ORDER BANK: As of February 11, the order bank was 11,120.

FAMILY DAYS / RETIRING OR TAKING A PACKAGE: Members retiring or taking separation packages must use their available family days before their last day of work or those days will be lost.

BEST WISHES to our members retiring or taking separation packages. We wish you a future of many healthy and happy years.

CORRECT ADDRESSES & PHONE NUMBERS NEEDED: It is very important that you keep your records up to date in order to protect your job and to receive important notifications regarding the upcoming election. If you have moved and/or your phone number has changed, please go to Human Resources to update your current information and call the union hall to be sure our records here are current (440-934-3151 Ext. 21).

HAITI RELIEF GATE COLLECTION: The amount collected from the plant gate collection to assist the Haiti relief effort was $2,135.00. Thanks to all who contributed.

MARCH OF DIMES GATE COLLECTION AND WALK AMERICA: The annual plant gate collection will be Friday, March 26th to benefit the March of Dimes. The walk will be April 25th. For further information, please contact your ERC’s: Amy Jaynes-Brown at ext.1244, Annette Fuller at ext. 1382, Tom May at ext. 1341 or Gerald Pippens at ext. 1095. Further fundraiser information will follow.

DEPENDENT AUDITS ON YOUR HEALTHCARE PLAN: The only way to ensure your dependents are not removed from your health insurance plan is to keep your address up to date with the company and to read all correspondence sent to you by them. The audits are companywide and are sent randomly and continuously to employees. PLEASE NOTE: The company will mail notifications to the last known address that you reported to the Human Resources Department at our plant.

SHIFT PREFERENCE: Sign up in Human Resources Monday, March 1st through midnight on Friday, March 5th. President Tim Donovan will be out of town attending a financial officer’s conference Wednesday, February 17th through Friday, February 19th. 2nd Vice President Jay Kiska will be the president during his absence. You can contact Jay by calling the union hall at 934.3151 Ext. 22 or by paging him through the plant paging system (440) 933.1483. His pager number is 1067.

PREMIER EMPLOYEES’ UNIT MEETING: The next monthly membership meeting will be on Sunday, March 14th at 1:00 PM at the UAW Local 2000 Union Hall, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village, Ohio.

MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next monthly membership meeting will be on Sunday, March 14th at 2:30 PM at the UAW Local 2000 Union Hall, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village, Ohio.