
Volunteers also have the opportunity to make a real
and positive impact on the lives of many people and
what a positive role model that makes us for our children and families. As well, many lifetime friendships
and networking possibilities for employment have been
the result of volunteering.
All in all it’s a good thing for the community, a
chance for those of us who have so much to give a little
back, and a way to make your heart and soul feel a little better in a world where poverty and devastation are
on the rise.
Please give as much of your time as you can as the
holiday season approaches, but don’t let it end there,
the need never goes away.
Jean Simpson,
Editor
In Memory
We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of
LES JOHNSON – July 17, 2005 - Retiree
TONY CASSAR – August 3, 2005 - Retiree
PAUL HOLMES – August 4, 2005
Final “B” Shift
RODGER CURTIS – August 8, 2005 - Retiree
JIM CARNEGIE – September 6, 2005 - Retiree
GARY HASSALL – September 27, 2005 - Retiree
BRIAN LANE – October 10, 2005
QC “A” Shift
RON LAGASSE - October 11, 2005 - Retiree
MAC LEITCH - October 15, 2005 - Retiree
KEN BIKOW - October 2005 - Retiree
STANLEY GUTTORMSON - November 4, 2005
Retiree
LARRY HOCKEY - November 21, 2005
Final “A” Shift
GORDON ALBLAS – November 26, 2005
Retiree
KEHO HA - November 27, 2005
Paint “A” Shift
RICHARD FELLOWS - November 30, 2005
Retiree
They will be missed by the membership of C.A.W. Local 1520
NEWSHEADLINE, PAGE 3
P r e s i d e n t ’s
Message
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n December 6th, our National Union launched
a postcard campaign that will be carried on
through to International Women’s Day, March
8, 2006. December 6th was picked as the start date as
it is the one day of the year set aside to remember the
fourteen women who were brutally murdered while
attending university in Montreal in 1989. The postcards will focus in on and identify core funding for
women’s services and organizations as well as pay
equity and child care issues which all play a major role
in increasing women’s vulnerability.
We are requesting that you fill out the cards when
distributed and hand them back to your committeeman.
Also, with a federal election coming in the new year,
we are asking you to challenge the candidates and their
parties to commit to actions that create the conditions
for women to leave violent relationships and to commit
to long term initiatives, to address economic, social and
political conditions so as to rid our society of the injustice. We as brothers along with our sisters should and
need to refuse to support and elect a government that
works against these fundamental rights of women and
children. They need to be held accountable.
On November 11th, there was a CAW emergency
Anti-concessions Auto Parts conference held at our
hall. It was recognized that there is an impending crisis in the auto industry and the shape of the industry
will be determined by how we collectively respond to
it. The auto industry is not Ontario’s but also Canada’s
most important high technology industry and our
biggest exporter resulting in hundreds of thousands of
jobs.
Brother Hargrove stated that the CAW will do
everything it can to attract new auto investments and
preserve good quality auto jobs in our country. He
went on to say that we would not impoverish our members or future generations of autoworkers by trying to
buy our own jobs, as it would be self-defeating. The
fact is a sustainable auto industry must be built on a
solid foundation, which includes quality, productivity,
innovation, respect for contracts, fair trade and strong
leadership. Below you will find the resolution that was
endorsed by the delegates attending the conference.
CAW EMERGENCY
NO-CONCESSIONS RESOLUTION
1. The CAW and its local unions will not accept concessions in wages, pensions, or benefits in its auto
assembly or auto parts contracts.
2. The CAW and its local unions will not open its collective agreements before expiration because
employers want to bargain concessions.
3. The CAW and its local unions will remain open and
flexible to work with employers and governments to
enhance the viability of Canadian auto plants by
investing in new technologies or products, enhancing productivity, maximizing utilization, and improving work practices.
4. The CAW will mobilize all of the resources of the
national union to support local unions who are
resisting employer demands for concessions, and will
oppose concessions using every non-violent option
available to us (up to and including demonstrations,
occupations, plant shut-downs, and refusing to handle “hot” auto parts).
5. The CAW will step up its fight for a fair auto trade
policy to open opportunities for North American
auto exports, and control the one-way flow of
imports that is the ultimate source of our industry’s
crisis.
6. The CAW will continue to fight for fair laws to
ensure that collective agreements in Canada cannot
be unilaterally rewritten under bankruptcy protection proceedings, and to ensure that pensions and
other post-retirement benefits are secured by a combination of private and public commitments.
Our local union is second to none in answering the
call to invest in long term solutions that will ultimately
improve the quality of life in our community by helping people build more positive lives and giving them
the opportunity to reach their potential.
Once again through uncertain times your generosity
of spirit and kindness of heart has meant so much to so
many, your compassion for those in need and at risk is
a true testament not only to you, but your families as
well. Listed below are organizations that you and our
local supported this past year:
London Homeless Coalition
Pakistan & India Earthquake Relief
George Bray Sports Association
Parkinson Society of Canada
United Way
Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario
Heart & Stroke Foundation
London Health & Sciences Centre
. . . cont’d on next page
President’s Report
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Elgin Manor
Christmas Care
Community Living London
Second Stage Housing
Women’s Community House London
Unity Project - Homeless Shelter
Hospice of London
Lung Association
ChildCan
Multi-Organ Transplant Programs
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Sexual Assault Centre - London
Schizophrenia Society
Operation Harvest
Aids Walk London
Turning Point
Relief Fund - Hurricane Dennis
Tsunami Relief
St. John’s Kitchen
Southwold Fire Department
Great Lakes United
Westover
Craigwood Youth Services
Kinsman Park - Aylmer
Stevenson Camp
Sunshine Dreams for Kids
Foster Parent Plans
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation
MADD - St. Thomas
London Humane Society
Alzheimer’s Society
Jesse’s Journey
Girl Guides of Canada
Diabetes Association
Homeless Across Canada Relief
Fund
Bereaved Families of Ontario
Multiple Sclerosis
Ark Aid Street Mission
Intercommunity Health Care
Canada Day Celebration
Life Spin
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Lupus Association
Canada Down Syndrome Society
Service for Families who have
lost a child
Margaret’s Haven
LOSH
Caring Cupboard
Canadian Mental Health
Association
Turning Point
Canadian Food Grain Banks
Local Food Bank
Madame Vanier
Tourette Syndrome Foundation
Arthur Voaden Secondary School
Kidney Foundation
Street Connection
Heather’s Dream
Optimist Club
John Scott Memorial
London Regional Cancer Centre
I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of my family in
wishing you and your families a
Merry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year.
In Solidarity,
John O’Handley,
President
Many Thanks . . .
CAW LOCAL 1520 UNITED WAY
RETIREES CAMPAIGN
Season’s Greetings and Many Thanks to CAW
Local 1520 from the Unity Project for Relief of
Homelessness in London.
A cheque for $5300.00 was given to the CAW
Local 1520 FORD STAP United Way 2005 campaign
on behalf of our Local’s retirees’ chapter. I want to
congratulate the retirees who supported the campaign
at our monthly meetings and on our bus trip outings.
The residents, staff, board, volunteers and
members of the Unity Project extend deepest
thanks for the generous support of CAW Local
1520, contributing in countless ways, financial, inkind, and otherwise, since our Tent-City beginnings
in Campbell Park, 2001.
A special thanks to Anne Broome and the
Women’s Committee and to Miro Soucek and the
Youth Committee who did a great job with the
Classic Car Show and Scavenger Hunt event,
fundraising $1,000.00 in support of Unity Project
residents needs. Good Show! Honk!
Peace,
Silvia Langer
Chair, UP Board of Directors
Also, many thanks to those of you who donated
items for prizes. Thank you also to local businesses
that supported the campaign. Please, whenever you
can, show our appreciation by supporting them and tell
them why.
The London Free Press
Courtesy Ford
Hooks Restaurant
Great West Steakhouse
St. Thomas Ford
Canadian Tire, Wonderland Rd. S
Boston Pizza
Thank you also to Tom Noseworthy for the beautiful rocking horse and Ken Degraw for the hand woven
lawn chair.
Budd Maynard
Retired Worker
AUTO INSURANCE PLAN – The $1,000
Plant
C h a i r p e r s o n ’s
Repor t
rebate for auto insurance for members who purchase a
new Ford product that is built in North America should
be up and running early in the new year. At the time of
writing this article, we continue to meet to select an
auto insurance company and put together a brochure
explaining the auto insurance plan.
RECENT APPOINTMENT – As a result of
2005 Negotiations – I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the entire membership for the
overwhelming support we received throughout the
entire bargaining process, receiving a 94% strike mandate and 95% ratification vote was absolutely fantastic.
More importantly, because of the support and solidarity
of all Ford workers it enabled the Ford Bargaining
Council to set up a pattern agreement that I believe
more than met the expectation of Ford workers.
We still have a lot of work to do over the next three
years before we enter 2008 bargaining. We will continue to have ongoing meetings with Ford to discuss
future product for St. Thomas and investment for our
plant that will take us well into the future. I am convinced that our plant is the number one plant in Ford
throughout North America. We need to continue to
build the best quality, productivity, best things gone
wrong (TGW) and safety and with the continued support of all 1520 members I know we can be successful
in securing the future of the St. Thomas Assembly
Plant.
