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 Below you will find the May 2012 edition of "The V.I.E.W." Remember, there is Value In Every Woman! Belle River Golf & Country Club Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:00am Shotgun Start $25.00 per Golfer Tickets are available at the Local 400 Office starting July 9. Read more >>>Volunteers with the Protect Our Jobs(POJ) coalition are out in force and will be conducting a petiton signature blitz on Saturday, May 19th between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. This blitz will target at least the following six areas: Mt Clemens, Taylor, Detroit, Flint, Lansing, and Saginaw. Download the flyer for more details. Read more >>> There will be a major petition signature blitz for the Collective Bargaining Constitutional Amendment taking place on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 9 AM to 1 PM at Region 1 and various locations throughout the state. Most of the unions and our allies are joining together on this day to knock on doors or hold drive thru events in an effort to reach our signature goals as well as creating awareness, energy and excitement around our initiative. “Protect Our Jobs” is a ballot initiative that is designed to amend the Michigan State Constitution. The amendment would establish people’s right to join a union and collectively bargain to protect wages, benefits, and workplace safety. This legislation will ensure that no existing or future law of the state shall impair, restrict, or limit the negotiation and enforcement of any collectively bargained agreement, Public or Private Sector. Not only will the Collective Bargaining Initiative amend the Michigan Constitution to both strengthen the right of workers' to collectively bargain with employers it will also prohibit existing and future laws (i.e. emergency financial manager laws) from limiting a workers' right to strike and/or collectively bargain. Between now and July 9th, Protect Our Jobs volunteers must collect 322,609 petition signatures to get this initiative on the November, 2012 election ballot. Thanks to strong support, we have already made very good progress. However, the challenge is far from over, and this is why our volunteers are working around the clock to meet this signature goal. We remain confident we will meet this goal so that Michigan voters will get to vote on this in November. Read more >>> ~ REPEAL PUBLIC ACT 4! THE EMERGENCY MANAGER LAW! ~ THE COURT DATE HAS BEEN EXPEDITED! The Stand Up for Democracy coalition filed a writ of mandamus with the Michigan State Court of Appeals, seeking to force the Secretary of State to place the repeal of Public Act 4, the emergency manager law on the November ballot. We continue to fight the stripping of democracy from Michigan’s voters. Citizens are outraged by State Board of Canvassers’ republican appointees votes to reject expert testimony, physical evidence and scientific evaluation showing a petition to repeal the emergency manager law was in compliance with the legal font-size as required by law. No experts testified to the legitimacy of claims made that the font size on the petitions holding 203,238 valid voter signatures was incorrect. The group collected over 200,000 valid signatures exceeding the 161,305 valid signatures needed by more than 40,000. Please join with us, on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at The Cadillac Building courtroom (suite 14-300) at 3020 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI at 10:00 AM. We need to “Pack the House” to show our resolve to defeat this undemocratic law. We need our members to assemble at 9am outside of the court room. Read more >>> The UAW has been working for several months with workers at the automotive supplier Flex-N-Gate who want to form a union. Flex-N-Gate's most important product is chrome-plated bumpers for pickup trucks. The process involves the carcinogen hexavalent chromium - the chemical made famous in the movie Erin Brockovich. The owner of privately held Flex-N-Gate is Shahid Khan, a man worth an estimated $2.5 billion who purchased the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL franchise in January. On April 26, we were in New York City with workers and Highland Park residents for Khan's first NFL Draft to make sure the NFL knew about his business practices. The NFL Commissioner committed to respond to our concerns by May 11 - this Friday. Ahead of that date, we are collecting signatures for an online petition to the Commissioner asking that he urge Khan to clean up his act. This petition has a real chance of moving both the Commissioner and Khan, but we need thousands of signatures for it to be effective. Read more >>> Come and JOIN US! National Day of Protest against Bank of America Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 4:00 pm at 500 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI. On May 9th people from across the country and the world will converge in Charlotte, NC, home of Bank of America’s (BOA) headquarters at their annual shareholder meeting, to demand an end to their practices that are bankrupting our economy and wrecking our climate. On the same day across the rest of America, homeowners, students, immigrants, environmentalists, workers, women’s groups, peace activists and more will join together in non-violent direct action in their communities and bringing their stories and hearts to the fight against Bank of America and the economic inequality, racial injustice and environmental destruction they have wrought. NOT ONE PENNY TO THE BANKS WHO HAVE  UAW Region 1 is offering five (5) weeks of FREE educational classes beginning Tuesday, May 1 and/or Thursday, May 3, 2012: Tuesday Classes – Morning or Evening
Thursday Classes – Morning or Evening
 As the poster child for corporate tax-dodging, GE has made billions off the 99% while cutting jobs, stashing money in offshore tax haven accounts, and employing an army of lobbyists to buy political influence and stay ahead of its tax bill. Not only does GE avoid taxes and cut American jobs, it also played a part in the subprime mortgage crisis that devastated homeowners across the country Please join us Wednesday, April 25th. The UAW will meet at the Labor Legacy Arch starting at 8:00 am. It is important that our members DO NOT WEAR any UAW insignia. Read more >>> As most of us are aware, what we do as a union in the upcoming months, will have a tremendous effect on shaping the lives of working people. In light of this very important time and the need to engage our entire membership, the Region 1 Women’s Council will host its first “men’s” event. “Are You Ready to Rumble in 2012?” will be a day of training designed to engage, mobilize and prepare the men of Region 1 for action in the community and in the political arena as well. This event will be an exciting day designed with the needs of our male membership in mind. Joining the festivities will be former Detroit Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown. Currently an ESPN analyst and community activist, Lomas will speak to the need of male activism in the community. Participants in the training will also receive information on; how they can be more involved and engaged in our communities; on men’s health issues; and in building our union. This will be a fun-filled day and is open to everyone; men and women. Read more >>> The UAW has a long and continued tradition in its support and commitments to our local communities. Our dedication to champion, advance and advocate for working families and children is second to none. It is in that spirit that I am writing to personally encourage you and your local union membership to participate in March for Babies, the annual fund raising event sponsored by the March of Dimes. Since 1970, the March of Dimes has raised millions of dollars for the important mission of protecting America’s children from birth defects and infant mortality. The tradition continues with the UAW support of five March for Babies events taking place Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Lapeer, Sunday, April 29, 2012 in the Metro Detroit areas, and Sunday, May 6, 2012 in the Port Huron area. Read more >>> Th e UAW is an organization that is unapologetic in our demand for justice. Th at’s why we are joining with a coalition of people that are like-minded in the belief that there is a better way to live, work and fight the status quo of business as usual through nonviolent direct action. We fully support the 99% Spring and together, during the week of April 9-15, in small towns and big cities all across America, 100,000 people will come together for an unprecedented national movement-wide nonviolent direct action training. Read more >>> |
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