Bread and Roses strike - UAW Local 5960

AWARD WINNING UAW LOCAL 5960 

August 1, 2012 THE UAW LOCAL 5960 REPORT 

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LOCAL 

5960 

Financial Secretary 

CLIFF FATT 

Amalgamated Local 5960 

Orion Assembly 

180 E. Silverbell Road • Lake Orion, MI 48360 

www.uaw5960.org 

LABOR NEWS 

Phone: (248) 377-2520 Fax: (248) 377-2608 

President 

PAT SWEENEY 

VOL. 28 ISSUE NO. 8 Belonging, Believing, Building in Solidarity (U.S.P.S. 002033) 

august 1, 2012 

President 

Pat 

Sweeney 

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2 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

Louis 

Rocha 

PAGE 

2 

FINANCIAL SEC’Y 

Cliff 

Fatt 

3PAGE 

recording SEC’Y 

Heather 

Charters 

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Labor History: 

Bread and Roses strike 

In the early 1900s, the Everett 

Mills, like all the other Lawrence 

mills, were staffed mainly with European 

immigrants who were underpaid 

and overworked. When a 

law was passed in Massachusetts 

reducing the maximum number 

of hours that could be worked 

weekly by women and children, 

the mill owners reduced their 

workers’ pay accordingly and the 

Bread and Roses strike of 1912 

erupted. 

Believing that a workforce of 

women and ethnically self-segregated 

immigrants living paycheck 

to paycheck could never band 

together to achieve a common 

goal, the mill owners were proved 

untarily raised pay in 

wrong with the strike that shut down 

fear of similar uprisings 

by their own workers. 

the mills for two months in the dead 

The economic conditions 

prior to the Bread 

of winter. 

Originating with female Polish 

and Roses strike were 

weavers at the Everett Mills who 

very similar to today’s 

revolted upon receiving pay reduced economic conditions, 

by thirty-two cents, soon 20,000 where you have a very 

millworkers were on strike. Helped few wealthy individuals 

controlling large 

by the International Workers of the 

World (IWW) a labor union who amounts of the country’s 

wealth and work- 

organized meetings with representatives 

from all affected ethnic communities, 

fundraisers to support the 

ing to keep wages low. 

millworkers while they were on strike, 

H 2012 Upcoming EVENTS H 

and highly visible protests meant 

to arouse nationwide support and wednesday, august 1 saturday, august 11-12 

outrage at national labor norms, the 

Full Moon 

5960 Golf Scramble 

workers won pay increases and timeand-a-quarter 

for overtime work. 

Coast Guard Day 

Retirees Meeting 

Saturday, august 4 thursday, august 15 

The strike had far-reaching consequences 

across the country when mill 

UAW 5960 Picnic 

Women’s Equality Day 

Sunday, august 5 

sunday, august 26 

owners in other cities and states vol-

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president 

Report 

Brothers and Sisters, 

I hope everyone enjoyed the two 

weeks off. It seems like this year is 

looking good for the Sonic and Verano. 

The Verano is doing well and the Sonic 

is about to take over the #1 spot for the 

compact segment! The Verano’s new 

turbo will increase our out-put to 40% 

of our build. Let us keep the great work 

moving forward and continue with all 

of the positive direction! 

The Local picnic is Sunday, August 

5th at the Independence Oaks 

County Park. The Executive Board 

decided to try a new location. However, 

if we do not get a good turnout 

this year we may consider bringing it 

back to the Union Hall. 

The Annual Scholarship Golf 

Scramble is on August 11th. Please 

get your applications in so we can 

help the golf course prepare for our 

outing. Encourage your friends and 

families to get a team together so 

we can raise money for our Local 

scholarship fund. The more money 

we raise, the more scholarships we 

can give away. 

Throughout the years, our members 

have come to us looking 

for some help in paying for their 

children’s education. Well folks, 

guess what…this is one way we help 

provide some assistance. Some of 

you may have received our help with 

one of our scholarships in the past, so 

come on out and have some fun, and 

give back to this worthwhile cause. 

Next month, our Local Membership 

Meetings will start up again on 

Labor Day, September 3rd. Once 

again, we will be doing the breakfast 

at the hall before the meeting. Then 

after the meeting, we will go and walk 

in the traditional parade. 

We received our tickets for the 

V-CAP Dollar Drive. The Region 

brought forth some nice prizes. The 

grand prize is a trip to Hawaii, an 

Apple laptop, a fishing charter on 

Lake St. Clair, IPads, and some 

other nice prizes. Look to the flyer 

on page 8 for more details. I hope 

to see you all at the picnic and the 

golf outing! 

In solidarity… 

by Louis Rocha 

Primary Day is August 7th and I 

hope you all take the time and exercise 

a right that was fought for; a right that 

people died for. It has always been 

an honor for me to go to the polls 

and have my vote counted. The right 

to vote and choose our leaders is at 

the heart of what it means to be an 

American. Voting is a fundamental 

freedom guaranteed by more Constitutional 

amendments than any other 

right we have. 

But now that right is being challenged. 

In the past few years alone, 

many states have enacted new laws 

requiring law-abiding citizens to show 

a photo ID before they are allowed 

to vote. This has been spreading like 

wildfire across the country in states 

with Republican-controlled legislatures. 

In 34 states, voter ID laws 

have been introduced that would 

effectively disenfranchise more than 

21 million Americans. 

Here’s what’s going on. Republican 

politicians are rewriting our laws to 

keep Americans who tend to vote for 

Democrats from voting at all. They’re 

Local 5960 is ON-LINE! 

also manufacturing a conspiracy to 

help them rig the vote in their favor. 

We are facing a coordinated effort to 

block the vote of the poor, minorities, 

youth, and the elderly. 

The way some of these politicians 

and CEOs view this is that if they can’t 

count on your vote, they rather you 

not be counted at all. Big corporations 

don’t like it when Americans vote 

against the politicians they sponsor 

and big corporations are protecting 

the politicians who keep their tax 

loopholes open. It is a coordinated 

effort! 

Here’s their position. They claim 

that voter ID laws will eliminate 

fraud. The idea of “voter fraud” is 

a fraud. It’s not a problem in our 

elections. As a matter of fact, voter 

fraud rates in the 2002 and 2007 elections 

were 0.00003% nationwide, 

0.0009% of the time in Washington. 

