*REMINDER* NEXT PAID HOLIDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY, Monday, May 31st. Members on the 4-day work schedule will be paid ten (10) hours’ holiday pay. Members on the 5-day work schedule will be paid eight (8) hours’ holiday pay. You must work Tuesday (the day after the holiday) or have a proper excuse to be paid holiday pay.

ETAP REINSTATED: Employee Tuition Assistance Plan (ETAP) is reinstated effective June 1st, 2010 for active employees. The nationwide grievance was settled without precedence to any other issue. We would like to thank all of our members who signed the grievance and made this possible. Applications for terms beginning after June 1st, 2010 will be accepted provided they meet the established program guidelines. Employees that had classes with a start date of May 4th, 2010 or after have 45 days to submit the class for review and approval for tuition assistance purposes. Apply online at www.myuawford.com. Contact the Tuition Assistance Hotline at 1-800-367-3829 or our plant ERC’s if you have any questions. Please note: The UAW/Ford Dependent Scholarship Program is still suspended.

ORDER BANK: As of May 26, the order bank was 12,518.

VACATION SHUTDOWN will be the weeks of July 5th and July 12th.

WILLIAM C. FORD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: College students who are dependent children and classified undergraduate sophomores for the fall 2010 term may be eligible for a one-time $1500 scholarship. Applications and further information may be picked up at the union hall. Applications must be postmarked by July 1st.

*REMINDER* PAYCHECKS AND STUBS WILL NO LONGER BE DISTRIBUTED LOCALLY beginning pay ending June 6th, 2010. At that time, your paycheck will be mailed to your last known address on record. Please be sure your address is up to date with the company!!! If you have not yet accessed PayStub Online and changed your password, please do so, as most employees’ default passwords expired April 15th. Passwords must be changed at the plant on the Ford Intranet at www.changepassword.ford.com. If your password has expired, call the help desk at 1.888.317.4957 or dial 1386 from in-plant phones. Please remember: Passwords expire every 90 days.

TWO GOLF THREESOMES NEEDED: Two threesomes are needed from our membership to golf in the Great Lakes Organized Labor Management Council’s 16th Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, July 24th at Bob O’ Link Golf Course in Avon, Ohio. The entry fees are prepaid. Those interested must come to the union hall with a list of their team members Monday, June 7th through Friday, June 11th between the hours of 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (noon) and 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. A random drawing will be held for the teams to represent Local 2000 at 4:30 PM in the main cafeteria on Monday, June 14th. No lost time or expenses will be paid for those attending.

MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING: the next monthly membership meeting will be at the Local 2000 Union Hall, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village, Ohio on Sunday, June 13th at 2:30 PM.

PREMIER UNIT MEETING: Due to Premier Unit membership action at the May meeting, the PREMIER UNIT’S monthly membership meetings for June, July and August are cancelled.

We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day holiday weekend.