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Graded Mechanical
Department
9/17/2008
September Production Reduction: The date set for this Production Reduction is 9/22/08 to 9/28/08. They are having a limited amount of Maint Personel working at that time. Any questions contact me. My new cell phone number is 392-6221. I would list the number of people that they want to work but as you all know it changes everyday.
Outside Contractors: I asked the Co. to keep O/S contractors out of the plant for the Production Reduction time.
Hurricane IKE: IKE might be responsible for a short work week this week because some of our materials come from that area that was hit by the storm. We won't know anything until word comes from Akron on what we can produce or not produce.
Grievences: I have been meeting on a limited number of grievences with the Co. and will hopefully have all grievences settled shortly within the next couple of weeks. It been tought getting all the necessary people together at the same time because someone was always on vacation that needs to be at the meetings.
4/17/08
Jobs:
1. We currently are testing for a automotive mech for the truck garage.
2. There is a posting on the bulletin board for a RefrigeratorMech for department 268
3. Jon Tallman pasted the Elect. test and will move to the Curing Dept as soon as Mike Kaczynski releases him. I hope this will be soon because we need the coverage and it takes 3 months to break someone in
4. There is a elect job that is going to the street for the curing dept.
5. There is a boiler house engineers job that is also going to the street
2/14/08
I C D : The old Union Trailer is almost ready to start holding classes for different courses.
Budget: The Co. is watching their budget very closely. They are not getting known work out of the way now when we have the manpower to get it done. This will come back at them later when they wake up and find out that they made the same mistake that they have been making year after year after year. More as it becomes available.
9/28/07
Training Coordinator: We should be posting for a Maintenance Coordinator on Tuesday 10/02/07. Anyone interested on tackling this job should sign up for that position. The job will require this person to line up training for all the Graded Mechanical Depts.
Curing Dept: There were three production workers that took the written Mech's test and passed. They will move on to the next phase which will be the practical test. This should be set up & completed some time next week. WE need to get this moving asap!
New Union Hall: We still are on schedule to move in to our new Union Hall at the end of October or around the begining of November. We now have the sold sign up on the building and are making plans to close asap. The New Union Hall is located @ 810 Sheridan Dr., right newt to the firehall.
Trucks: The Co. is looking at replacing the tuggers and the trucks that we now have in the plant. They are looking at going to hyster for this contract. This is supposed to be comming from Akron & they are doing this to all the plants.There is rumor that they want to replace the Garage Mechs. and outsource the repairs to these vehicles. We should have some info. next week as to what is happening with this and what they want to do.
Robots: The Robots are scheduled to be reactived and tested again to see if they are doing what we expect them to do. The Co. that sold them to us will be here to work with the Co. to get this system up and running. We'' see"!
9/6/2007
Union Meeting: Our next Union Meeting will be on 9/18/2007
Mechanics: Spanky & I are still trying to get our Maint force back up to at least the 1999 level.
Vacation: I will be on Vacation starting on 9/7/07 and will return to work on 9/17/07. Rick Bimont will fill in for me during this time.
Burning Permits: Every Mech in the plant is supposed to have been instructed on the new setup for hot work permits.
8/9/2007
Union Meeting: Our next Union Meeting will be on 8/21/2007.
Tireshop Mechanics: We are still waiting for a answer to see if we will get more mechanics for the 172 tire shop. The CO. is looking into putting 1 more Mech on each shift to help with the major breakdowns and to have quicker changeovers and perament repairs instead of temp fixes. More details as we get them.
Safety: Its very important to make sure that you have a burning permit each and every time you are involved with any type of burning or welding. The Goodyear Plants world wide have had a lot of fires lately and if they continue their insurance rates will increase. Most of these fires are due to welding and burning.
We also need to have a permit for any type of tank entry . If you are going into any type of confined spaces you will need to have a permit for them. You will also need to have a burning permit if you are going to do any type of burning or welding in these confined places along with proper ventilation.
Mechanice Test: We are now looking into changing the Mechanice test to all questions that have a answer to them clear answer to them. Ex: true false, a,b,c,d or yes and no answers. All the questions need to have a defined answer.
5/10/2007
Union Meeting: Our next Union Meeting will be held on 5/15/2007. Please plan on attending. Chief Stewards will be swarn in.
Found: Anyone missing any items during the strike please let me know.
Electricians: The CO. hired a new Electrician on Monday. Another one took the Practical test yesterday, and should get hired. We are still looking for two more.
Openings still Pending: There is still a Machinist job to fill, a Mechanics job for the tire shop & a Central Mechanics job.
Discount: There is another Goodyear Employee Appreciation Sale being held from May 17th through june 2nd. Take advantage of this because usually this is only offered at the begining of the year and at the end of the year. The next one might not be offered until October. Get 15% to 40% off of selected tires.
4/12/2007
Chief Stewards Nominations: Our Union will be holding nominations for Chief Stewards at our next Union Meeting on 4/17/2007. The mechanical division needs one for the Service Groups and one for the 270 Mechanics.
Jacket: If someone is missing a jacket from the picket line during our strike please let me know.
Seniority List: I will be posting a senority list for the Greated Mechanical Depts on Fri 4/13/2007 and one at the Mechanical time clock area.
Mechanical Overtime: Our bulletin boards are in. These will be installed at the Mechanical Time Clock area. We will be posting extra overtime available to sign up for. Hopefully this will cut down on the extra O/T misses.
Safety Reps: There is a Posting up in all areas of Maint. Sign up if you are interested in participating in the Dunlop Safety Program. They are looking for Safety Reps in all areas.
2/11/2007
Vacations: The Vacation sign up cannot start as of yet for the Tireshops or the Curing Dept. We Still are having problems with the weeks allowed for the men working the shutdown weeks. Hopefully this will be settled by early next week and before the local negotiations begin.
Location Negotiations: We're are supposed to exchange Proposals on the 15th of Feb.
Outside Contracting: We are on a record breaking number of outside contracting notes out already this year. In 5 weeks we have received aroung 22 notes.
New Hires: the Co. has hired 16 new hires so far this year
Union Meeting: Our next Union Meeting will be on Feb. 20th 2007 Please try to attend.
Master Contract: Our next experation date for the Master Contract will be on 7/18/2009. Start saving up now so you will not have to change your style of living. You never Know if we will be going out on strike again.
Any questions contact the office @ 871-0941, or on my cell phone @ 572-3038.
Thanks
Ray Priester - Grievence Chairman Mechanical Division
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