And most cases of “voter fraud” are 

actually traced to causes like clerical 

and typographical errors, mismatched 

record entries, and simple 

mistakes. 

This is America, we’ve never solved 

anything in this country with less democracy, 

and we won’t now. Please 

make sure that you are a registered 

voter for the general election (November 

6, 2012). If you have moved 

or changed your last name, you must 

reregister, and you must register 30 

days before an election. See you at 

the polls! 

Catch the Local 5960 web page for late breaking information and to contact 

the Local Union. To read this month’s editor’s article visit his blog at www. 

middleclassesblogger.blogspot.com. You can also visit UAW/GM 

Orion Assembly on Facebook and Twitter @ Orionassembly. 

Visit our web site at: 

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FIN. SEC’Y- 

by Cliff Fatt 

Every year, we make trips to our 

doctor’s and dentist offices to get a 

physical or dental exam. Quite often, 

that check-up includes blood tests, x- 

rays, an EKG, etc. These annual doctor 

visits are a great idea to find out the 

current status of our health. Usually, 

the doctor gives us a thumbs up, as we 

let out a big sigh of relief, because we 

just need to make a small adjustment 

to our exercise routine or pass on that 

big piece of German chocolate cake. 

Yum! However, how often do we get 

a financial check-up? 

As we are receiving our semi-annual 

financial statements from our 

credit unions, banks, IRA and 401K 

accounts, now is a good time to collect 

our info and do a “net worth” statement. 

A net worth or balance sheet is 

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a snap shot of your current financial 

health. After determining your current 

financial status, you can evaluate 

where you are today and plan where 

you want to be in 5, 10, or even 30 

years from today. 

To calculate your net worth, add 

up your total assets, the value of your 

saving accounts, IRA’s, 401k’s, and the 

value of your home, boat, or car. Then 

subtract your liabilities or what you 

owe on your home mortgage, loans, 

and credit cards from your total asset 

figure. Hopefully, after the math, 

there is a positive number or at least 

a better figure than anticipated. 

So start today and do your financial 

check-up. If you are not happy with 

your current financial status or have 

questions, Local 5960 can provide 

members with an opportunity to come 

by the union hall by appointment and 

talk to a financial advisor. In addition, 

Fidelity’s website (fidelity.com) 

provides guidance with scenarios, 

calculations, and answers to many of 

your financial questions. 

As you know, the 2012 election 

year is going to be a very important 

political year. We, the working class, 

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Executive Board: 

Pat Sweeney 

President 

lOUIS rOCHA 

Vice-President 

cliff fatt 

Financial Secretary 

Heather Charters 

Recording Secretary 

TROY HENKE 

Trustee 

MARSHA gutierrez 

Trustee 

Erick Simpson 

Trustee 

april kelley 

Guide 

max c. Wright 

Sergeant-at-Arms 

rupert o’brien 

Chairman-Retirees 

labor, the UAW, and the overall labor 

movement, are under attack from the 

many anti-union bills being passed or 

awaiting legislation. Many politicians, 

various news media, and large companies 

point the finger at unions as the 

reason why companies can’t survive 

and therefore take jobs overseas. Thus 

the problem with the U.S. economy! 

What they fail to tell the general 

public is that Washington incentives 

were given to companies to create jobs 

overseas; where they can pay cheap, 

third-world country wages; and laws 

to protect the environment, safety, 

and overall welfare of the workers are 

NON-existent. In addition, the Free 

Trade Agreements in place with other 

countries hurt U.S. manufacturing. 

The American workers and unions 

are NOT the problem with the U.S. 

economy! 

What can we do? Region 1 is once 

again holding its annual V-CAP 

Dollar Drive. V-CAP is the UAW’s 

independent political committee that 

receives voluntary contributions from 

its members and will support Michigan 

politicians who are labor friendly. 

The candidates who are supported 

understand labor’s fight for good jobs, 

fair wages, and benefits. 

The 2012 UAW Region 1 Dollar 

Drive is a raffle to raise funds for V- 

CAP. This year’s prizes include a trip 

to Hawaii, an Apple laptop computer, 

(4) IPads, and a Weber gas grill. In addition, 

the sellers of dollar drive tickets 

are eligible for a separate raffle with 

big screen TVs as prizes. Buy your 

raffle tickets today from any of our 

CAP Committee members. 

As a reminder, Local 5960 annual 

picnic is on Sunday, August 5th at Independence 

Oaks Oakland County Park. 

The park is on Sashabaw, just north 

of I-75. We are meeting at the Twin 

Chimney’s pavilion from 1-4. There is 

a $5 admittance fee per car when your 

badge is shown at the entrance. Come 

out and enjoy the fun-filled, family day 

and I hope to see you there! 

Local 5960 

Members 

& Family 

EMPLOYEE NAME DECEASED NAME RELATIONSHIP DATE 

Wiley, Tamala Butler, Tracey Sister 7/4/2012 

Lewis, Jimmie Nathan, Veronica Iris Child 6/23/2012 

UAW Local 5960 Labor 

Events in History for 

August 2012 

19 August 1916 Strikebreakers hired by the Everett Mills owner Neil Jamison attacked 

and beat picketing strikers in Everett, Washington. Local police watched and refused to 

intervene, claiming that the waterfront where the incident took place was Federal land 

and therefore outside their jurisdiction. (When the picketers retaliated against the strikebreakers 

that evening, the local police intervened, claiming that they had crossed the 

line of jurisdiction.) Three days later, twenty-two union men attempted to speak out at a 

local crossroads, but each was arrested; arrests and beatings of strikebreakers became 

common throughout the following months, and on 30 October vigilantes forced IWW 

speakers to run the gauntlet, subjecting them to whipping, tripping, kicking, and impalement 

against a spiked cattle guard at the end of the gauntlet. In response, the IWW called 

for a meeting on 5 November. When the union men arrived, they were fired on; seven 

people were killed, 50 were wounded, and an indeterminate number wound up missing. 

August 1917 IWW organizer Frank Little was lynched in Butte, Montana. 26 August 

1919 United Mine Worker organizer Fannie Sellins was gunned down by company guards 

in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. 27 August 1950 President Truman ordered the U.S. 

