Spring 2003

Skill Spring 2003 Index

FEATURES

Making Advances
Skilled-trades workers must not be left behind just because technology changes the nature of their jobs. The UAW intends to make sure its workers — and not contractors – are the people trained for the new jobs.

Spark of Genius
The UAW-Ford Huron Technical Training Center has received national accreditation for its welding program.

Monsters of Flint
The new presses at GM’s Flint Metal Center impress with their size. The skilled-trades workers who installed them impress with their ability.

The OT blues
Here comes the Bush administration with a plan to gut the laws that require companies to pay overtime for hours worked beyond the 40-hour workweek.

Our Team
Meet the UAW International Skilled Trades staff.

DEPARTMENTS

Cal’s Corner
New technology doesn’t necessarily mean fewer skilled-trades jobs if we prove we can do the job and the training is provided.

Safety
The program to prevent falls at the Ford Van Dyke plant is the best in the system.

Briefs
News and notes from around the skilled trades.

People
Lear machine repairman Jack Hardy is all wet — and proud of it.

 

 

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Phil deMontigny shows off DaimlerChrysler's $37.5 million aero acoustic wind tunnel
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Phil deMontigny shows off DaimlerChrysler's $37.5 million aero acoustic wind tunnel that he and his co-workers use to test vehicles.

SKILL is the international magazine for skilled-trades workers, technicians and engineers of the International Union, UAW. Published quarterly by the Skilled Trades Department.

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INTERNATIONAL UNION, UAW:
Ron Gettelfinger, President; Elizabeth Bunn, Secretary-Treasurer; Gerald Bantom, Nate Gooden, Bob King, Cal Rapson, Richard Shoemaker, Vice Presidents.

SKILLED TRADES DEPARTMENT:
Cal Rapson, UAW Vice President and Director; Bill Peterson, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President; John Clark, Assistant Director

PUBLIC RELATIONS & PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT:
Paul Krell, Director; Vince Piscopo, Skill editor; Emily Everett, Skill designer.