INFORMATION BULLETIN - March 21, 2007

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON COMPETITIVE OPERATING AGREEMENT (COA): Our Chairman and Bargaining Structure have reached a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company for our plant COA. Details of the tentative agreement will be distributed to the membership in the plant as soon as possible.

INFORMATION MEETING: A meeting will be held at Lorain Southview High School, 2270 E. 42nd Street, Lorain, Ohio, starting at 1:00 PM on Sunday March 25th. Southview High School is located on the corners of State Route 57 and East 42nd Street, approximately two miles north of I-90 and Route 2. Please bring your copy of the details with you.

RATIFICATION VOTE: Voting will also take place at Southview High School from 1:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M., Sunday, March 25th. All active members are eligible to vote.

NO ABSENTEE VOTING: Per the UAW Constitution, Article 38, Section 10 (B), there will be no absentee voting. The ONLY elections you may apply for absentee voting are Executive Officers and the Constitutional Convention.

NATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER (NPC) INFORMATION: We have been officially notified by the Directors of the UAW-Ford National Programs Centers that the following changes will be implemented in order to meet the NPC budget requirements:

Fitness Center – Our fitness center will remain open after the full time staff’s contract expires on March 31, 2007. Chairman Nick Gallogly is committed to keeping the center open. Staffing details will be released at a later date.

EMPLOYEE TUITION PLANS (ETP):
Education and Training Assistance (ETAP) – The NPC will continue to staff the Employee Tuition Plans Department to support and process college credit tuition plan applications for those UAW – Ford employees continuing their education.

Personal Development Assistance (PDA) – Effective immediately the NPC will no longer process tuition assistance applications for PDA courses.

Job Related Certifications – Exception – Job related certification requirements will be an exception to the moratorium on PDA courses. If certification is required for a current job related skill the course will be authorized. All applications for certification courses will be verified on an individual basis before approval is provided. All exceptions will be reviewed and approved by the Joint Governing Body.

Retiree Education and Training Assistance Plan (RETAP) – Included in the moratorium on all PDA courses are all RETAP PDA tuition assistance requests with a term beginning date on or after May 1, 2007.

Family Service and Learning Centers – As previously announced, Child Care Services through FSLC will cease effective June 30, 2007. All programs funding provided for the FSLC Family Center involving family and volunteer programs will cease effective March 31, 2007.

Education Training Coordinators – Positions to be eliminated effective March 26, 2007.

Skills Enhancement Programs (SEP) will be closed as soon as we are able to terminate our association with the various SEP providers.

Education Development and Training Program – General Fund is frozen (funding used to purchase supplies for the local EDTP activities and Education Fairs).

Grants for Plants is frozen (funding used to purchase furniture and equipment for local Learning Centers and Technical Labs).

Personal Development Assistance (PDA) – A moratorium will be placed on all PDA applications including the Financial Education and Investments Program (FEIP).

Retiree Education and Training Assistance Plan (RETAP) – A moratorium will be placed on RETAP Personal Development Assistance (PDA).

Lifestyle Management – Planning Your Future (LMPYF) – Effective immediately no further LMPYF programs will be authorized.

The following programs have been discontinued: Automotive Industries Studies (AIS), Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), and UAW-Ford University (UFU).

General Fund and Grants for Plants – Effective immediately General Fund and Grants for Plants funds are frozen.