Army to seize all the nation’s railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not 

returned to their owners until two years later. 3 August 1981 Federal air traffic controllers 

began a nationwide strike after their union rejected the government’s final offer for 

a new contract. Most of the 13,000 striking controllers defied the back-to-work order, and 

were dismissed by President Reagan on 5 August.


Orion Assembly 

shop chairman 

Hello Brothers and Sisters, 

WELCOME BACK 

Welcome back from the downtime. 

I hope everyone is doing well as we 

start the second 

half of the year. 

We start back at 

a time when sales 

of our vehicles are 

doing well. The 

Buick Verano 

is flying off the 

dealer lots and the 

Chevrolet Sonic 

Mike Dunn 

has quickly become the best-selling 

vehicle in its segment. In fact, sales 

are strong enough to generate some 

Friday overtime going forward. 

NEW COACHES 

Let me welcome our new GMS 

Coaches: Benjamin Bieber, Paint 

Shop, Day Shift; Night Shift, we have 

Stephanie Farrell in the Trim Shop 

and Material Dept; Denise Hufford 

will coach GMS in Body and Paint; 

and Dewitt (Mac) McGowan will 

coach the Chassis Department, Quality 

and Final Process. Please join me in 

welcoming these new coach/trainers. 

We can now give the Team Leaders 

and Team Members on the Evening 

Shift the assistance that they need 

to fully take advantage of the GMS 

principles. 

PERSONNEL MOVEMENT 

We have had a number of our members 

who have taken transfers to Flint 

North, Flint South and Flint Stamping. 

As we backfill these positions, 

the Bargaining Team is working hard 

to make some additional Temporary 

Members permanent. 

CONGRATS TO THE BIKE TEAM 

As of the writing of this article, 

our Make-A-Wish Bike Team is 

preparing for their 300-mile ride 

from Northern Michigan to the MIS 

Speedway grounds. This special 

group of dedicated individuals commit 

themselves to excellence each 

year, and this year is no different. 

With your help, they were able to 

raise over $16,000 for the Make-A- 

Wish children. This is just an incredible 

way to help ill children and their 

families through their most difficult 

times. My hat is off to this high-performance 

team...great work! 

LABOR DAY 

I know it seems like summer just 

started, but Labor Day is just around 

the corner. I hope to see you all at 

the September union meeting and at 

the Labor Day Parade. This Labor 

Day parade will put the presidential 

election into high gear and we need 

to re-elect Barack Obama. Just think 

for a moment...where would you be 

working right now if Barack Obama 

had not been elected? It would not 

be at Orion Assembly because GM 

would have been liquidated and who 

knows what John Mc Cain would have 

said when the president of the UAW 

called to suggest bringing a small car 

back from overseas. He might not 

have even taken the call! We need to 

support politicians who support us. 

Barack Obama is in our corner...the 

other fellow wanted to “Let Detroit 

go bankrupt.” 

The schedule on Labor Day week 

will be 10.7 hours, 10.7 hours and 

10.6 hours. Thank you again for your 

support and enjoy the rest of your 

summer safely with your family. 

In Solidarity... 

UAW Local 5960 

15th Annual Scholarship Fund 

Golf Scramble 

Saturday, August 11, 2012 

WHERE: Hadley Acres (810) 797-4820 

797 Hadley - Metamora, MI 

TEE TIME: 9:30 a.m. SHOTGUN START 

COST: $260 per Team - Includes 18 holes of golf with cart, 

hot dog or brat at turn, prizes, and a two-meat dinner 

First Place - $400.00 

second place - $200.00 

L Other Prizes for Closest-to-Pin, Longest Drive, and Vegas Hole 

(*Prizes based off of 36 teams) 

L Open to Members of UAW Local 5960, Family Members & Associates 

**Fill out form below and return by August 3, 2012** 

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Registration Form 

UAW Local 5960 Golf Scramble 

Hadley Acres - Metamora, Michigan 

August 11, 2012 

1. Name:_ _____________________________________________________Handicap (18) Holes________ 




Make checks payable to: 

Pat Sweeney, Local 5960 Golf Committee


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Chevrolet ranked highest in three J.D. Power 

and Associates Apeal Study Segments 

Chevrolet has more segment award 

recipients in the 2012 J.D. Power and 

Associates Automotive Performance, 

Execution and Layout (APEAL) 

Study than any other brand, with 

Chevrolet Volt, Sonic and Avalanche 

customers praising their purchases 

after three months of ownership. The 

Volt electric car with extended range, 

the Sonic subcompact, as well as the 

Avalanche were each ranked segment 

award recipients. 

“This stamp of approval from our 

owners is the best kind of recognition 

we could hope for and drives 

us to ensure all of the vehicles in 

the Chevrolet lineup meet the highest 

expectations,” said Chris Perry, 

Chevrolet vice president of global 

marketing. 

The APEAL study is based on responses 

from more than 74,000 purchasers 

and lessees of new 2012 model 

year vehicles surveyed at 90 days of 

ownership. The study examines how 

gratifying a new vehicle is to own and 

drive based on more than 80 vehicle 

attributes. The J.D. Power APEAL 

Study is a good indication Orion Assembly 

and UAW Local 5960 know 

how to “Build It Like We Own It.” 

WHAT IF SOMEONE ASKS?: As 

the November elections 

inch nearer and nearer, it’s 

likely that GM will be the 

subject of campaign issues, 

especially given our recent 

past. As a GM employee, 

you have access to key 

facts on important issues 

that touch GM, and can 

help clear up any misconceptions 

you might come 

across in your networks 

and social circles. 

Two very different administrations 

both recognized the importance of 

the auto industry to our economy, 

and had the courage to act. The auto 

industry is adding jobs and driving the 

economy again. GM employs 77,000 

people in the U.S. and 205,000 people 

globally. Since the successful IPO, we 

announced $7.1 billion invested in 

U.S. facilities in the past two years to 

create or retain 17,800 jobs. 

Currently, there are no outstanding 

loans between the U.S. Treasury and 

General Motors. The U.S. Treasury is 

one of about 530,000 owners of GM 

stock. The Treasury will sell its GM 

stake. When is anybody’s guess (we 

have no say in the matter). 