Once again, thanks for your continued support.
UNITED WAY $611,154.56 – Once again
my hat goes off to the United Way Committee for running an excellent campaign. I would like to personally
thank the United Way Committee, retirees and the canvassers for doing a great job. But more importantly, a
great big THANK YOU to the members who supported
this year’s campaign.
This year’s campaign could never have been
achieved without the kind of support that 1520 has
demonstrated year after year. Raising $611,154.56 is
an incredible amount of money. This will go a long
way in assisting both London and St. Thomas United
Ways in achieving their goals. Just as important, many
families will benefit by improving their lifestyles and
our communities will continue to be a better place to
live.
Once again, thank you very much. We should all be
very proud of this year’s accomplishment.
2005 negotiations, we bargained a Wellness Program.
It gives me great pleasure to announce effective March
1, 2006, that Brother John O’Handley will be appointed as the Wellness, Substance Abuse, Benefits
Coordinator working out of the London regional office.
I would like to wish John, Good Luck in his new position and I am looking forward to working with you in
the future.
HOURS OF WORK – The tentative work schedule still shows us being laid off the week of December
19, 2005 and returning to work January 3, 2006. The
new year shows us being down the weeks of February
13, March 13, March 20, April 3, and April 24, 2006. I
would like to remind everyone that these dates are tentative and subject to change.
COST OF LIVING – The cost of living adjustment effective for the first pay period on or after
December 1, 2005, will be .27 cents. When added to
the previous float of .05 cents, the amount will now
total .32 cents.
I would like to conclude my article by wishing you
and your family a very safe and enjoyable Christmas
and a prosperous New Year.
In Solidarity,
Whitey MacDonald
Plant Chairperson
NEXT UNION MEETING
Sun., Dec. 18, 2005 - 10 a.m.
LOCAL 1520 HALL
SKILLED TRADES
REPORT
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ongratulations to our most recent retirees: Dave
Smith, Aubrey Blades, Dick Knight, Wayne
Saunders, and John Todd. These Brothers leave
with more than 160 years of combined service. We
wish them all the best and many happy years of retirement, may you receive more pension cheques than you
did pay cheques.
Two retirements from the National Union I want to
inform the membership of, are those of John Bettes and
Dennis Wray. John has held the position of CAW
National Skilled Trades Director for many years. He
has been instrumental in developing many of Skilled
Trades policies and gains that are in place today and
was an asset to the Master Bargaining Committee during many sets of negotiations. Dennis Wray held the
positions of President, CAW National Skilled Trades
Council and National Executive Board Member. His
many years of excellent leadership on the Council will
be remembered.
Colin Heslop has been appointed the new director
replacing John, effective October 23, 2005. Colin
brings with him many years of experience as a former
Local 707 Skilled Trades Chairperson, Skilled Trades
Coordinator and his most recent position Skilled
Trades National Representative.
Pat Blackwood, Skilled Trades Chairperson Local
222, has been appointed as Skilled Trades National
Representative, replacing Colin, effective November
20, 2005. Pat also brings many years of experience as a
chairperson and several sets of negotiations with GM.
One last retirement of note is that of Skilled Trades
Chairperson of Local 200 and Chair of the Ford Skilled
Trades Master Bargaining Committee, Tim Murphy.
Tim has been, and will remain, a strong voice for the
trades in Windsor. Best wishes to them all.
On the weekend of November 25 & 26, Joel
VanBynen and myself attended the National Skilled
Trades Council in Bracebridge. Elections for executive
positions were held during the second day of Council. I
was elected to the position of trustee on the executive
board and Brother VanBynen was elected to the
Apprenticeship Committee as well as the
Communications Committee. These positions ensure
the full representation of our trades at the national
level.
The application process for the CAW Skilled
Trades Card has been streamlined. A digital processing
procedure has now been implemented at the national
office allowing us to use a digital camera and send the
picture via e-mail. This removes the need to obtain
passport style pictures to add to the application. If any
members are in need of a card, please see me and we
will get it processed.
At the time of print there are no grievances on file.
All outstanding grievances have been settled to the satisfaction of all involved. The number of inverse layoffs
currently affecting the millwright classification stands
at four. There are no other inverse layoffs in any of the
other skilled trades classifications at this time.
I am proud to announce the graduation from the
apprenticeship program, and successful completion of
the Trade Certificate testing of Dave Pegg, Dean
Allum, John Bradburn, John MacDonald, Dan Matias,
and Theo Kempkes. These members enter into the
respective classifications as full journeymen.
Congratulations to all six!
The schedule for the Skilled Trades Union
Education Program in Port Elgin for 2006 has been set.
Please see me and I will place your name in one of the
available weeks of training. All participants to date
have returned with positive comments about the program, the hospitality, and the beauty of the facility and
the knowledge gained from interacting with tradespersons from throughout the Big Three. I encourage
everyone to attend.
The North American Plant Operating Summary
shows our plant in a tentative down week position for
pay periods 8, 12, 13, 18, and 21. I remind everyone
that these are tentative and subject to change.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish each
member and their families a very Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. May you have a relaxing and
enjoyable holiday during the festive season.
Election Results National Skilled Trades Council
• President: Jim Mitchell
• Vice President: Bert Desjardins
• Financial Secretary: Dave Felice
• Recording Secretary: Ray Hammel
• Quebec Delegate: Claude Dulude
• Trustees: Percy Rounding, Phil Fryer, Mike Aquilina
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Joe Elworthy
In Solidarity,
Mike Aquilina, Skilled Trades Chair
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his is our first report
since the agreement
has been ratified and
we have quite a bit of information to relay to all.
First, without a doubt it was a very good agreement,
considering the tough times we have been facing.
Effective January 1, 2006, our drug plan through
Greenshield becomes a full generic drug plan, which
means the drug plan will only pay the lowest available
generic cost. When there is no generic drug then of
course Greenshield will continue to pay the cost of the
brand name. This may be somewhat confusing, however it should have little or no impact to any member.
A simple suggestion for everyone is have your doctor
write your prescription using the name of the generic
drug but you can still choose the brand name and pay
the difference.
One another note on this is, if you take the generic
drug and suffer an adverse reaction your doctor may
wish to complete an adverse drug reaction form, which
is sent off to Health Canada and Greenshield, in that
case the brand name drug would be covered if you
qualify again this may seem confusing but there are
only about 20 key drugs that may be affected.
Benefits Report
employee has a basic pension benefit increase of
more than $1.50 in a single
calendar year. In our recent
contract regular hourly
employees received a basic pension of $5.00 and
skilled trades basic pension increased by $6.00. The
Federal Government will calculate the effect these
monies have on your RRSP room for each year from
1990 to present that you have been a member of the
Pension Plan.
This P.S.P.A. amount that is calculated will reduce
your R.R.S.P. room in the 2006 tax year. When you
file your 2005 tax return the Notice of Assessment that
you get back from the government will show your
reduced RRSP room for 2006.
In closing, everyone in the Benefit Office wishes
you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year!
Ron Galbraith, Dennis McGee
and John Wallace, Benefit Reps.
OPTIONAL AND DEPENDENT
LIFE INSURANCE
• There will be a premium holiday (you will not pay
premiums) for the month of January 2006
• In the month of March only, any currently enrolled
employee actively at work may increase the amount
of insurance up one schedule without evidence of
insurability.
• In the month of March only, any employee actively
at work who had not previously enrolled may enroll
with evidence of insurability but will be limited to
the election of Schedule I under either the Optional
and/or Dependent Group Life Insurance programs
PAST SERVICE PENSION
ADJUSTMENT (P.S.P.A.)
All employees still in the workforce will be receiving a P.S.P.A. in the mail in December or early January.
A Past Service Pension Adjustment is a reporting
requirement of the Federal Income Tax Act.
This P.S.P.A. report is triggered any time an
EYE EXAMS ON SITE
FORD EMPLOYEES
100% EYEGLASS COVERAGE
IF YOU’RE PAYING MORE THAN YOUR PLAN
COVERS YOU’RE PROBABLY PAYING TOO MUCH
451-5417
ENVIRONMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
We are seeing the effects of climate change on a regular basis and these effects will continue to occur. The
effects are not only environmental, they are social and
financial issues as well. We have seen what happens
when disaster strikes, homes destroyed, land flooded or
land in a severe drought.
Poor or people living at a subsistence level feel the
effects the most. They cannot easily remove themselves
from the impending disaster. They suffer and die from
the effects of high winds, flooding and drought.
Middleclass and affluent people can flee or have
financial resources to recover. We suffer some inconvenience, disruption of sports, specialty foods, vacation
destinations and the like. Our insurance rates go up and
fuel costs soar. We also donate to the areas that are in
dire need.
Are we as citizens, totally responsible? If
not, who is? We are responsible to a great extent but
then so are our governments and corporations. Canada
signed the Kyoto Accord and the US did not. The US
has done more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(GHG) than Canada.
