USW Local 2-232

formerly PACE 7-232

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

Membership Meeting 

Sunday December 7, 2008

Frank Monreal's El Matador

9155 W. Bluemound Rd. Milwaukee 

9:30a.m.

   Members are urged to Attend this Meeting.

   by Jesse Edwards

Vacation hours

Your vacation hours are now being calculated from April 1st. to April 1st. of the vacation year. You need a total of 1600 hours to received a full vacation check. If you have at least 600 hours you will get a partial vacation check. Time lost from work because of industrial injury, vacation, jury duty, paid bereavement, holidays,and voluntary layoff will count as time worked for vacation purposes. Don’t forget, if you want to sign up for" pay as you go" you have to sign up with Human Resources by April 30th. H. R. for M.E.D. is Carl Rutkowski, for Die Cast and Service Divisions it’s Ken Dellemann, and in personnel see Carolynn Tyloch. Also, if your department is working during the Vacation shutdown, you must be notified by April 1st.

Fire

Their was a fire in Die Cast on Saturday March 16,2002. No one was injured. Apparently one of the hydraulic hot oil hoses got caught between the die sections and this caused the fire. Some employees were told to go home, and other employees were allowed to finish their shifts. Yet the company refused to pay 4 hours for the employees sent home. These employees should have been paid for 4 hours, and the union is pursuing this.

Flywheel machining 2nd shift will be adding 4 operators, and one setup person.

Steward obstructed

We recently had a problem where a steward was denied the right to punch-out to perform Union Business. A meeting was called immediately. The steward was told: “We don't have to let, you punch-out. The things you have to do can wait." The steward should never be denied the right to punch-out, provided you give the company a reasonable amount of time to replace you on your job, if necessary. The Bargaining Committee did meet with the Company, and as of today the union has not had another problem with this procedure.

Workers Memorial Day

April 28th. is Workers Memorial Day, your steward and grievance representative will have ribbons and stickers to hand out to all members, please wear them on Friday, April 26, in observance of this day. One life lost because of the work place is one to many. If you know of any unsafe condition in your area notify your steward. On April 28th. "Mourn for the Dead, and Fight for the Living."

             In solidarity