OFF TO SCHOOL IN A NEW 

SONIC: Deb 

and Ron Mallot 

(Deb is a Team 

Leader on the 

Engine Line in 

Chassis Dept.) 

recently bought 

their daughter, 

Melissa, a new 

Sonic to drive 

while attending 

Central Michigan 

University. 

Ron drove 

the car a lot before 

giving it to Melissa and he was 

impressed. He was getting over 40 

MPG on the highway and even in city 

traffic he was averaging 30 MPG. 

Deb and Ron both agree that the 

Sonic is a great first car for a college kid. 

Deb says, “The shifting is easier to use 

than my husband’s Mini Cooper.” 

(Melissa learned to drive a stick in 

the Mini), Melissa says, “It shifts like 

butter.” One of the features that Deb 

likes is the built-in delay when shifting 

on a hill. Deb said, “Personally I 

always hated that when I drove a stick 

and, of course, as a parent I love all 

the airbags that the car has. If more 

kids knew that driving a stick was this 

easy, I think we would be selling a lot 

more. Maybe we should offer to area 

high schools a Sonic for the students to 

learn to drive a stick. People are afraid 

to drive a stick; they think it’s a pain 

in the city and stop and go driving, but 

if they knew how easy the Sonic is to 

shift I think they would be surprised. 

I am very proud that I played a part in 

building such a great car. My co-workers 

and I are doing a great job.” 

Melissa wanted everyone to know 

the things that she liked best about her 

new Sonic. Things that I like: The color, 

the new car smell, the gas mileage, the 

cup holders in the door (although you 

can’t crank the window with a large cup 

in there). I like the shifting, it’s very 

smooth and easy and the feature where 

you have to pull up (on the shifter) to 

put it into reverse is very reassuring to 

me. All the trunk and back seat space is 

nice. Also, I love that it is a hatchback. It 

is such a cute car and very much me. 

Thank you, guys! 

LEGAL CONSULTATION AVAILABLE 

AN ATTORNEY WILL BE PRESENT AT: LOCAL 5960 

WHEN: EVERY TUESDAY, 2:00 - 5:00 P.M. 

Any member or retiree from Local 5960 is welcome to come and discuss any legal problem. The 

first consultation is FREE OF CHARGE. Should you decide to hire this attorney, the attorney 

fees are negotiated by you and the attorney with no involvement from the Local 

Union. This is merely a service we are attempting to provide our membership, 

and each member is entirely free to choose for themselves. 

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UAW 

Region 1 August 7th Primary Endorsements 

UAW Region 1 endorsements 

macomb county 

United states senator 

Debbie Stabenow................................................................. 9th District 

Representative in congress 

Sander Levin......................................................................... 9th District 

representative in state legislature 

Sara Roberts...................................................................... 18th District 

Harold L. Haugh............................................................... 22nd District 

Phillip Kurczewski............................................................... 24th District 

Henry Yanez........................................................................ 25th District 

Jon M. Switalski.................................................................. 28th District 

Marilyn Lane....................................................................... 31st District 

Prosecuting Attorney 

Eric J. Smith 

Sheriff 

Anthony Wickersham 

Macomb county clerk 

Carmella Sabaugh 

Macomb county treasurer 

Ted B. Wahby 

public works commissioner 

Anthony V. Marrocco 

county commissioner 

Toni Moceri........................................................................... 1st District 

Marvin E. Sauger................................................................. 2nd District 

Kevin Hertel...........................................................................3rd District 

David Flynn........................................................................... 4th District 

Robert Mijac.......................................................................... 5th District 

James C. Winne................................................................... 7th District 

Fred Miller............................................................................. 9th District 

David J. Chavis................................................................... 10th District 

Kathy Tocco........................................................................ 11th District 

Bob Smith........................................................................... 12th District 

probate court judge 

Carl J. Marlinga 

District Court Judge 

Douglas P. Sheperd..............................................................41st District 

Kimberly Wiegand................................................................ 41A District 

chesterfield township - clerk 

Michele D. Ficht 

Janice Uglis 

chesterfield township - treasurer 

Linda Hartman 

Patrick Milliello 

chesterfeield township - trustee 

Keith Nelson 

Tom Scott 

clinton township - trustee 

Paul Gieleghom 

Kenneth Pearl 

Dean Joseph Reynolds 

macomb township - clerk 

Catherine Imbrone 

shelby township - clerk 

Richard Batchelder 

macomb community college 

board of trustees 

Charley Jackson, Jr. 

SUPPORTING MILLAGE for 

POLICE and FIRE 

SAFETY PROTECTION 

oakland county 

united states senator 

Debbie Stabenow 

representative in congress 

Sander Levin.............................................................................9th District 

Syed Taj..................................................................................11th District 

Gary Peters.............................................................................13th District 

representative in state legislature 

Ellen Cogen Lipton.................................................................27th District 

Rudy Hobbs............................................................................35th District 

Pam Jackson..........................................................................39th District 

Regina Strong.........................................................................39th District 

Mary Kerwin............................................................................ 41st District 

Neil Billington..........................................................................43rd District 

Joanna VanRaaphorst............................................................45th District 

County Executive 

Kevin Howley 

prosecuting attorney 

Jessica R. Cooper 

clerk/register of deeds 

Lisa Brown 

Treasurer 

Andy Meisner 

water resource commissioner 

Jim Nash 

County commissioner 

Mattie McKinney Hatchett......................................................10th District 

Louise E. Schilling..................................................................11th District 

Marcia Gershenson................................................................13th District 

Todd J. Stearn.........................................................................14th District 

Tim Burns................................................................................16th District 

Craig Covey............................................................................18th District 

Helanie M. Zack......................................................................18th District 

Dave Woodward.....................................................................19th District 

Gary R. McGillivray.................................................................20th District 

Judge of the circuit court 

Jason Pernick...........................................................................6th District 

Judge of the district court 

Charles G. Gordert.................................................................43rd District 

Carlo P. Ginotti........................................................................44th District 

Derek Meinecke......................................................................44th District 

Charesa Johnson...................................................................46th District 

Donna Posey..........................................................................46th District 