So what needs to be done? The Canadian government must take a more active role in reducing GHG
through legislation and corporations must take an active
role in reducing the GHG. We must pressure our politicians -federal, provincial and municipal to reduce GHG,
enact laws like Extended Producer Responsibility, make
plans to close coal fired generating facilities, fund initiatives like free public transit, offer rebates for non polluting projects like wind farms, solar panel farms and people who generate their own electricity. These programs
cost money at the outset, but save money and therefore
end up saving money and lives in the long run.
Canadians use more resources, for example an average Canadian family uses about 10,000-kilowatt hours
(kwh) of electricity per year and the average European
family uses about 3,000 kwh per year. Both enjoy all
the modern conveniences like TV, computers, stereos,
appliances and electric lights. The difference is all in
the way that we use our energy (conserve or waste).
SMART METERS – The Ontario Government has
mandated that homes in Ontario have their electricity
meters replaced with the new “Smart Meter” in 2006.
The stated reasons (it depends on the city or town that
you live in) for these meters are: the home owner can
visually see how much electricity they are using and
therefore reduce their use of conserve; it will allow people to better budget their electricity dollars; people can
make decisions on when to better use electricity 3:00
pm or 2:00 am. We currently do not pay for electricity
meters; the new ones will be paid for by the homeowner
as a monthly fee (another one).
In Woodstock, people must pay for their electricity
first at a local variety store, load it into their meters and
are good to go until they run low. The Smart Meter can
tell you when you are running low and it’s time to take a
trek to charge up your card. For people on fixed
incomes (pensioners) or people on low incomes, this can
be a problem at the end of the month. London Hydro
has said that they do not intend to implement this system. Smart Meters will tell you how much power you
are using at the present time and can then charge you
accordingly. This is strongly suspected to happen. Last
summer we were paying 4.7 cents per kwh and at times,
London Hydro was paying 34 cents per kwh. We may
soon be paying the full cost of our electricity.
Smart Meters can tell you how much power you are
using but not what is being a power pig. If you don’t
know what is gobbling up the power then how do you
take appropriate measures to conserve?
These meters can be read remotely thereby eliminating “meter readers”, however water meters must be read
and this will increase the cost to Londoner by several
million dollars. Smart Meters require power to run and
you pay for that too.
VANPOOL – Do you want an extra $1800 in your
pocket? Do you want to reduce your GHG emissions?
Try vanpooling!
We’ve heard all of the excuses as to why you continue to jump in your own cars every morning and drive to
work. Old habits are hard to break and you may have
valid reasons to drive yourself. All we are asking is that
you take a few minutes to consider the money that you
most certainly save if you leave your car in the driveway
and participate in the vanpool or if you organize a carpooling group in your community. Even if you live far
from Ford, it may be in your interest to pick up a friend
on the way into work in exchange for a weekly fee. You
can save money and feel good about yourself by
decreasing emissions and helping to protect the environment!
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ENVIRONMENT
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We have one of the best vanpooling programs in
place. At only $22 to $33 dollars a week that we work,
you can be picked up and dropped off at the end of the
shift. Compare that to the going rate to operate a vehicle, $0.40/km not including your lease or car payments.
This works out to $20.00 per day for anyone driving a
half an hour into work, or $100 per week even if you
own your car outright! Over the year, you are paying
upwards of $3000.00 when you work 30 weeks a year!
Compare that to $1200.00 you will pay for vanpooling,
the savings are substantial!
If you are still not convinced, you may be interested
in trading in that old car for a new Ford Ranger or the
Ford Escape Hybrid. Both were voted the “Most Fuel
Efficient Models of 2005” by Natural Resources
Canada. Check out www.vehicles.gc.ca for more
details.
If you are ready to make the switch to vanpool and
possibly take an extra vacation with your savings, contact your committee person or inquire at the guard
shack.
Environment Committee
REWARDING The DOMESTIC
VEHICLE OWNER
Before you make your next purchase be it
furniture, clothing, house, car, etc. ask yourself
this, would I like to buy from a salesperson who
drives a North American vehicle as opposed to a
foreign vehicle? As autoworkers, we owe it to
ourselves and to the auto industry to buy from
salespeople who drive domestic.
We have the choice and it is as simple as asking “What kind of car do you drive?” If it is a
foreign vehicle, kindly ask for another sales person. Give the commission to the domestic vehicle owner and give yourself the satisfaction of
supporting the North American auto industry.
Every time you give sales commissions or
any other kind of money to a foreign vehicle
owner, you are only supplementing their existing
or future vehicle purchases. This is something I
have started doing and would hope our members
remember this next time they go to purchase
something from a salesperson.
Eric Gagne
COTRAC
FORD LINCOLN
At COTRAC FORD LINCOLN we strive for your complete satisfaction. All our staff
members are given the authority to resolve any problem that may arise. Come in and
see for yourself the difference in dealing with a “hometown” dealership. You’ll find the
same quality of service a “big town” dealership provides with one major difference:
Attitude! We’ll make you feel like a V.I.P., because you’re the reason we’re here.
Cotrac Ford Lincoln Sales Inc.
204 Main Street, Dutton, ON, N0L 1J0
Bus: 519-762-3536
Fax: 519-762-2345
Toll Free: 1-800-265-4370
The J.H.S.C. (Joint Health & Safety Committee)
supports the wearing of safety glasses at S.T.A.P.
M
any thanks to Whitey MacDonald and our
negotiating team for a great contract in very
difficult times.
F.Y.I. – On November 7th St. Thomas Assembly
Plant was visited by two Ministry of Labour, inspectors. These inspectors are part of a new governmental
taskforce mandated to promote safety within all workplace establishments.
The Ministry of Labour inspectors reviewed our
joint Health & Safety Committee meeting minutes, lost
time and injury case rates in the workplace. They also
reviewed the SHARP (Safety Health and Review
Process) and conducted a physical inspection of the
factory, resulting in 26 notices of noncompliance
orders written against Ford Motor Company. All of
these notices are to be posted in the main entry hall
(glass bulletin boards beside medical unit.)
The Ministry of Labour inspectors informed Ford
Motor Company that in addition to the November 7th
inspection, they would be inspecting STAP three more
times before the end of April 2006. These inspections
will occur without prior notification to Ford or CAW
and would most likely occur during time when production is running.
The Ministry of Labour inspectors warned us they
would be looking for noncompliance of safety regulations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act
which would include smoking outside of designated
smoking areas (picnic table with orange stripe painted
around it) and for anyone not wearing a seatbelt on any
type of vehicle equipped with a seat belt and to ensure
that personal protective equipment is readily available
and being used appropriately.
IMPORTANT – On November 28th, Ministry of
Labour Inspectors visited S.T.A.P. again with orders
being written. The main focus of ministry orders related to safety eyewear.
The ministry inspectors wrote seven orders on safety glasses referring each order to a previous eye injury
reported to our medical unit (112 eye injuries in 2005).
The ministry reported that these seven orders would
ensure that every worker at S.T.A.P. would be wearing
safety glasses. A worker found in noncompliance by a
ministry inspector after January 9, 2006, for not wearing safety glasses will be ticketed. First offence for a
worker is $295.00, plus a $60.00, victim surcharge.
CONGRATULATIONS to St. Thomas Assembly
Plant Emergency Response Team. The STAP ERT
team placed 1st at the 2005 Ford-Visteon Emergency
Response Team Challenge event held recently at the
Michigan State University pavilion this past August.
There were 43 ERT teams in the competition.
Competition events included rescue from heights,
hose applications, confine space rescue, medical
response, water ball and environmental spill response.
Again, congratulations to the entire ERT and
thanks for all the dedication and training it takes to
become the BEST ERT in all Ford locations.
SAFETY SHOES – We now have a third safety
truck vendor for added selection: Monday - Iseco,
Tuesday - Iron Age and Wednesday - Mister Safety
Shoe (new).
MACHINE GUARDING – You as a member,
have the right to know about health & safety hazards in
the workplace and must exercise your right to refuse
unsafe work or work on machines that have no guards
or defective guards on them.
A Guard is a device that prevents access to dangerous moving parts in a machine. A lockout prevents a
machine from starting or moving while a worker
repairing it, or shuts off power to electrical panels or
machinery to prevent electrocution.
Making Sure that all guards are in place and in
good working order along with all lockout devices will
sharply reduce the rising number of critical injuries and
fatalities among workers who are involved with
machinery and ultimately make work places safer.
Machine Guarding and Lockout Hazards continue
to be a source of serious work place injuries. It is of
critical importance that employers and members are
aware of these hazards and take every possible measure
to eliminate them and ensure worker safety.
WORKING AT HEIGHTS – The full body harness must be formally inspected by a competent person
at intervals of no more than 6 months.
AT FORD – Competent person in terms of fall
arrest system is defined as someone who is capable of
identifying hazardous or dangerous conditions in any
personal fall arrest system or any component thereof as
well in their application and use related equipment.
ALWAYS – Wear your harness and be secured to
the proper anchorage point lift, boom lift, and any elevated platform at all times.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe New
Year.
It’s Your Right! It’s Your Life! Lock It Out!
Pete MacGinnis, “A” Shift
Joe Foster, “B” Shift
Unions in Politics
COMMITTEE
O
n Saturday November 5, 2005, our Local hosted a Pension Charter seminar. This event was
open to all members of Local 1520 to discuss
and support our National Union’s Pension Protection
Plan.
