VOLUME 74, No. 1 WINDSOR, ONTARIO DECEMBER 2018

Official Publication of Unifor Local 200

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Season’s Greetings from Your Executive at Unifor 200Season’s Greetings from Your Executive at Unifor 200

JOHN D’AGNOLO

President’sReport

Doug FordConservatives

Doug Ford wasted no time onrepealing the majority of Bill 148,and has moved forward with Bill 47which has gone through its firstreading. The Ford regime has madeit clear they are in bed with big busi-ness and repealed the workers’ firstlabour laws in years. Make no mis-take if the $14 minimum wageincrease had not been implementedbefore they took office it would begone.These are some of the changes

to the Labour Relations Act.You could apply for an employee

list with phone numbers upondemonstrating 20% support in a bar-gaining unit. Bill 47 repealed itentirely.

Remedial certification: where an

employer contravenes the act so thata representative vote likely did notreflect the true wishes of employee'sor so that a union is unable todemonstrate 40% or more support,the Board must grant remedial certi-fication. Repealed.

Unions can choose to file a cardbased application for certification ifemployers business is a temporaryhelp agency, a building servicesprovider or a home care and com-munity service. Repealed

Union or employer in a new bar-gaining relationship can requesteducational support in the practiceof labour relations and the Ministermust then make that support avail-able to both sides. Repealed.

First agreement arbitration Bill148 added a process of intensivemediation for all first collective

agreement negotiations and a moreavailable process of first contractarbitration. Section 43 and 43.1Repealed.

Enabled Minister to make regu-lation to extend 69.1 to other ser-vices by providers that receive pub-lic funds. Repealed.

Added requirements to reinstateemployees at the end of a strike orlockout and that requirement maybe enforced at arbitration. Repealed.Changes to the EmploymentStandards Act:

Minimum wage increase in 2019to $ 15.00 per hour. Repealed.

Misclassification of employees.New section 5.1 prohibits employ-ers from treating employees as inde-pendent contractors. During aninvestigation of proceeding theemployer bears the onus of showingthat a person who is claimed to bean independent contractor is not infact an employee. Bill 47: The mis-classification prohibition remainsunchanged but the reverse onus ofproof is repealed.

Right of an employee after threemonths of employment to make arequest for changed work hours orlocation. Repealed.

Call in pay at least three hoursof pay at the employee's regular ratefor employees who regularly workmore than three hours but are senthome after less than three hours.This is the only one of the schedul-ing rules that remains. Bill 148revised it from a previous rulethat by regulation required threehours of minimum wages as callin pay.

On-call pay where they wouldrequire a payment of at least threehours of pay at the employer’sregular rate when an employee is oncall and is either not called to workless than three hours. Bill 47

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Repealed.Shift Changes under new employ-

ment standards including right torefuse work on a non-scheduledwork day on less than 96 hoursnotice. Repealed.

Right to have 48 hours of noticeof a cancelled shift or on-call oppor-tunity. Repealed.

Equal pay for equal work basedon sex was new 42(6) amendedexisting equal pay rule by allowingemployee to request review of payrate for compliance with equal payrule, and required employer toadjust pay or respond with reasons.Repealed.

Bill 148 expanded the equal payconcept to prohibit differences inpay for substantially the same workthat are attributable only to a differ-ence in employment status in 42.1.That term is defined in section 1(1)to mean a difference in the numberof hours regularly worked or a dif-ference in the term or permanenceof their employment including a dif-ference in permanent, temporary,seasonal or casual status. Repealsdefinition of "difference inemployment status" and Repeals42.1.

The equal pay concept was alsoextended to a difference in assign-ment employee status where a tem-porary help agency is required topay its employees not less than therate paid by the clients employeesfor doing substantially the samekind of work if the difference isattributable to the assignmentemployee status of the assignmentemployee. Repealed 42.2.