Bill Seikaly...............................................................................46th District 

charter township of west bloomfield - supervisor 

Michele Economou Ureste 

charter township of west bloomfield - clerk 

Neha Patel 

charter township of west bloomfield - treasurer 

Teri Adelberg Weingarden 

Charter Township of west bloomfield - trustee 

Jeremy Kaplan 

Steven Kaplan 

Lapeer, St. Clair and tuscola counties 

united states senator 

Debbie Stabenow 

representative in congress 

Dan Kildee................................................................................5th District 

Lapeer county - sheriff 

Jeff Fick 

St. clair county - Representative in state legislature 

Stewart Sternberg................................................................... 81st District 

Tuscola county - register of deeds 

Aaron Gyurko 

Tuscola county - judge of the 54th judicial circuit court 

Amy Grace Gierhart

Washington, DC – Eighty-seven of 

the richest Americans from 49 U.S. 

cities recently sent a letter to Congress 

saying that it would be unwise and 

unfair to renew the special Bush tax 

cuts above $250,000 in household income 

that disproportionately benefit 

the wealthiest 2 percent. The Bush tax 

cuts for the top 2 percent give people 

who earn over $1 million a year an 

average tax break of about $150,000, 

according to the Urban-Brookings Tax 

Policy Center. 

The letter is timely because the Senate 

is expected to vote on the Middle 

Class Tax Cut Act (S. 3412). Editor’s 

Note: The Senate Voted on July 26th 

51-48 to pass S. 3412 and the House is 

yet to act. The bill would extend the 

Bush tax cuts for the 98 percent of 

Americans for one year, but would 

end them for household income levels 

above $250,000 that only benefit the 

richest 2 percent. 

“As individuals who 

have greatly benefited 

from the opportunities 

America has provided, 

we urge you to support 

S. 3412, Middle Class 

Tax Cut Act to extend tax 

cuts for all Americans on 

the first $250,000 of their 

income, while ending 

the extra tax cuts that go 

exclusively to the wealthiest 

2 percent,” the letter 

says. 

“Those of us who are 

business owners know 

that restoring taxes on 

the portion of our profits 

over $250,000 to Clintonera 

rates will have no 

impact on our decisions 

about whether to hire 

additional workers,” the 

letter adds. “Indeed, only 

about 3 percent of “small 

business” owners have 

more than $250,000 in 

profits – and those businesses, 

though they may 

meet the technical legal 

definition of ‘small,’ can 

afford to pay their fair 

share of taxes like everyone 

else.” 

“Congress faces a 

choice,” the letter concludes. 

“It can ask the 

wealthiest 2 percent to 

limit ourselves to the tax 

cuts other Americans get 

– those on the portions of our incomes 

under $250,000 — so that it can shrink 

the deficit while continuing to invest 

in education, infrastructure, clean 

energy, health care, and rebuilding a 

strong middle class. Or it can slash investments 

vital to our nation’s future 

in order to be even more generous to 

those of us who need it the least. That 

shouldn’t be a hard choice.” 

Compared to continuing all the 

Bush tax cuts for a decade, ending 

them for the richest 2 percent would 

save nearly $1 trillion, (including debt 

service savings), according to Congress’ 

Joint Committee on Taxation. 

Any successful entrepreneur who 

says the biggest driver behind their 

success was desire for a second Ferrari 

in their mega mansion garage is either 

kidding you or themselves,” said letter 

signer Paul Growald, a former director 

of TechRocks and a trustee for the 

Rockefeller Family Fund, who lives 


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UAW Local 5960 

PICNIC 

in Burlington, VT. “It’s a myth that 

taxing the super rich discourages entrepreneurs. 

Should we be rewarded? 

Of course. But not with the lowest tax 

rates of any comparable country.” 

“My team used hard work, the rule 

of law and the internet to build a successful 

business,” said Christopher 

Findlater, founder of Auto Insurance 

Shopper, now known as NetQuote. 

com, the world’s largest insurance 

shopping site, with our 100 companies 

and 25 million customers. “I did not 

build this business myself. My team 

was wonderful and I include America 

on my team for funding and creating 

the Internet. We owe the next generation 

the opportunities that we had, 

including an affordable education and 

inspiring teachers. I try to make that 

possible and express my gratitude to 

America, and my fellow American 

citizens, by giving back. That means 

paying my fair share of taxes that I can 

Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Place: 

Independence Oaks County Park 

9501 Sashabaw Rd., Clarkson 

(2½ miles north of I-75 – Exit 89) 

Any questions regarding park, call (248) 625-0877 

Enjoy Grilled Hot Dogs, 

Brats and Corn on the Cob! 

Activities & Games Begin at 1:30! 

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afford to pay because I earned them, 

here, in America.” 

“Extending these exclusive tax 

breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent 

of Americans is the wrong prescription 

for our financial future,” said 

Sandy Newman, president of Voices 

for Progress, which organized the 

letter and is a coalition member 

of the Americans for Tax Fairness 

campaign. “Our members, many of 

whom are millionaires, think it is irresponsible 

to give them extra cash 

they don’t need and mortgage our 

nation’s future on the backs of the 

middle class.” 

Among the notable letter signers 

are: 

• Hewitt Relocation Services CEO/ 

Chairman Frank Patitucci, 

Pleasanton, CA 

• Kaplan Group CEO 

Woody Kaplan, Boston. MA 

• Ben and Jerry’s Co-Founder 

Park includes: Hiking Trails 

• Fishing • Bike Trails 

• Life Guarded Beach Area 

• Boat Rentals 

Bring the whole 

family 

for a fun-filled 

outing!!!


local 5960 

editor’s report 

LET’S BEGIN TO GET BETTER 

The recent events in Colorado lead 

us to have a discussion about firearms, 

ammunition and 

the prevalence of 

violence in our 

society. Let me 

say right up front 

that having my 

best friend murdered 

by a hand 

gun when we were 

both in our early 

Tony Hufford 

twenties has soured my views on guns 

in general and hand guns in particular. 

Let’s just look at the facts: The gunman, 

whose name will go unused in 

the article, carried a hand gun, a shot 

gun and a semi-automatic assault rifle 

(AK-47). He also was in possession of 

thousands of rounds of ammunition 

bought through the internet with seemingly 

no limit. His AK-47 assault rifle 

had a multi-round clip that could fire 

between 50 and 60 rounds per minute 

or about 1 every second. 