The objective of this session presented by Sandy
Bell, was to brainstorm, swap opinions and provide
feedback to the National. The importance of this pension charter to all of our members and their families
cannot be over emphasized. As working people, our
pensions are very important and the only means of
income most of us will have when we retire.
Protecting our pensions will be one of the biggest
struggles we as workers will face in the near future as
well as the changing ways in the auto industry. The
next step in the process will be to take the CAW
Pension Charter to all levels of the government and
seek their support. We will start at the municipal level
and move through the provincial and federal levels as
well.
It appears that there will be a federal election in
January. Make a point to ask the candidates in your
riding, where they stand on this issue. Also, ask them
where they stand on other issues that affect us as
autoworkers i.e. health care, auto policy, and fair and
equitable trade practices. Getting candidates opinions
and their positions on these issues will assist you in
making an informed decision on Election Day.
Submitted on behalf of the U.P.C.
Rob MacPherson, Chairperson
U N I T E D W AY
C A M PA I G N R E P O R T
WOW! $611,154.56
Congratulations to all those who have made this a
successful campaign.
I would like to extend a thank you to all who participated in activities to raise money for the United
Way. A very special thank you to all committee members for all their hard work.
As this will be the last year on the committee for
Les Smith and myself, we would like to say thank you
for the wonderful opportunity and experience we have
had over the past several years.
In closing, I would like to thank you for making my
last year as chair of the committee a most memorable
one.
Best of luck to Jay Beecroft as he will be the chairperson of the committee for the next year. I will give
him my full support in this endeavour and I hope you
will too.
Bruce Roberts
EMPLOYMENT
EQUITY
DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
What Is It? Diversity means valuing differences. It means the ability to incorporate new
ways of doing things. It means questioning the
way we all speak to each other, the way we treat
each other. We are all unique and we all bring different qualities, life skills, abilities and personalities to work with us. Recognizing diversity means
acknowledging and valuing these differences.
Why Diversity? - Valuing diversity removes
barriers and ensures everyone can work to their
fullest potential.
Employment Equity – Employment Equity
ensures that all employees, present and future are
treated fairly. While it looks at four designated
groups - Aboriginal People, members of visible
minorities, persons with disabilities and women. .
. IT ADDRESSES BARRIERS AND CONCERNS OF ALL EMPLOYEES.
Harassment/Discrimination – The National
CAW and Ford Motor Company are committed to
providing a harassment and discrimination free
workplace. Providing fair and equitable treatment
for all employees is best achieved in an environment where all individuals interact with mutual
respect for each other’s rights, dignity and worth.
Discrimination – Discrimination is defined as
unequal treatment of an individual based on one
of the following grounds rather than individual
merit: race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offences, marital status, family
status, and same sex partner status or disability.
Discrimination may be direct when it takes the
form of explicit discrimination by a person acting
on his or her own behalf or it can be systemic
when it is of any type (direct, indirect, or constructive.) When it pervades an employment system within the workplace.
Harassment – Harassment is defined as a
“course of vexatious comment or conduct that is
known ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome” that denies individual dignity and respect
on the basis of any of the following grounds: race,
ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age,
record of offences, martial status, family status,
same sex partner status and disability or other
grounds prohibited by applicable human rights
law.
What is Harassment? – Harassment includes,
but is not limited to the following examples of
comment or conduct that are based on a prohibited ground:
• Unwelcome remarks, jokes, innuendoes or
taunting about another’s body, attire, gender,
disability, racial or ethnic background, sexual
orientation, etc. which, causes awkwardness or
embarrassment.
• Refusing to work or share with another employee because of the other’s gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc
• Backlash or retaliation for the lodging of a complaint or participation in an investigation.
Sexual harassment, as a specific form of harassment is defined as unwelcome or unwanted conduct of a physical or verbal sexual nature and
this conduct substantially interferes with an
individual or creates an intimidating, hostile, or
offensive work environment.
• Leering (suggestive staring) or other gestures
• Verbal commentary of a sexual nature, obscene
comments, or insults about the individual
• Unnecessary physical contact such as touching,
patting, pinching or assault
What is Not Harassment? – Examples of
things that occur in the workplace which are not
harassment include:
• Your supervisor properly discharging the
responsibilities of his/her position
• Normal workplace social interaction between
co-workers
For a full account of the complaint process,
including investigation and resolution, please refer
to the current Collective Agreement.
If you have any questions, please give me a
call at ext. 5526.
Penny L. Wilkins,
Employment Equity Rep.
Women’s Activist
BEST
O
n November the 5, 2005, I was honoured
to participate in the Ordination to the
Permanent Diaconate, of Mr. Jose A.
Viveiros, in London.
Let me tell you a little about the History of the
Deaconate. Deacons have been part of the
Catholic Church since the time of the apostles (1st
century A.D.) Deacons were often written about
by the Fathers of the Church as being ministers
who assist with the care of newcomers, of the
poor, of widows and orphans, and in matters of
seeking greater justice. Deacons have often been
referred to as the right hand of the Bishop. Today,
the deaconate exists in the Catholic Church in two
forms: those who are in formation for ordination
to the priesthood who are first ordained transitional deacons; and those chosen for life long ministry
as deacons. These ordained to the deaconate have
three forms or offices of ministry: 1) Ministry of
Service to the Poor, 2) Ministry of the Word, and
3) Ministry within Liturgical Celebration.
Those pursuing a call to the ministry as deacons participate in a five-year program of education, spiritual formation and discernment. The
ministry of deacons is voluntary. They receive no
salary or remuneration for their service to the
parish or community needs.
I have known Joe for over ten years. I first met
Joe when he enrolled in the B.E.S.T. program. Joe
worked hard over the years improving his English.
About five years ago we started doing extra reading during his lunch hours. This is where he
would bring his Liturgy readings for the following
Sunday. Some days we didn’t get very far, however, as time went on he improved immensely. He
was very determined. I have come to respect Joe
as a dedicated family man, a valuable employee,
and most importantly a man of deep faith. He and
I have talked at great lengths about his dream of
accomplishing this goal, and I have witnessed his
journey with interest and pride.
I wish Joe all the happiness and success in the
world.
QUE DEUS TE ABENCONE NESTA TUA
CAMINHADA.
B.E.S.T. classes are still running. If you or
some one you know wants to enroll, contact me at
ext. 5526 for a confidential interview.
Have a safe and wonderful holiday.
Penny Wilkins
BEST Instructor
Words cannot express the sincere thanks I
would like to extend with regards to the help,
which was given to me by Penny Wilkins in the
B.E.S.T. Program. Also, my sincere thanks spread
over to many co-workers on Line 1, for their sincere understanding and respect they had for me
throughout these long past five years. This most
definitely was a long journey, but I strongly
believe that when a person has strong faith, will
and dedication anything is possible with the help
of God. For all of you, who in one way or another
and I will forever remember all of you in my
prayers.
Jose Viveiros
RETIRED WORKERS CHAPTER
T
wo hundred and thirty
delegates and spouses
attended the annual
Retired Workers Conference
September 4th to 9th in Port
Elgin. The well-organized conference provided discussion and action on issues important to both active and
retired members with ample time for recreation and
social interaction. Priority items covered included a
wide range of health care and pension issues. Brother
George Johnson from Local 444 received the Retired
Worker of the Year Award. Congratulations George!
Fourteen years ago two hundred people took part in
the Labour Day Parade held in conjunction with the
conference. This year nine hundred retired workers
were joined by six hundred workers from other unions
and from the community for a record one thousand
four hundred taking part in the parade. This number
included two busses filled with Local 1520’s finest.
Thank you for being there.
NEGOTIATIONS – On July 12th Big Three
Retired Workers had the opportunity to attend the
opening of the C.A.W. Bargaining Convention and
demonstrate our support on issues crucial to us. Thanks
to each of you who on short notice took part in that
demonstration.
While attending the Port Elgin Conference the
announcement was made naming Ford Canada as the
target company to set the pattern for Big Three bargaining. Delegates attending the conference immediately pledged full support for the C.A.W./Ford
Bargaining Committee led by Brother Whitey
MacDonald.
The positive response on retired workers issues at
the Local and National levels as well as at the
Bargaining Convention helped us feel confident of the
outcome of negotiations. As we all know by now that
confidence was not betrayed. Brothers Buzz Hargrove
and Whitey MacDonald and everyone else involved in
negotiations once again kept the faith with retired
workers. A couple of important issues that will have to
wait until 2008 bargaining do not alter the fact that an
excellent job was done for both active and retired
members.
NEW PROGRAM – September 27th was the startup date for a new training program funded through the
negotiated Big Three Retired Workers Fund. The program, customized to fit our needs, provides either four
hours of C.P.R. or two days of combined C.P.R. and
First Aid. All forty-eight of us who have taken the
training to date have high praise for both the content
and the Paramedics who conduct the training.
Sessions are held at our union hall and will resume
early next year based on demand. Please register at the
Local 1520 Office if you are interested.
