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.


Home Up President Retires President's Report Strattec Corner Meeting Recap SPECIAL ELECTION Membership Info Ask the Lawyer Die Cast Update Strattec Security Recall Dates 2002 Union Losses 2003 Dues Income UPCOMING EVENTS Membership Meeting Retiree Club NOTICE Income & Expenses

 

Home Up President Retires President's Report Strattec Corner Meeting Recap SPECIAL ELECTION Membership Info Ask the Lawyer Die Cast Update Strattec Security Recall Dates 2002 Union Losses 2003 Dues Income UPCOMING EVENTS Membership Meeting Retiree Club NOTICE Income & Expenses

Briggs Die Cast Update

by Ross Winklbauer

          In the July/August 2002 issue of Employee Connections, there was an interview with Donald Klenk, the operations manager for Die Cast. He spoke of his enthusiasm for the potential growth in the Die Cast Department. He talked about the six new programs starting between June and December and how each new program would provide additional growth opportunities. He stated that the Die Cast Components Division was gaining recognition in the custom die cast industry marketplace as a competitive custom caster. That article was written just nine months ago. Wow. How things have changed.

            On March 27, 2003, Larry Bartling, the Vice-President and general manager of the Milwaukee operations, announced that the Die Cast Division was going to leave the external die cast business altogether. This will cause the loss of 250 more family supporting jobs by July 1, 2004. Currently there are 53 die cast machines but this will go down to 19 machines which will only run internal work.

            Bartling went on to say that nothing from the outside is profitable enough to remain in it. We will die cast 62 part numbers. He went on to talk about the elimination of the carburetor department and also about eliminating the 9 Horse Aluminum business. He continued on about the plans that are being made to move whatever is left in the South Building to the area cleared by eliminating the external die cast work.This would enable them to tear down the South Building.

            Bartling further stated that they have to be out of the Menomonee Falls Plant by August 2006. He commented that one of options discussed might be to move it to the north end of the Burleigh Plant.

            Larry concluded in saying he was going to work real hard to get the outside die casting work out of here as soon as he could. In fact, just like Donald Klenk had sounded just 9 months ago, Larry Bartling was pretty enthusiastic about it too.