Call me crazy, but in all my years of 

hunting I can’t remember once seeing 

a hunter out in the field with an AK-47 

and multi-round clip preparing for a 

hunt. The only thing this type of weaponry 

is good for is 

to kill people; in 

this case, innocent 

men, women and 

children who had 

gone to a movie to 

have a good time. 

Assault weapons, like the one used 

in this homicide, were banned in 1994 

under the Clinton Administration, but 

the ban was allowed to expire under 

George Bush ten years later. The law 

expired for one reason; the armament 

manufacturers, backed by the National 

Rifle Association (NRA) and the politicians 

they had bought, wanted it to. 

These assault weapons bring big money 

to the manufacturers, the NRA who 

supports them, and the elected officials 

who benefit by way of campaign contributions 

and other perks provided by 

these purveyors of death. 

Why is it that we can ban the use of 

the pesticide DDT or any other human-made 

substance that can cause 

the American population harm, but we 

are unable to control these weapons of 

death that are manufactured for only 

one reason; to hurt or kill people? Are 

It’s Been Said… 

“The summer night is like 

a perfection of thought.” 

– Wallace Stevens 

you aware that more people in the U.S. 

have been killed by domestic gun fire 

in the last 100 years than were killed 

in all our wars combined? 

Some will say we 

need more guns. 

I have heard this 

among our own 

membership. More 

guns make us all 

safer. Well, if that is true when will it 

start to happen? I have seen no proof 

of this NRA backed theory. 

Ask yourself, if you had been in 

that dark theatre when the gunman 

entered, would you be ready to back 

down a madman or become just as 

dangerous to those around you as he 

was when your emotions kicked in and 

your lack of practice with your own 

firearm became evident? 

The facts are that every day in the 

U.S. 25 people are killed by gun fire, 

not including accidents or suicides. 

Does it sound like we are getting safer 

with all these guns? 

There really is no simple answer, 

but we have to start somewhere to 

begin to deal with this issue. How can 

we stand by when so many Americans 

are slaughtered each year? Over 100 

thousand children have been killed by 

gunfire in the U.S. since the late ’70s, 

when they started to collect such data. 

This is shameful. 

Re-banning assault weapons and 

multi-round clips should be a no brainer. 

Limits on ammunition are another piece 

of this puzzle. Those two ideas, put into 

place, would have saved some lives in 

the Aurora, Colorado movie theatre. 

What do our leaders talk about...banning 

wearing costumes to the movies. 

Give me a break. Are our congressional 

leaders really that afraid or dependent 

on the National Rifle Association? 

Obviously, the shooter was a disturbed 

individual who was hell bent on 

harming the good people of Aurora, 

Colorado. There will always be deranged 

individuals among us and while 

we can’t change that fact, other than to 

lock them up after the fact, we can limit 

their damage by controlling the equipment 

that they have access to. The local 

police department doesn’t even have 

AK-47s, why should the public? 

Let’s start today to make this better. 

Re-ban assault weapons, multi-round 

clips and limit the amount of ammunition 

individuals can purchase. 

Thanks for listening. 

If you have an alternative idea, 

please send it to editor@uaw5960.org. 

We value the views of the membership. 

UAW Local 5960 reserves the 

right to edit all articles for length and 

grammar. 

2012 UAW Region 1 Michigan V-CAP 

Dollar 

Drive 

Raffle 

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JUST $1.00 PER TICKET! 

GRAND PRIZE: TRIP FOR 2 TO HAWAII!! 

AIRFARE, ACCOMMODATIONS, CAR RENTAL INCLUDED 

(AAA TRAVEL VOUCHER) OR CASH EQUIVALENT! 

SECOND PRIZE: 

APPLE LAPTOP 

THIRD PRIZE: 

FISHING CHARTER on LAKE ST. CLAIR 

or a WEBER GAS GRILL 

FOURTH PRIZE: 

IPAD 

4 individual fourth place drawings 

1 IPAD per drawing 

Each UAW V-CAP Dollar Drive ticket you buy 

helps to elect worker-friendly candidates, 

and increases your chances in the raffle drawing. 

PRICE: $1.00 per ticket 

DRAWING DATE: October 11, 2012 

(Applicable taxes apply to cash option prizes) 

CHARLES E. HALL 

Director, Region 1


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benefits 

office 

by Bill Cremeans 

Active Employees on 

Traditional Blue Cross 

The outpatient physical therapy 

benefits for Active UAW Michigan 

employees and their eligible dependents 

enrolled in the Traditional 

Care Network (TCN) plan will be 

administered by TheraMatrix Physical 

Therapy Network (TPTN) effective 

July 1, 2012. Blue Cross Blue 

Shield will continue administering all 

inpatient physical therapy, as well as 

any outpatient physical therapy for 

enrollees who reside outside the state 

of Michigan. 

The physical therapy benefit coverage 

is not changing, only the administrator 

and the network will be different. 

By choosing a TheraMatrix in-network 

provider, enrollees are eligible 

to receive covered benefits with no 

out-of-pocket costs (after any applicable 

cost share requirements are 

met). To find an in-network provider, 

enrollees should contact TheraMatrix 

at (888) 638-8786 or access their 

website at www.theramatrix.com. 

If enrollees are currently utilizing 

an out-of-network provider, they may 

continue to do so until expiration of 

their current prescription. Thereafter, 

additional outpatient physical 

therapy services must be rendered by 

a TheraMatrix provider to minimize 

any unnecessary out-of-pocket costs. 

Enrollees will be receiving a welcome 

letter, but will not receive a 

separate ID card from TheraMatrix. 

Enrollees should contact TheraMatrix 

at (888) 638-8786 or access their 

website at www.theramatrix.com. 

Hearing Aid Benefit Change 

The hearing aid benefits for UAW 

employees and their eligible dependents 

enrolled in the Traditional Care 

Network (TCN) plan will be provided 

through AudioNet America, administered 

by SVS Claims Management 

effective July 1, 2012. Blue Cross Blue 

Shield will no longer administer the 

hearing aid benefits. 