COMPUTER TRAINING – New computer training programs to be introduced next year are currently
under review. Existing programs of Computer Basics,
Internet Basics, and Word Processing will also continue to be offered. All training is held at Wheable Centre
for Adult Education. Each program consists of four
three-hour sessions fully funded by the Retired
Workers Fund. Please register at the Local 1520 Office
and you will be contacted as space becomes available.
NEW INITIATIVE – Half day interactive workshops designed to provide our members with specific
health information will be introduced in 2006. Each
Retired Worker Chapter is entitled to select three topics
to be scheduled at intervals between March and
December 2006. Results of a survey conducted at our
December meeting will help determine the topics
offered at our location.
Workshops will be available to retired workers,
spouses, and surviving spouses and are fully funded
through our CAW negotiated Medication Awareness
Fund.
TRIPS
• Wednesday, January 18, 2006 – Detroit Auto Show
plus a buffet dinner. Cost is $38.00 per person and
does not include admission. Proper documentation
(passport, birth certificate) is required. Departure from
Local 1520 Hall at 9:30 a.m. Lunch stop at the
Devonshire Mall in Windsor. Contact person is Jerry
Stiltz at 681-1526.
• Wednesday, April 12, 2006 – Stage West
Mississauga “Forever Plaid” plus a buffet lunch.
Cost is $60.00 per person. Departure from Local 1520
Hall at 9:30 a.m. Contact person is Sandra Stiltz at
681-1526.
CARD COMMITTEE – If you are aware of an illness, injury, or bereavement involving a chapter member, please help us send an appropriate card by calling
Kay Seaton in London at 455-3604 or Karen Cooper in
St. Thomas at 633-1742.
OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION – To
Brother John O’Handley for your outstanding input
and support over the past five plus years while serving
as a member of the Retired Workers Executive Board.
Congratulations and all the best as you move on to
your new position on March 1, 2006.
To Brother Budd Maynard and all who helped raise
the $5300.00 donated on behalf of our Retired Workers
Chapter to C.A.W. Local 1520’s United Way campaign.
To Brothers Leo Joseph, Gentil Vandenabeele, and
Frank LeFrank for their involvement in the
Remembrance Day ceremony at our November 14th
Chapter meeting.
To all who volunteered for the December 9th
Christmas Care gate collection and the December 10th
and 11th Children’s Christmas Party.
In advance, to all who will be attending our
Christmas Dinner on December 15th for your generous
contributions of non-perishable food items. These
items will be donated to the Rodney Caring Cupboard
for those in need.
To each of you who continue to contribute in so
many ways to the ongoing success of our Chapter.
NEXT MEETINGS – January 9, February 13, and
March 13, 2006 are the dates for our next three Chapter
meetings. All meetings are held at C.A.W. Local 1520
Hall and begin at 11:00 a.m. Hope to see you there!
IN CLOSING – Thank you on behalf of the Retired
Workers Executive Board to all active and retired mem-
bers of C.A.W. Local 1520 for the tremendous support
throughout the past year.
Best Wishes to each of you and your families for a
Merry Christmas, a Joyous New Year, and a year ahead
full of good health, happiness, love, and prosperity!
In Solidarity,
BOB SUCH, Chairperson
Retirements
AUGUST 2005
Robin Hill
SEPTEMBER 2005
Pauline Wimbush
OCTOBER 2005
Mark Curtis
Abdul Karim
Yung Kim
W. Knott
Yvan Prudhomme
Risto Spasic
Giles Vachon
NOVEMBER 2005
Paul Baker
Borhan Elhaje
Dick Fellows
Eugene Giancola
Milan Jurkovic
Sam Kingma
David Smith
P. VanBoxtel
DECEMBER 2005
Aubrey Blades
Jure Crnic
Martin Degroot
William Walker
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NEWS & VIEWS – My Own
Oh Fuddle Duddle!
Twenty years after Pierre Trudeau’s Charter of Rights
passes, Margaret Trudeau used Section 8: protection from
unreasonable search and seizure; Section 9: against arbitrary detention; Section 10(b): guaranteeing the right to
council of choice, to have her alcohol related driving
charges thrown out. It seems the police stopped her arbitrarily and denied her access to council of choice when he
neither left a message nor gave her the option to leave one
when he called the first two lawyers she requested at the
police station. Somewhere Pierre is smiling.
The fight against P3 hospitals continues. The Union
in Politics Committee first raised the red flag on this campaign in the October 2000, Newsheadline and we’re still
out there fighting to save universal Medicare. Recent
publicites in Burlington and now Woodstock, has shown
the government, the public is almost 100% in favour of
keeping hospitals publicly funded.
The new P3 in Vancouver just recently opened. For an
enrollment fee of $1,200.00 and an annual charge of
$2,300.00, you get unhurried appointments and quick
access to specialists. This facility is already under investigation, charging for services that are covered by Canada’s
Health Act. This is an elite two-tier system that we don’t
want in Ontario.
One in four kids in B.C. live in poverty. Delphi executives split $50 million U.S. in raises to keep them around
during bankruptcy protection. Meanwhile, hourly workers are asked to take pay cuts from $28.00 down to $12.50
an hour plus loss of some pension and health care benefits. Workers don’t make corporate decisions but we suffer the consequences.
General Motors should have paid more attention to
union leadership and economists when they predicted selling off profitable parts of the business to satisfy shareholders was short sighted and was leaving the core part of
the corporation vulnerable to market shifts or a downturn
in the economy. Those profits are gone along with the
workforce who made that business profitable.
On the Asian Auto Front - Ford Japan sold 5,434 vehicles in 2003. This year, led by sales of the Explorer to
upscale buyers, hopes are to sell an amazing 6,600 vehicles.
Autoworkers in Japan are facing job threats too.
Hyundai and Suzuki are scaling up production in India
and Thailand to meet export demands of small cars.
Toyota has three plants in Thailand running at full capacity. Toyota was able to become the most profitable car
company in the world due to its ability to make cars at a
low cost. India is now the home of low cost vehicles and
goods.
The Big Three with only 50.2% Canadian market uses
85% Ontario parts. The rest with almost the same share
uses only 15% Ontario made parts. The government
needs to do something to save the 10,000 parts jobs due to
disappear by 2008.
Startling News from China – Chinese government
officials kept silent for 10 days about a toxic spill after an
explosion at a government owned chemical plant. The
spill poisoned 50km of a river, while Chinese environmental people did nothing. Russian authorities who are
downstream are busy dumping neutralize into the river.
The Chinese are famous for false or misleading propaganda. Annual figures from China’s coal industry state 5,200
workers die in a coalmines. With 12,000 coal mines and
no safety regulators this is very low. China’s trading partners got together and discovered that China had understated its exports by a whopping 600%. This was done to
counter a move by the rest of the world’s leading financial
watchdogs who are pressing China to re-evaluate its currency up 20% to 30% to bring it in line with what it
should be if the government there didn’t artificially
depress the value of its currency to make export prices
below the rest of world trading countries.
Vote, Vote, Vote – January 23, is a good day to turf out
the old bunch of unaccountable cronies. There is only
two choices, the best or the rest. The Conservatives are
campaigning to reverse all that has gone on in the last parliament, nothing-new here, no new programs to ease the
financial or social problems important to most workers.
The Liberals state and wasted 150 million, lied to us and
never apologized to Canadians. The NDP has been working to get things passed that matter to most, Canadian
Families.
Liberals have been diverting cash from needed social
programs into huge surpluses. This money would be best
spent to raise the living standards of those long ignored by
past Liberal governments, the working poor, the young
and the retired workers who built this country now trying
to exist on limited money while prices spiral continuously
upward. The NDP has been able to get things done with
only a handful of members of parliament. Think of how
much we could improve things with more NDP elected THIS TIME NDP
Have a safe and happy holiday season!
Ray Cooper
Proud To Be Union
Yo u t h C o m m i t t e e
O
ver the summer months the Youth Committee has
participated in a couple of events to raise money
for local charities. On Saturday, August 13th, the
Youth Committee assisted with Family Fun Day by running the dunk tank. We raised $203.00 with all proceeds
going to the Shelby Gagne trust fund. On Sunday
October 2nd, the Women’s Committee held their first ever
car rally. We helped them out with the various activities
during this event such as registration, the checkpoint and
even judging. Both events were a great success.
Two-Tiered Wages – Two-tiered wages are an evergrowing problem with many unions and unorganized
workplaces throughout Canada. We felt this was an
important issue for young workers simply because we are
the next generation of labour that faces this challenge
head on. Even large profitable companies such as
Brewers Retail cater to this doctrine. We have decided to
launch various campaigns to combat this ever-growing
attack on labour.
Canadian Labour Congress – On Wednesday
practices throughout the world; Canada is no exception.
This company is an important challenge to overtake.
Having a bargaining agent certified at a Wal-Mart location
is next to impossible. They use anti-union strategies and
fear-mongering tactics to sway their employees’ votes.
They even “punish” those who would like to help out a
fellow worker. One example I heard about involved a
pregnant woman. A fellow worker approached her manager about a woman who was pregnant and assigned to
stock shelves. She made the argument that a pregnant
woman should not be stocking shelves as she might somehow injure the unborn baby. The manager agreed. The
pregnant woman was taken away from stocking shelves.
The woman who made the suggestion was put on night
shift to work. Guess what she was assigned to do? Stock
shelves and unload trucks.
