General Membership Meeting Minutes
April 26, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm with 51 members present.
All officers were present.
The minutes from the previous membership meeting were read and accepted.
The treasurer’s report was read and accepted.
Recognition of new members –
There were 2 new members sworn in.
Reports of accidents sickness and death –
• Pat Thornsberry mother died
• Earl Milton in Hospital
• Gary Piesky in Hospital
• Tom Tinklepaugh is recovering from a heart attack.
• Sam Rochon is still out give him a call if you think
about him.
The president’s report –
Grievances under the president’s report –
• Overtime in the hospital a/c shop (heard)
• Employee harassment (heard)
• Harassment of steward (heard)
• Overtime reporting (Withdrawn).
• Carpenter Overtime (settled)
• Sheet-metal Overtime (filed)
• Hospital construction services overtime (filed)
• 2 day DLO and steward denied (heard)
Arbitration summary -
The president’s arbitration summary is as follows –
• Medicare part B awarded.
• Temporary employees heard on 2/15 and on 4/10/07
• Bio-med ULP scheduled for 4/17/07 was settled at hearing.
• Filing a ULP over representation problems.
Other Business Under the President’s report –
Finally getting dates for special conference for apprentice Overtime looks like early June.
Bruce Pringle will be retiring at the end of May.
We have a few settlements in the works (painters, Galloway, and cusino).
There will be an Iuoe position on the Flint campus.
Please Report all pay issues. University takes advantage and doesn’t always follow the law.
Meeting to discuss apprentice issues at 4:30 pm on 5/10
Committee reports-
Apprenticeship committee – tests will be next month.
Scholarship committee –There will be 8 awarded and 1
alternate. Might be 9 scholarships given out depending on
funds from dance and 50/50 raffle.
The scholarships will be awarded at June membership
meeting.
The gun raffle winners are
• 1st Terry Theisen
• 2nd Jeff Stevens
• 3rd John Farley.
Dance committee- drinks at 6:00 dinner at 7:00.
Tickets are still available.
We need volunteers to help setting up. Rooms are available
at holiday inn in Chelsea. They will have a bus ride there
if needed.
Unfinished business –
There was no unfinished business to discuss.
New Business –
• Nominations for officers will be in September. Check
out the by-laws.
• Don Will not be around for nominations due to retirement.
• Ken asked the body to vote on what is the most important
to work towards the next contract negotiations. The three
topics were –Sick time, Contractors, and retirement
security.There was a show of hands and retirement security
was most important followed by sick time and then contractors.
Good OF the Union –
If you know of people retiring please let Ken know.
Bill Singer gave Rod Udell a public thanking for his job as a steward and all of his hard work and then welcomed Lou Way for taking over for Rod.
The jacket drawing was held and Gordon Collett number 104 was drawn.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:04 pm.