By choosing an AudioNet America 

in-network provider, enrollees are eligible 

to receive covered benefits with 

no out-of-pocket costs. To identify an 

in-network provider, enrollees should 

contact SVS Claims Management at 

1-866-614-7874 or access their website 

at http://www.audionetamerica.com. 

Enrollees will be receiving a welcome 

letter, but will not receive a separate 

ID card from SVS. Enrollees should 

contact SVS Claims Management at 

1-866-614-7874 or access their website 

at 

MetLife Insurance 

Certain hourly retirees will be provided 

a special opportunity to update 

their life insurance beneficiary record. 

Although participants may update 

their beneficiary at any time, MetLife 

will be providing additional staff to 

assist with any questions or concerns 

during the period of June 4, 2012 

through August 24, 2012. 

MetLife will be mailing a letter to 

all U.S. retirees who currently do not 

have an electronic beneficiary designation 

on file. The letter provides 

instructions to the retirees on how to 

update their beneficiary, either online 

or via a paper form. Also attached is 

the letter that will be mailed to non- 

U.S. retirees who are required to 

make any updates to their beneficiary 

via a paper form. 

Please note: although the identified 

retirees may currently have a paper 

beneficiary designation stored in their 

file, this is an effort to obtain updated 

information so that it can be available 

electronically to both the retirees and 

the record-keeper. 

Retirees should contact MetLife 

using a special GM beneficiary phone 

number (1-866-607-9794) only if they 

have questions regarding access to 

the website or completing the form. 

Retirees are encouraged NOT to call 

MetLife to confirm their current beneficiary 

of record. If they are uncertain as 

to their beneficiary, they should submit 

a new beneficiary designation via the 

website or by using the paper form. 

Retirees Health Care Plan: 

The Trust is about to send out mailings 

of the future changes and updates 

to the Medical Benefits Trust. Retirees 

are asked to pay close attention 

to their mail and look for the Medical 

Trust logo on their mail. This is not 

junk mail. Please read it over carefully, 

this will be important information. 

We are also asking you to watch for the 

Express Scripts logo, with the merger 

of Medco and Express Scripts. You 

will be receiving information regarding 

your prescription drug coverage 

also. The logos are as follows: 

UAW RETIREE 

Medical Benefits Trust

Page 10 THE UAW LOCAL 5960 REPORT August 1, 2012 

President Obama made the right call on the auto loans 

USA Today, Op-Ed 

UAW President Bob King 

The bankruptcy restructuring General 

Motors and Chrysler in 2009 

through the creation of new companies 

formed with assets purchased from 

those troubled companies was highly 

successful. Today, GM and Chrysler 

are profitable, investing in America 

and creating jobs. 

President Obama’s decision to act 

to save GM and Chrysler prevented 

an economic catastrophe that would 

have thrown the nation into a fullblown 

depression and resulted in 

dozens of additional bankruptcies in 

the auto industry and across industrial 

America. Instead, the auto industry 

today accounts for an outsized share 

of economic growth and is helping lead 

our nation’s economic recovery. 

Yet, for political critics of the Obama 

administration, this achievement, 

completing a process started by President 

Bush, is barely worth mentioning. 

The problem for these critics is that 

the public, especially in states with a 

large auto industry presence, knows 

better. People who lived through the 

ups and downs of the auto industry 

remember well what happened and 

how it turned out. 

So when Republican presidential 

candidate Mitt Romney insists that 

GM and Chrysler should have been restructured 

in a deal financed by private 

lenders, the public remembers that no 

entity besides the U.S. Treasury would 

provide that funding. Without the 

Treasury, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” 

would have turned into “Force Detroit 

to Liquidate,” with all the economic 

calamity that would have followed. 

U.S. Judge Arthur Gonzales found 

exactly that in the order authorizing 

the sale of Chrysler’s assets to the 

new Chrysler. “The sale transaction 

is the only alternative to liquidation 

available to the debtors.” 

Another oft-repeated criticism is 

the claim that bankrupt Chrysler’s secured 

creditors got less than they were 

entitled to under the bankruptcy code. 

In fact, the secured creditors received 

the highest possible amount available 

to them. Judge Gonzales affirmed this 

point in the sale order: “The sale transaction 

will provide a greater recovery 

for the debtors’ creditors than would 

be provided by any other practical 

available alternative, including, without 

limitation, liquidation whether 

under chapter 11 or chapter 7 of the 

Bankruptcy Code.” 

The Chrysler creditors group 

agreed, with 90% supporting the sale 

as ordered. The U.S. Appeals Court 

and the Supreme Court also agreed. 

Challenges to the treatment of various 

categories of creditors were rejected. 

Appearing Sunday, August 5, 2012 at the 

UAW 5960 Picnic 

Independence Oaks, Clarkston 

Yet, well after the questions of fact 

and law were settled in court, claims 

to the contrary are common among 

the president’s opponents. 

The latest salvo comes from the 

Heritage Foundation, repeating the 

idea that the United Auto Workers’ 

retiree health care trusts received 

more money than they were entitled 

to under the principles of bankruptcy 

reorganization when compared with 

unsecured creditors. But the comparison 

is hardly apt. 

The creditor’s recovery is still occurring 

as a part of the bankruptcy restructuring, 

while the health care funding 

was approved by the court under the 

specific part of the bankruptcy code that 

deals with retirees, resulting in agreements 

with the new GM and Chrysler. 

The companies prudently bargained 

new contracts with the employees (and 

suppliers) they needed to be successful 

as newly formed entities. That amounts 

to good business judgment that is difficult 

to second-guess when both GM 

and Chrysler are performing better 

than they have in decades. 

This improvement was not achieved 

without significant sacrifice on the part 

of UAW members. Many plants were 

closed, and tens of thousands of UAW 

members lost their jobs. Those hired 

before 2007 haven’t had a raise since 

2003. They also gave up cost-of-living 

raises, bonuses, vacation pay, overtime 

pay, holidays and break time. Those 

hired since 2007 are working for lower 

pay and benefits that have allowed the 

companies to hire thousands of workers 

at a greatly reduced cost. Retiree 

health care liabilities were shifted 

to the retiree trusts. Retirees lost 

vision and dental coverage and face 

increased out-of-pocket costs. 

Last year, UAW members approved 

four-year collective bargaining agreements 

with the domestic automakers 

that contain no raises, but the deals 

have the possibility of increased at-risk 

compensation through profit sharing. 