October 16th, I traveled to Ottawa to attend the first CLC
Youth Committee meeting since the last convention. Our
initiative was to discuss current issues with young workers
within the affiliate unions. The result of this meeting was
as follows (campaigns we are going to take on):
Wal-Mart – Wal-Mart is infamous in its unfair labour
Fair Trade Agreements – As a representative of the
Pictured, from the left: Brother Rich Miro, Dave
Mallet (NPAC Committee Chair) and Orion Irvine
(Youth Co-ordinator (CLC).
Solidarity Works – This program was designed by the
Canadian Labour Congress to reach out to young people
in the community and in the workplace. Basically, the
program is designed to teach young people about the
labour movement in Canada in and out of the workplace.
It also works as an excellent way to reach out to people
within the community who have not had any involvement
or knowledge about trade unions, except for media exposure. However the program only runs in Ontario and
British Columbia every year. The federations of labour in
all provinces are supposed to host this program annually;
for their own reasons (usually financial) they haven’t. We
came up with a new way to continue this program. Also
our new way saves money for all the affiliates. For example, the Atlantic Provinces will be joined in as one group,
and the participants can meet at an agreed upon location.
Canadian Auto Workers, I felt that this was the most
important issue for many of our workplaces, as many of
the workplaces represented by our union are in the manufacturing sector. We have all the effects of Free Trade and
over the years have seen what it can do to our job market,
economy and standard of living. Fair trade policies in
fishing, forestry, natural resources and auto were discussed. Fair Trade agreements function as a win-win situation. It’s good for business, the government and workers.
Bikes for Kids Campaign – Beginning Friday
January 6th until Friday January 13, 2006, the Youth
Committee will be collecting Canadian Tire money by the
white wall located just inside the plant entrance. After
concluding discussions with the Canadian Tire store in St.
Thomas, we will be able to purchase brand new bicycles
at a minimum cost. Along with our discount, the store
also agreed to donate some helmets - free of charge.
On behalf of the Youth Committee, I would like to
wish everyone and their families a safe and happy holiday
season.
In Solidarity,
Miro Soucek, Chairperson,
Youth Committee
T h a n k Yo u !
We would like to thank
CAW Local 1520 for the
lovely Bible given to us in
memory of Frank Halper. Your
thoughtfulness is appreciated and will always be
remembered.
Sincerely,
Halper-Vindasius Family
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On behalf of my family, I would like to thank the
members of CAW 1520 for the beautiful Bible given to
me in remembrance of my Mother. It sits proudly in
our family room and reminds me of the good fellowship in Local 1520.
In Solidarity,
Joseph Leunissen
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On behalf of my Family and myself I would like to
thank the Leadership and membership of CAW Local
1520 for the cards, flowers, donations and condolences
on the loss of my Father-in-law. My wife and I would
also like to thank you for the beautiful Bible given to
us in his remembrance. All your support and kind
thoughts were greatly appreciated at this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Scott, Crystal and Alyssa Smith
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Thank you for the beautiful Bible and all your
expressions of sympathy. My sons Raymond & Ron
Grenier deeply appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Carral Wells and Raymond &
Ron Grenier
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To Members of 1520 Retirees Chapter
Your gift of a lovely Bible and sympathy card on
the loss of Stan was gratefully acknowledged by his
family and will be a treasured gift.
Thank you.
The Guttormson & Frampton Family
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On behalf of my family and myself, I would like to
thank Local 1520 CAW for your donation to the
Cancer Society in memory of Keith. A special thanks
to the retirees, who visited at the hospital, funeral home
and attended the funeral. Your presence was greatly
appreciated.
Thanks again.
Donna Garrod & Family
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Thank you for the donation to the Cancer Society
in memory of our Mother/Grandmother.
Roger, Joanne & Mike Cammaert
Our thanks to CAW 1520
for your donation, in memory of our dear Father, Mr.
nAngelo Spiteri.
Bea, Vincent & Nicole Spiteri
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Thank you for your donation to Children’s Health
Foundation in memory of my mother, Gladys Oldham.
Gary & Brenda Oldham
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Thank you so much for the generous donation to
the Dog Guides in Mac’s memory. It is a most worthwhile cause and it is much appreciated. Thanks also
for the get-well card from the Retired Workers Chapter
and the personal visits to the funeral home by retired
employees especially Allan McRoberts and Lorraine &
Joe MacDonald.
The sympathy card from the Retirees Chapter
arrived when we were feeling our saddest and it brightened our spirits to know you care.
Lenore, Lorene, Roni, Jessica,
Kathleen & Jennifer Leitch
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I would like to thank Local 1520, the Retirees
Chapter and Ray Wharton for the donation to Shriners
Hospital in memory of my wife Irene.
Jim Cook & Family
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Thank you Brothers & Sisters for the flowers and
cards on the passing of my Brother. Special thank you
to Ward & Michele McLachlan for their excellent support and help.
Ross Laur & Family
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Thank you from the family of Grace Priscilla
Mandawoub.
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Thank you for your kindness and sympathy at a
time when they were deeply appreciated.
Larry Doxtator & Family
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I would like to thank our union for their $100.00
contribution, to the London Prostate Cancer Centre.
Through their recent “Do It For Dad” fundraising walk
and run held on Father’s Day, the Centre was able to
raise $55,000, to aid their efforts in improving diagnosis and treatment of this form of cancer which affects
one in every eight men.
Thanks again.
Arie Rowaan
Thank You . . . cont’d
On behalf of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario,
London Chapter, I would like to thank the members of
CAW Local 1520 for again supporting us with a donation to the Walk of Hope 2005, held on Saturday the
28th of May in London.
This illness is known as youth’s greatest disabler
and affects one in one hundred people, impacting their
lives and that of their immediate family.
The money raised from the walk is used to provide
family support, research and to fund education programs that increase understanding of the illness and
reduce the stigma attached to it.
Thanks, in part to your generous donation, all costs
incurred for the walk were covered. This means that
all money raised will be used for these valuable programs.
Thanks again for your support.
Sincerely,
Debbie Armstrong
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Thank you for selecting my essay to be the winner of
the CAW Local 1520 bursary.
Shauna Fenn
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e have a collective agreement now, and with
those 25 big ones offered to those of you
considering taking the last work step, your
decision is somewhat easier to make.
Deciding to retire of course has a great deal to do
with your financial position. Will I need a new roof,
windows, furnace, or is L’il Susie or Johnnie in need of
braces? Is my Chargex paid up? What about my mortgage, my bartender, my bookie and what about the
money you borrowed off that gabby brother-in-law?
Yes that 25 grand could be a real blessing and
maybe an absolute necessity in your decision. Now
let’s say you’ve got your money problems covered.
Your spouse is going to work a few more years, your
kids are gone from the nest and that ole rust bucket has
a few good years left. You are left with basically only
two real issues to complete your retirement decision.
What am I going to do with all my time and am I mentally prepared?
When you worked you had 24 hrs. X 365 days or
8760 hours to prepare, drive to and from and do your
job. On a normal workweek assuming you’re not (and
you know who I mean) absent from work, three quarters of the time you put in approximately 1740 hours
and sleep 2920 hrs. Assuming no overtime you were
eating up 4660 hrs. Not including meals, haircuts,
bathroom trips, sex and hangovers, one half of your life
was pretty well tied up with work. Don’t even think
about Dave and his overtime. He must get his haircut
on top of the, you know, bathroom!
Time is something you have plenty of! No budget
needed here. Some say no problem I know what I’m
going to do - fishing, hunting, golfing, traveling, bird
watching, sex, saddle horse riding, whatever. Some
think this will be great. Trust me, apart from sex and
saddle horse riding, you will get tired and quickly be
looking for something new.
A part time job will help and sometimes lead to
other things. One guy I know got a part time job and
found himself a wife. Something you might want to
think about. Time can be your jail if you’re not careful.
Volunteering can help and can be very rewarding
also. There are many places in your city, town or community that would love to have just a few hours of your
time. Don’t worry about having some special talent or
skill. If you have got some time, most agencies will
welcome you. Having no skill or talent, other than
spoon playing, I can tell you volunteering is challenging and a great way to give back to your neighbourhood.
The last challenge you face if you’re contemplating
retirement, is, are you mentally prepared. You should
not think retirement is the end of your days, nor should
you assume that you will be able to now just eat, sleep
and whatever for your remaining years.
Some countries have a grow-in plan for those committed to retiring. A sort of work a little, retire a bit.
Gradually easing into full retirement. It helps you to
experience the financial side of a once a month cheque.
Time is addressed and you soon realize that retirement
is not quite what you thought it would be.
In my never-ending quest to assist our membership,
I have diligently compiled 10 signs you are ready for
retirement financially, mentally and that time thing.
Ten Things That Tell You It’s Time For Retirement
1. You’re on an EAA day and take your spouse to
Costco for free samples of food to save on lunch.
2. You find yourself scouring Wednesday’s flyers in
the free newspaper at Timmy’s for best prices on
toilet paper.
3. You don’t eat much anymore and find you don’t get
hungry ‘til “Two can eat for One” days or those all
you can eat specials.
