USW Local 2-232

formerly PACE 7-232

Representing  employees at Briggs & Stratton Corp. and Strattec Security Corp. in Milwaukee, WI

Membership Meeting 

Sunday July 25th, 2010

USW Local 2-232 Office

8500 W. Capital Dr.  LL 101  Milwaukee 

9:30a.m.

Election for Trustee at Large 

will take place during this meeting.

  Members are urged to Attend this Meeting.

            The membership meeting was held on Sunday February 16, 2003 at Monreal’s El Matador at 9:30 a.m. sharp.

            Ralph Schwieger read the Trustee Report. Joe Chambers, in his Financial Sec/Treasurer Report, stated there were 1447 members at Briggs and 387 members at Strattec for a total of 1834 dues paying members in January. A motion was made and passed to accept the report as read.

COMMUNICATIONS

            United Way of Waukesha County and the Waukesha County Labor Council will be sponsoring their Annual Union Counselor/Referral Specialist Program. The classes will run six Mondays starting March 10th through April 14th from 7:00-9:30 p.m.

            PACE Region X will be holding their Women’s Network meeting Friday March 21, 2003 from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Four Points Sheraton in Milwaukee. The delegate fee is $20.00. Motion to send Vicky Black from Briggs and Maria Kennemer from Strattec passed.

            The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO will be holding their Legislative Conference on Tuesday, April 29, and Wednesday, April 30, at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. Motion to send Mike Merrill and Ralph Schweiger passed.

REPORTS OF OFFICERS

            President Greg Gorecki reported that since there is not monthly or quarterly steward meetings,, new stewards will be sworn in at the monthly membership meetings. However, no new stewards were present.

            Gorecki reported on the recent Legislative Conference he and Ross Winklbauer attended in Washington D.C. He reported on Strattec’s third stage and the Company’s ignoring of the Insource/Outsource Committee. He also reminded the Strattec body of the upcoming Grievance Rep. election to be held on Friday March 7, 2003. Al Belanger, Co-chair of the Election Committee will be running the election.

            At Briggs, a meeting took place with the Company on the future of the Menomonee Falls Plant and their recent standards implementation. Also reported on was Die Cast, time study, the Micro Line and the Bargaining Committee’s request to meet with John Shiely.

            Mike Merrill reported on updates on MED South, 780, 238, 243, Die Cast, the Micro Line, M-3 and M-8.

            Karl Schneider reported on Strattec’s third stage and updates regarding layoffs and quality issues.

            Tom Bishanell gave his Time Study and Job Evaluation Reports for both Strattec and Briggs for the last quarter of 2002 and the whole year.