DETROIT - Last night we heard President Obama issue a call to the nation and Republicans in Congress to work together to solve the nation's unemployment crisis and focus on strengthening the middle class by strengthening manufacturing. The president has demonstrated his commitment to creating an economy 'built to last' by restructuring the U.S. auto industry for the 21st century, while Republican opponents were willing to let it die and see millions of jobs lost. The recovery of the American automotive industry is one of our country's greatest economic success stories. Read more >>>

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:

Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought – and several thousand gave their lives.

We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world. For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country. Most of al Qaeda’s top lieutenants have been defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home.

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Media Advisory: Press availability on Tuesday Jan 17^th, approx 10:45 am

UAW Pres. Bob King,

Nat'l Wildlife Federation CEO Larry Schweiger,

BlueGreen Alliance Exec. Director David Foster

to speak in Detroit at U.S. hearings

on 54.5 MPG fuel economy

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Region 9 Director Scott Adams comments  on American consumerism. Read more >>>

To Hourly and Salary Employees Date: January 12, 2012

This memo is to inform you that effective January 16, 2012 thru January 27, 2012 you may make one Candidate referral for an hourly employment opportunity. The Candidate referrals will be used to create a hiring pool. The hiring pool will be used to meet anticipated future employment needs; no specific hire date has been identified.

The referrals will be passed on to an outside employment service, Development Dimensions International (DDI) who will conduct the employment assessments (interviews and testing), to determine which candidates will be put into the potential hiring pool. Selection of the candidates who will be put through the assessment process will be done by lottery. The Local Parties will not have any ability to determine who will be selected for inclusion into the assessment process.

To provide a referral you must do so in GM’s “My Socrates”

a. In My Socrates, click on “Workplace”

b. In workplace, click on “Hourly Candidate Referral Program”

c. In “Online Referral”, click on next

d. Complete “Candidate Information Form”

e. Once the Candidate information is completed, click on “Confirm Referral”

f. Verify Candidate’s information is accurate, click on “Submit Referral”

g. Print a copy of referral, click on “Print”

h. Exit referral program, click on “Exit”

Additionally, the general public will be able to apply for the same opportunities by completing a form that will be available in the Lobby during the referral time-period.

If you have any questions please contact Labor Relations.
 

Region 9 International Staff serves the membership throughout the States of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Read more >>>

 

For immediate release: Jan. 11, 2012

 

UAW-Ford to host second annual charity ball

 

DETROIT - The UAW-Ford National Programs Center (NPC) will host a charity ball Jan. 13, coinciding with the Charity Preview associated with the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at Cobo Center here.

 

This year marks the second annual event for the UAW-Ford NPC, held on the eve of the Detroit auto show's Jan. 14 public opening.

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Scott Adams was elected director of UAW Region 9 by delegates to the UAW’s 35th Constitutional Convention in Detroit on June 16, 2010.
Adams began his UAW career at Ford Motor Co.'s Buffalo (N.Y.) Stamping Plant in 1972. He became a proud member of UAW Local 897 and was elected district committeeman in 1984.

Adams later served the local as vice president, a member of the bargaining committee and two-terms as president and chair.
 

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POLLING

According to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll conducted last week among 400 Massachusetts residents, 41% approved of the Occupy movement, 38% disapproved, and 21% were undecided or would not answer the question. Although the survey did not directly ask residents about their party affiliation, it found that women, blacks, younger adults, renters, and Suffolk County residents - all key Democratic constituencies - tended to hold more favorable views of OWS. The poll found the following statistics with regard to disapproval of OWS among different demographic groups: 23% of blacks, compared with 40% of whites and Hispanics; 25% of renters, compared with 41% of homeowners; and 28% of unemployed workers, compared with 41% of full-time employees.

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WASHINGTON - UAW Local 22 member Donald LaForest will be honored at the White House Nov. 3 as a Champion of Change. The recognition will come at the first part of a day of activities the White House is calling "Make it in America," which will bring together American leaders helping to create high-quality jobs in the United States.

The White House Champions of Change Initiative profiles Americans from all walks of life helping the country rise to the challenges of the 21st century. These Champions of Change are doing extraordinary things....

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