4. You find yourself talking more and more of yesteryear and “whatever happened to” and of course,
“did you hear about so and so.”
5. You are drawn to stores where the clerks insist that
you show your age card for the seniors’ discount.
6. You are extremely sympathetic to those really, really old drivers who fail to signal, go through stop
signs, stop at green lights and drive as if they are
going to their own funeral.
7. You hate CD players, I-pods, ATMs, debit cards,
standard vehicle transmission, public doors without push or pull painted on them, sales clerks who
mumble and talk in a low voice, automatic voice
directories, etc.
8. You can’t understand why anyone would not want
power car windows, automatic transmissions,
CAA, Velcro shoes, more volume on radio and
TVs.
9. You love to talk for hours about a recent medical
operation or your vast array of medications.
10. People who make too damn much about stupid
birthdays.
Budd Maynard, Retiree
Rock On! . . .
Dear CAW Local 1520 Members . . .
Shelby Gagné is an absolute blessing. Her smile
and bubbly personality can melt the hardest of hearts.
With her feisty nature and spirited courage, we are confident she will win this battle.
It has been the hardest thing, watching someone we
love unconditionally and with all our heart and soul go
through such difficult times. And, although there is
very little anyone can say or do to make it easier for us,
knowing that others care refreshes our spirits and comforts our hearts. We are overwhelmed with the support
and words of encouragement we have been offered. It
truly does mean the world to us.
We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation
for your contribution and genuine concern for our precious little daughter, Shelby. Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude. The world truly is a better place
because of people like you. We thank you for your
continued support, thoughts and prayers.
“If the only prayer we ever say is thank you, that
would be enough.”
Love,
Steve, Rebecca, Emileigh
and Shelby Gagné
EDUCATION
C o m m i t te e R e p o r t
EDUCATION: What does this word
mean to you?
My dictionary simply says, “The training of the
mental or moral powers.”
We all know education makes it possible for people
to be responsible and informed individuals. It provides
one with the wisdom and awareness needed to promote
tolerance and understanding among people. It helps
one have a voice in politics and society. Education
provides people with the tools and know-how they
need to understand and participate in today’s world.
Education can be helpful when running for elections
and it can give you power on the shop floor as well as
outside the plant. You can develop and improve your
knowledge and understanding through being educated.
I believe that with the knowledge and abilities
gained through these courses, workers can build a
stronger and progressive labour movement. One aimed
at building strength, equality and solidarity. I believe
in the power of learning.
Education and training are important!
These courses offer a great opportunity to better
yourself and your knowledge. They give you a clear
awareness of things and are informative with explicit
information.
Thank you to all who helped with the November
Educational! We are offering another educational in
the spring. Please take the time to complete this form
below, and provide you with courses you may be looking for.
Please cut out and return to your committeeperson.
CAW ONE-DAY COURSES THAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD
GRIEVANCE HANDLING................................... (
ADVANCED GRIEVANCE HANDLING.............. (
HUMAN RIGHTS................................................. (
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.............................. (
FINDING YOUR VOICE
(Public Speaking)........................................ (
BUILDING A RESPECTFUL
WORKPLACE............................................... (
WOMEN’S ACTIVIST.......................................... (
CONFRONTING HOMOPHOBIA........................ (
VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE..................... (
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Thank you and have a safe and happy holiday season!
Jamie Pearce, Education Chair
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Show & Shine was won by Wendy Marsden. She
received a leather jacket from Arwil Sport.
Trophies were won by:
Sandy Jefferson High Roller
66 total roll
Bill Cosford
High Roller
66 total roll
Dave Finnigan
Worst Break Down
Jeremy Goldic, Farthest Away
Loc. 222, Oshawa
Fred Hayter
Biggest Pledge
$2,300.00
John Sager
2nd Biggest Pledge
$1,200.00
We were able to raise over $4,500.00. Everyone
was just great at giving. There are Bike Run T-shirts
still for sale at a special Christmas price of $10.00
each. What a deal. They can be purchased at Local
1520 union hall.
We would like to thank all those who sponsored this
event:
Labatt
Herman’s Sports Exchange
Doyle Printing
Sanders Pro,
Slo-Pitch City
Proline Autobody
G&G Enterprises
Arwil Sportswear
. . . and especially Rocky’s.
The staff at Rocky’s bent over backwards for us.
Thank you so very much for all your help Dino, Jeff
and staff.
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On Saturday September 17, 2005, the Recreation
Committee of Local 1520 hosted another Texas
Hold’em Poker Tournament.
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2006 at Hustlers Billiards, London
• National 8 Ball Tournament – Saturday February
18, 2006 at Boomtown Billiards, St. Catharines hosted by GHRC
• POEM Darts - Saturday February 25, 2006 at Local
1520 Hall
• NATIONAL HOCKEY hosted by SEORC - March
2006
• NATIONAL DARTS - Saturday April 8, 2006 at
Local 1520 Hall
• POEM SLO-PITCH - May 27 & 28, 2006 at SloPitch City
• POEM WEST GOLF - Saturday June 3, 2006 at
Greenhills
• NATIONAL SLO-PITCH - August 19 & 20, 2006
• NATIONAL GOLF - Saturday August 26, 2006 at
Greenhills
On behalf of Local 1520’s Recreation Committee
and myself, I would like to wish everyone a Safe and
Happy Christmas!
Joe Simpson,
Recreation Chairperson
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Dinner was great and the Rec. Committee did a
good job dealing and serving food and drinks. Thanks
to Julie for bartending for us. A good time was had by
all who attended.
The following is a list of the winners:
1.
Stephen Benn
$1,000.00
2.
Todd Poyntz
$400.00
3.
Shawn Crossett
4.
Cec Devine
5.
Dave Brun
6.
Albert Mizzi
7.
Lorne Honsberger
8.
Kevin Goodhue
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Rocky’s was held on Saturday, September 10, 2005.
The ride started out from Rocky’s at 1:00 p.m. with
110 riders heading to the Turkey Point Hotel in Turkey
Point. The hosts Lisa, Dick & Mable Assel did a great
job serving everyone food and Labatt beer. We arrived
back at the hall for a great BBQ of pork, prime rib,
baked potatoes, beans, buns and all the trimmings, then
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COMMITTEE
A
s the year comes to an end, it is often a time
for individuals to reflect over the past twelve
months. In doing so, I find this past year
most alarming. We seem to have had an extremely
high number of disasters this past year.
There was the tsunami catastrophe beginning in
December 2004, we have seen flooding and earthquakes in Guatemala, an earthquake in Pakistan that
killed more than 80,000 people, more than 80% of
El Salvador was flooded due to hurricanes and earthquakes. Closer to home, we have had numerous hurricanes affecting our southern neighbours. In addition to these and many more natural disasters, we
also have millions of people dying annually from
preventable diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS.
Add to that the ever-increasing numbers of people
with various forms of cancer, threats of epidemic
bird flu and of course I cannot forget the manmade
toll of human loss due to power struggles of war and
discontent. So many people dead and dying, so
many babies left without family.
Overall this serves to remind me, and I hope you,
just how lucky we are to live here. Here we have
freedom to live and love whom we want, to worship
in our own choice of way, to work and play as we
see fit. We have clean, safe drinking water. We have
an abundance of available food. We have available
housing. We have a social service safety network
(even though some may fall through the cracks).
WE are the lucky ones and as such WE are the ones
who must reach out to find the needs of others and
do what we can to help out.
On behalf of the Human Rights Committee, I
would like to thank all the sisters and brothers at
CAW Local 1520 for the tremendous effort each of
you put into helping others who are not quite so
lucky as we are. Thank you for being the voice for
those who cannot speak and lending a hand when
needed. As this year ends, please look and see
where else YOU can help others. It matters not, if
you help out close to home or far away, the need is
everywhere. Take advantage of some of our time off
to fill the needs of someone else. Together we can
make a difference.
We would like to wish everyone a safe and
happy holiday and a happy healthy New Year!
In Solidarity,
Darlene Beroud, Chairperson
Human Rights Committee
CAW
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ello everyone! It’s hard to
believe it’s almost
Christmas again. Where
has the year gone?
On October 2nd, we held our first Classic Car
Show and Scavenger Hunt. The event was sponsored by Miller Ford and Scotia Bank. We were
able to raise over $1,000.00 with the proceeds going
to the Unity Project. Trophies and prizes were given
out and everyone had lots of fun.
We would like to thank Chuck Stafford and his
band, Dick Brown and Randy Cooke for barbecuing
and the Youth Committee for helping us out at this
event. We would also like to thank Budd Maynard
for helping us out with his expertise along with the
staff of our local union. Without them we could not
have done it. Next year we will be having another
classic car show and we are aiming for a June show.
More information will be forthcoming at a later date.
Our next fundraiser will be a food and toy drive
for Second Stage Housing in St. Thomas on
December 16, 2005. Look for us at the white wall,
as we will be setting up a table to receive your donations for this worthy cause. Let’s try to make these
children happy in their time of need. Once again
thank you for your support.
May 27, 2006, we will be hosting our 5th annual
fashion show. Once again we are looking for models. We need children from the age of 5 years and
up. If you have any children who would like to be in
our fashion show, please let any of our committee
members know. Phone calls will be going out to all
models who have previously participated in our
shows. Our fashion show just keeps getting bigger
and better every year.
