UAW Region 1-C and the Local 652 Veteran'c Committee are selling T-shirts to raise money for Charity. The dark blue T-shirts are available in sizes L - XL - 2XL - 3XL and are $20 each. Call Veteran's Committee Chair Mike Melfi at 285-4070 or Ron Olivarez at 775-4832 to order yours.
GM Profit Sharing Information
Although the 2011 year-end financial results are not yet final, in the event that there is a payout under the Profit Sharing Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States (Profit Sharing Plan), you will have the opportunity to either (1) take any 2011 Profit Sharing payment in cash or (2) elect to contribute all or a portion of the payment on a pre-tax basis to your Personal Savings Plan (PSP) account, subject to tax law limitations. You may elect to contribute your Profit Sharing payment in 1% increments, up to 100%, to your PSP account. As a result of 2011 GM-UAW Negotiations, all prior contribution elections have been set to zero. If you do not take any action, no contribution to the PSP will be made on your behalf because your Profit Sharing deferral election to the PSP is set at 0% (even if you had a deferral in 2011), and you will receive your entire Profit Sharing payment in cash. If you wish to make a contribution of all or a portion of your Profit Sharing Plan payment to the PSP, you must affirmatively make such electionbetween February 1, 2012 and February 7, 2012.
How to Make Your Contribution Election
You can change your current Profit Sharing contribution election (currently set to zero) online at gmbenefits.com, or by calling the GM Benefits & Services Center. Note that the opportunity to make an election is only given to active hourly employees who are not on a leave of absence or on a hardship suspension at the time the payment is made.
Instructions to change your Profit Sharing contribution percentage online are as follows:
• Go to gmbenefits.com
• Click “Active Hourly”
• Click “Savings Plans”
• Log In using your username and password
• Click “PSP Account Balance”
• Click “General Motors PSP”
• Click “Contribution Amount”
• Select the percent of your Profit Sharing cash portion that you would like to contribute (must be in
1% increments)
• Once you have selected the percent, click on the “Change Contribution Amount” button at the bottom of the page
To make the election over the phone with a Customer Service Representative, call the GM Benefits& Services Center at 1-800-489-4646. Representatives are available business days from 8:30 a.m. to Midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). If you are calling from outside the U.S. or Canada, call 1-877- 833-9900 to reach the GM Benefits & Services Center. To dial this number, you must first dial the appropriate AT&T Direct Access code which you can obtain by visiting www.att.com/traveler or by calling AT&T at 1-800-331-1140.
ANY CHANGE TO YOUR PROFIT SHARING DEFERRAL ELECTION MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5:00 P.M. EST ON FEBRUARY 7, 2012. CHANGES RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT. IF YOU DO NOT MAKE A TIMELY ELECTION DURING THIS PERIOD, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR ENTIRE PROFIT SHARING PAYMENT IN A TAXABLE CASH PAYMENT.
Women’s Committee Goes Pink!
On Saturday, October 29th the Lansing Grand River plant went “PINK”! The plant was scheduled to work the day of Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, so the Women’s Committee planned a PiNk OuT! The plan was that everyone would wear pink and a lot of our membership showed up wearing pink bandanas and/or pink shirts! What a wonderful tribute! The Women’s Committee would like to thank all that participated in the PiNk OuT.
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Union Made in America
Don Asdell, UAW Local 652 Union Label Chair, has put together a list of some companies that offer Union made in America products. He will be adding to this list and he finds more companies. To see the current list click here.
New Veterans Shirts Available
UAW Region 1-C and the Local 652 Veteran'c Committee are selling a newly designed T-shirts to raise money for Charity. The dark blue T-shirts are available in sizes L - XL - 2XL - 3XL and are $20 each. Call Veteran's Committee Chair Mike Melfi at 285-4070 or Ron Olivarez at 775-4832 to order yours.
GimmeFive!
The GimmeFive program was launched at the 35th UAW Convention in June 2010 by President Bob King, the newly elected International Officers and Regional Directors, and the UAW Local Union Delegates. GimmeFive recruits and engages members in a new and innovative mobilizing program to Organize, Build Power and Win Justice for our union and community. TOGETHER WE WIN!
Each time you complete a task you will be rewarded for your hard work with a new button. The goal is to collect all five buttons…the official GimmeFive, Power, Organize, Mobilize and Justice buttons. Each UAW Region will compete for the highest level of GimmeFive activism and will be acknowledged for their hard work at the Community Action Program (CAP) Conference in January 2011.
To participate in GimmeFive, first you need to sign up for the program. See UAW Local 652 President Mike Green or Vice-President Randy Freeman at the Local 652 Union Hall and they will help sign you up. Once you are signed up for GimmeFive you will receive a confirmation with information to track your activities and when to expect your official GimmeFive button.
