Western Michigan Area Local

General Membership Meeting Minutes

WMAL - APWU
JUNE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
June 4, 2007

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Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM at 918 Benjamin NE, Grand Rapids. Meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation.
Roll Call of Officers:
Present:
Jennifer Amos, President
Bill Scutt, Clerk Craft Director
Amy Marcus, Executive Vice-President
Steve Lang, Maintenance Director
Jackie Pike Sgt-at- Arms
Karen Hodges, Recording Secretary
David Janes, AO Director
Scott Larabel, MVS Director
Linda Chandler, Treasurer
May General Membership Meeting Minutes were accepted as posted.
No applications for membership
Officer’s Report:
Treasurer’s report for April and May was read and accepted.
Executive Vice President – Marcus: 19 Stewards and officers will be attending the Educational Conference in Sault Ste. Marie this weekend. Local negotiations are done. Thanks to the committee members. New jobs on tour 1 Automation with a start time of 4:30AM. No casuals are to be working past 5:00 AM. Grievances have been paid for the casual overtime. ASFM downsizing We have COPA raffle tickets to sell for a big screen TV. The golf outing was a success.
Clerk Craft Director – Scutt: Local negotiations are done. New bid jobs on Tour one. Had arbitrations, a clerk was assaulted at Eastown Station. No casuals to be working the SPBS and FSM1000.
Maintenance Craft Director – Lang: Don’t know who our boss is. The APWU sponsored team whipped the management team.
MVS Craft Director – Larabel: Thank the MVS for showing up to meeting, must be doing a good job no one is here to complain.
AO Director – Janes: LMOU’s are done for Wayland and Ada. Impasse for Hudsonville. Maximization going on at Belmont and Howard City.
President – Amos: Don’t really have a report, I am on vacation and wasn’t going to be here. Any questions about excessing. Been helping Janes with the AO LMOU’s Grandville, Alto, Howard City. The article about the strike in the furniture city and pictures of the dedication of the Solidarity Monument will be in the July/ August issue of the National newsletter
Committee Reports:
Retiree – Hendricks: HR resolution #1 balancing the budget by taking away our entitlements. Retirees have gone to a new national computer system. Very little information on the spread sheet now. Proud of the dedication of the monument. It still has a big debt. Suggestion for the local is to buy a brick for the retiring member instead of watch and $50 check. This way their name is set in stone.
A&E – Stoddard: Golf outing was a success. Will not be back as the Chairperson for this event. Will continue to help and give. Thanks to the committee a special thanks to the door prize queen, Jackie Pike, she collected over $1000 worth of door prizes for the event We made more than $2000 more than last year. We collected approximately $7300 and in a 3 year period over $26,000 for this cause (American Diabetes Association).
Board Recommendations:
To sponsor the West Walker Sports Silhouette Shooting Team at the Regional shooting championship at a cost of at $250. Carried
Labor Management:
Parking issue at the P-1. The new robot area at the MPO- blocking aisle ways with empty equipment.
Drawings: COPA $31.00 Winner Bill Scutt $31.00
$250 Door Prize would have been won by Jim Lambert, had he been at the meeting. $10 drawings: Jim Smith, Karol Imanse, Jim Stoddard, and Ed Smith.
Meeting adjourned at 8:07 PM
Respectfully Submitted
Karen Hodges
Recording Secretary

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