We will also be selling 50/50 tickets again for
this event. Last year’s winner received $980.00.
Please buy a ticket and support this worthwhile
event. The tickets are $2.00 each or three tickets for
$5.00.
We would like to wish everyone a Very Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year. Drive safe and
remember, Don’t Drink and Drive.
See you in the New Year!
Anne Broome, Chairperson
Women’s Committee
First Classic Car Show 2005
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LETTER
On November 23; Mr.
Carmi Levy published an
article in the London Free
Press that really disturbed me.
I am appalled by the remarks made in the London
Free Press by Levy. The idea of it being “over” for the
Big 3 and their union workers because of limitations,
contracts and pensions that the CAW has negotiated
with the Big 3 (GM, Ford & Chrysler) is absolutely
crazy.
The loss of the auto pact and the introduction of
free trade, politicians, legislation, corporate monsters
and their lobbyist have made this country a windfall for
the corporate monsters to roll back the rights of workers.
This is clearly an opportunity to defeat and dismantle unions systematically. The time for unions and
what they stand for is now.
To end would mean time would roll back to when
unions first started. I for one am not willing to stop the
fight for workers’ rights and their families.
Our forefathers along with unions fought for the
working conditions and rights over the last 60 years,
and we have all benefited from this lengthy fight. This
is what made this country so great!
But since free trade was introduced, and the scrapping of the auto pact, we as Canadians, are falling
Election Committee
Regarding the strike vote in August and the ratification vote in September, on behalf of this committee, I
would like to thank everyone who was present at
either/or both of these meetings at Centennial Hall.
Given the fact that these were on a Sunday morning
attests to the involvement of the members of this Local.
With the near 600 members at the strike vote and
the near 1200 members at the ratification vote, I also
want to thank the members of this committee for the
great job they performed in registering members for
these two meetings.
The process of registration at each of these meetings is as a result of legislation Bill 139 - 2000, an act
to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995 enacted by
the previous government here in Ontario back in the
year 2000 as an amendment to the Ontario Labour
Relations Act, 1995. Your patience in this process was
greatly appreciated.
Garry Thompson, Chairperson
Election Committee
behind. The only reason
Toyota and Honda pay their
employees competitive
wages and benefits is because of the threat of a union is
still in existence in this country.
Our free health care is another reason and this is
currently under reconstruction. They have open market
in North America, where we as North American auto
manufacturers are restricted to the quantity of vehicles
shipped to Asian markets.
The auto industry is not the only sector of Canada
that is being affected by political and corporate monsters hidden agenda. Many union workers across the
country feel the same way.
We, as Canadians need to help underdeveloped
countries to develop, but not at a cost of giving up our
standard of living and lost jobs to countries which still
have human rights issues. These are the facts.
My personal opinion is that all unions in Canada,
along with their existing members need to rally and
support each other against the corporate monsters and
their lobbyist. Solidarity and Unity is what is needed
here; not confusion about what is really going on in
North America.
Together we can win back our great country! “The
fight has just begun . . . see you there!”
Brother James Paddison
to the Editor
ATTENTION: CAW 1520 MEMBERS & FAMILIES
Enjoy a free skate at
LONDON ICE PARK
99 Brookside St., London
During the Christmas Shutdown on . . .
Wednesday December 21, Tuesday December 27
and Thursday December 29, 2005
Between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
COLOURING CONTEST WINNERS
GIULIANA GIORGINI, 5 years and under
CLAIRERISTA JENNA MURPHY
6 years to 9 years
VANESSA LIMA
10 years to 12 years.
Congratulations to the Winners!
Brother Budd Maynard’s 2005 Christmas Float
Some of the CAW Local 1520 participants at the St. Thomas 2005 Cancer Relay For Life. Please help
support the June 9-10, 2006 Relay through your donations or your participation or both.
Why do you think it is so important
to volunteer your time and energy
in your community?
LINDA McCALLUM
People helping people in
need make, a stronger community.
COLLIER SAVILLE
There are people who are
less fortunate than ourselves. You
have to give to receive.
MIKE SMITH
We need to do it for the youth
of today. It's time to give back
and help the kids of today.
ERNEST MORENZ
It is important in that it gives
you the satisfaction of helping
others in need. I have 10 yrs on
United Way and 30 yrs as an
Optimist member.
BRENT SLAVEN
Volunteering is very important in the community. A lot of
organizations would not survive
without these important people.
DAVID SEWARD
It is important to give back to
your community in any way you
can. The less fortunate need our
support and you may find yourself in need of help someday.
KEITH MILLSON
I think it is important to give
time back because at the end of
the day that’s where we all call
home.
BRAD MOORE
Without the support of our
volunteers organizations (i.e.
Christmas Care) would not beable to function at a high level of
efficiency
JOE MAHOVLICH
So we can raise our level of
standing in the community. Help
the needy they need our help.
Balance at the end of September 2005 – $624,460.33
INCOME
FUND SUMMARY
EXPENDITURES
Office Wages
4,768.38
Lost Time
64,628.48
Travel, Meals, etc.
24,135.75
Registration & Delegate Fees
560.00
Equipment - Mtce & Repairs
143.36
Rent
1,700.00
Supplies
336.52
Per Capita to Building
8,445.50
Telephone
1,665.81
Subscriptions
546.96
Per Capita Tax
101,770.59
Per Capita Tax - Affiliates
(2,240.33)
Medical & Payroll Taxes
879.01
United Way
3,000.00
Retirees Active Fund
8,245.98
Recreation
201.00
Women’s Fund
912.97
Special Assistance
1,325.40
Retirees Per Capita Fund
3,783.08
Donations - Charitable
2,311.03
Payroll Remittance
8,148.15
Payroll Deductions
(9,594.77)
Skilled Trades Dues
5,353.26
LRCC
3,795.00
Retirees Watches
105.80
Earthquake Appeal
2,500.00
Lounge Expense
5,764.60
Building Expense
11,627.94
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$254,819.47
ALLOCATION OF ASSETS
Balance per bank statmt
432,977.85
Less o/s cheques
93,811.95
Actual Bank Balance
339,165.90
Special Accounts
133.38
Term Deposits
250,930.14
TOTAL CASH ASSETS $590,229.42
Per Capita Owing
113,416.98
Payroll Remittance Owing
9,594.77
Actual Cash Assets
467,217.67
Balance of Mortgage
0.00
S. Szydlowski, Financial Secretary
(bracketed figures are in the red)
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Reservations are now
being taken for:
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Awards Dinners
Banquets
Bar Mitzvahs
Class Reunions
Conferences
Dances
Family Reunions
Graduation Parties
Holiday Parties
Lectures
Trade Shows
Weddings
Weekly Meetings such as
Church Services and Clubs
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR
TO TOUR OUR FACILITIES, CALL
(519) 652-5552
or 1-800-411-2700
PUBLICATION MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40930011
RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO:
CIRCULATION DEPT.
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Net Income
(34,230.91)
Add to last month's Bal. of 624,460.33
Leaves Bal. to Acct for of $590,229.42
GENERAL FUND
Balance previous month
332,024.57
Add income
195,659.67
Less expenses
222,958.50
Balance
$304,725.74
EDUCATION FUND
14,958.16
Add income
233.10
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$15,191.26
RECREATION FUND
(9,028.51)
Add income
1,215.50
Less expenses
201.00
Balance
($8,014.01)
POLITICAL ACTION FUND
4,652.78
Add income
233.10
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$4,885.88
RETIRED MEMBERS (per capita)
34,148.59
Add income
1,993.06
Less expenses
3,783.08
Balance
$32,358.57
BUILDING
(27,144.59)
Add income
10,471.85
Less expenses
11,627.94
Balance
($28,300.68)
FLOWER & BIBLE FUND
9,588.85
Add income
744.30
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$10,333.15
NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION
91.42
Add income
nil
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$91.42
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
9,062.17
Add income
582.75
Less expenses
1,325.40
Balance
$8,319.52
INVESTMENT
250,930.14
Add income
nil
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$250,930.14
LOUNGE
(12,812.46)
Add income
4,147.61
Less expenses
5,764.60
Balance
($14,429.45)
RETIREES’ ACTIVE FUND
12,753.69
Add income
3,025.00
Less expenses
8,245.98
Balance
$7,532.71
HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
3,237.70
Add income
46.62
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$3,284.32
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE
759.76
Add income
2,189.38
Less expenses
912.97
Balance
$2,036.17
ENVIRONMENT FUND
1,238.06
Add income
46.62
Less expenses
nil
Balance
$1,284.68
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
$590,229.42
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$176,134.92
Recreation
50.00
Flower and Bible
45.00
Retirees Per Capita Fund
1,969.75
Women’s Fund
2,142.76
Jackets, T-Shirts, etc.
231.00
United Way Draw
18,586.72
Interest
571.45
Lost Time & Expense
3,212.50
Retirees’ Chapt. Active Fund 3,025.00
Lounge Receipts
4,147.61
Building Receipts
10,471.85
TOTAL INCOME
$220,588.56
C.A.W. Local 1520
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