In return, the companies agreed to invest 

in U.S facilities and create at least 

20,000 new direct jobs that will result 

in tens of thousands of supporting 

jobs at suppliers and other businesses 

supported by the auto industry in communities 

across the country. 

In those communities, we are seeing 

plants retooled for new products 

and new technology, especially as 

manufacturers race to meet consumer 

expectations for more fuel-efficient 

vehicles. 

While the political opponents of 

the auto rescue package are sure to 

continue their flawed criticisms, those 

who live and work in auto communities 

across the nation see the success, 

the employment growth and the sense 

of a brighter future, and that is the real 

thing worth remembering about what 

President Obama did to save the U.S. 

auto industry. 

With Special Guest 

Mark Boucher 

Music Begins at 1:30 p.m. 

Sponsored by the UAW 5960 Education Committee

August 1, 2012 THE UAW LOCAL 5960 REPORT Page 11 

RETIREES 

REPORT 

By Rupert ‘Rupe’ O’Brien, Jr. 

Retiree Chairperson 

Hello Brothers and Sisters, 

We waited all month to have our 

Retiree Picnic, but Mother Nature 

said we weren’t going to have it outside 

again…so it was moved to inside the 

Union Hall. A survey was conducted 

with the members in attendance and 

it was decided that all future Retiree 

Picnics will be inside the Union Hall. 

For those who were there this past 

month, I really do appreciate your 

cooperation on this matter. 

Due to the weather, we also had to 

cancel Sandra’s car show, but it will 

be held at our August meeting. Hopefully, 

Mother Nature will cooperate. 

I’m beginning to think she doesn’t 

like us. 

Our picnic was still successful despite 

the weather. Thanks to Gary 

Weatherbee’s brother, Frank, for 

entertaining us with some good music. 

Also thanks to Jerry and Lona 

for picking out some nice gifts for the 

door prizes. Other great door prizes 

were donated by Randy Hosler, Optiview, 

Oakland Audiology, Golling 

GMC, Star Mortgage, Grant Fodor 

(Edward Jones), and Doug Gravelle 

Associates. 

We had 3 winners 

of $50 in the 50/50 

drawing, Eleanor 

Adler and Lure 

Hulu (3rd winner 

info unavailable). 

Once again, Wally 

Edgar gave us a 40” 

TV to raffle off. We 

collected $619. All 

Rupert “Rupe’ 

O’Brien, Jr. 

proceeds went to our Grandkids’ Scholarship 

fund. Congratulations to Ron 

for being the lucky winner; and special 

thanks to Wally Edgar for making the 

generous donation. 

Retired Sister Michelle Hollis has a 

son (Tim Wilson) who works for Walgreens 

of Livonia, and he’ll be attending 

our meeting in August to discuss flu, 

pneumonia, and shingles shots. If you 

are interested in getting a shingles vaccine, 

he will have forms available as well 

as other important information. 

On behalf of my fellow retired 

brothers and sisters, I would like 

to thank the Local E-Board for the 

outstanding job they did on serving 

the hot dogs and hamburgers to our 

members at the picnic. It’s always a 

great sight to see Union Brothers and 

Sisters working together. 

September 20th is our Soaring Eagle 

Senior Day with Ponderosa. We’ll depart 

from the Union Hall at 7:15 a.m. 

and return around 8 p.m. As of now, 

we have 100 members signed up. We 

may be able to take on more since we 

have two (2) 55-seat buses. We’re putting 

together a stand-by sheet, but this 

offer will end at our August meeting. 

Thank you for your cooperation. 

“We stand with the Vice-President 

and Judith Biden against the GOP assault 

on retirees, which embraces privatizing 

Medicare and cutting Social Security 

benefits,” said Edward F. Coyle, 

Executive Director of the Alliance. 

AFL-CIO: Romney is Mr. 1% 

The AFL-CIO has unveiled a new 

website to draw voters attention to 

Mitt Romney’s proposals that hurt 

working families and retirees called, 

“Meet Mitt Romney: Mr. 1%” and 

is available at http://bit.ly/Oa7bhF. 

The site urges Americans to see that 

Romney is planning to slash Social Security, 

Medicare, and Medicaid while 

padding his own pockets and the bank 

accounts of the wealthiest 1%. 

The Local 5960 Picnic will be on 

August 5th, from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. 

at Independence Oaks County Park, 

off Sashabaw Rd. The county park 

will charge $5 per car. 

UAW Region 1 Veterans 13th An- 

nual Car Show will be held September 

16, 2012. Pre-registration is $18, and 

$20 day of show. 

RETIREE DEATHS 

Robert M. Pugh, 6/7/12 

Ronald F. Buda, 6/11/12 

Edward E. Milton, 6/15/12 

Ted T. Brown, 6/17/12 

William A. Miller, 6/21/12 

Robert E. Gilmore, Sr., 6/20/12, 

Robert James Weyer, Sr., (61) 7/2/12 

Our hearts and prayers go out to 

their family and friends. 

JULY BIRTHDAYS 

Don Salter, (70) - 7/25 

Betty Helm, (75) - 7/17 

Willie McClain, (82) - 7/15 

Paul Ogles, (82) - 7/13 

Sharon Robinson, (66) - 7/13 

Paul D. Smith, (65) - 7/19 

Congratulations to our July Birthdays! 

JULY ANNIVERSARIES 

Dick & Sandy Schefke, 

July 11 (48 Years) 

Ron & Betty Helm, 


Paul & Jan Ogles, 


Dick & Toni Fischer, 


Congratulations to our July Anniversaries! 

5960 Recent 

Retirees 

On behalf of the Executive Board, Bargaining Committee, 

and the entire membership, we congratulate 

you on your decision to retire. We thank you for 

your dedication and friendship. If it were not for the 

sacrifices and struggles you have endured, we would 

not have what we sometimes take for granted – which 

are the great UAW benefits and wages we have today. 

We wish you all the best in your retirement. 

Pat Sweeney - President 

Elaine Sullivan 

32.1 Years 

Dept. 1-15 

Susan Northrup 

31.1 Years 

Dept. 1-25 

Gretchen Walker 

14.6 Years 

Dept. 2-50

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