Inside This Issue...

Features

Jobs for America
New agreements mean more U.S. manufacturing jobs
New agreement creates 6,400 new jobs at GM facilities
UAW statement on retirees and 2011 Big Three negotiations
Thank you, Mr. President
Never has bargaining been this transparent
Newsflash: UAW using new communications tools to get message out to members, retirees

Union Front

State employee unions taking it to the streets
Local 5 members at AM General first to build MV-1
Member minute
‘The Man Who Never Died’: an account of Joe Hill’s life

Departments

From the president
From the readers
Legislative update
GimmeFIVE

Nov / Dec 2011

Vol. 54, No. 11-12

International Union, UAW

President: Bob King

Secretary-Treasurer: Dennis Williams

Vice presidents:
Joe Ashton, Cindy Estrada, General Holiefield, Jimmy Settles

Regional directors:
Chuck Hall, 1;
Rory Gamble, 1A;
Norwood Jewell, 1C;
Gerald Kariem, 1D;
Ken Lortz, 2B;
Maurice Davison, 3;
Ron McInroy, 4;
Jim Wells, 5;
Gary Casteel, 8;
Scott Adams, 9;
Julie Kushner, 9A

Public Relations and Publications Department

Director: Michele Martin
Assistant Director and Editor: Jennifer John

International representatives:
Gwynne Marie Cobb, Sandra Davis, Susan Kramer, Vince Piscopo, Joan Silvi,Chris Skelly
and intern Dennis Pietrowski members of CWA/The Newspaper Guild Local 34022.
Clerical staff: Susan Fisher, Pauline Mitchell, Shelly Restivo, and Betty Scruse, members of OPEIU Local 494.