Personal Emergency leave dayshas gone from 7 to manufacturing

and 10 outside of manufacturingwith the first two being paid. The 2paid days are removed, sick daysare capped at 3, family responsi-bility is capped at 3 and bereave-ment is 2USMCA

Quite often in the plants we hearwhy are we involved in Politics? Ap r i m e e x a m p l e i s T r a d eAgreements. Windsor and EssexCounty watched plant after plantleave to the south. With a stroke ofa pen trade agreements were signed,and we became the highest unem-ployed community in Canada. Atone point, we watched our brothersand sisters leave our community tofind jobs, some lose homes, carsand families destroyed.

Unifor's leadership to supportthe Liberals in Conservative ridingsin the last election to make sure nomore damage would be done gaveus an opportunity for the first timeto have a voice lead by Unifor'sGerry Dias and National Staff,Angelo DiCarlo and others on theUSMCA Trade Agreemen t .Unifor's vision was stronger labourstandards, higher rules of origin,fair share of production and a mean-ingful price of entry for foreignexporters which will give balancetrade with the rest of the world.

Here are some of the key com-ponents of the agreement when it

comes to manufacturing:Labour Value Content Rules:

40% content in the passengervehicle, 45% for Trucks must bemade in facilities that pay $16 USper hour on average, at this timeequates to 20 CAD.

Credits up to 10% to auto makersfor R&D wages and 5% for highvolume/high wage transmissionwork.North American Content:

The content went from 62.5%raised to 75% in North Americancontent in cars and in parts it wentfrom 60% to as high as 75% inparts.Four new categories:Core: (engines, transmissions,

lithium-ion batteries which securesthe future technology) 75%Principle: (brakes, seats, wheels)

70% Complimentary: (electron-

ics, speakers) 65%Other: (current/future) 50%

I never thought in my day wewould have an opportunity to recog-nize our vision in a trade agreement.Did we want to improve many otherissues in the agreement, Absolutely!Our voice made improvements tothe NEW USMCA Agreementbecause we are involved in politicsand we must not forget it.

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In closing, I along withthe Local officers

and workplacerepresentatives,

would like to wishyou and your family

a wonderfulHoliday Season anda Happy New Year!

DAN CASSADY, Financial Secretary

given in changes that had beenenacted by the previous LiberalGovernment. The “Open forBusiness” party then went on tomake major changes in theOntario College of Trades, basi-cally diluting the Skills and timeneeded for someone to become arecognized certified tradesper-son.

Gee, I wonder what couldpossibly go wrong there? As mygrandmother used to say, “Weshall see what we shall see.” AllI can say is, “I am afraid tolook!”

Our heart goes out to thethousands of workers who areaffected by the Oshawa GMplant closure announcement.This is so devastating to thatcommunity, and even sadder isthe fact that instead of thePremier rolling up his sleevesand getting to work on whatcould be done to try and keep theplant open, he basically hasalready raised the surrender flagand given up!

On the Local front, ourStanding Committees continuetheir involvement in makingthings better for others in thecommuni ty th rough the i rinvolvement in many events yearround. Many of the committeesare involved with events to helpeducate our youth on differentsocial issues. I will not go overall they do in my article, you can

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Financial Secretary’s Report

2018 IS ALMOST to an end.What a year it has been aroundthe Local. We have lost someactive and retired members –may they rest in peace and ourthoughts and prayers go out totheir families. We know this canbe a difficult time of the year forthem.

Each of our units have theirown particular set of challenges.I want to thank all of our ElectedReps in each unit for the workthey are doing on behalf of ourmembers. Believe me, it can bea thankless job on many occa-sions, but I shudder to think whatour workplaces would look likeif we did not have our reps stand-ing front and centre, tackling theissues head on and making work-places better for our members.

Politically, we have a newMunicipal Windsor City Councilthat I believe will be much morelabour friendly than the previousone.

I want to thank all of ourmembers who donated some oftheir time to help any of the can-didates on their campaigns. Theonly way we can change thingsis to get involved. Thanksagain!

On the Provincial front, theFord Conservatives have beene l e c t e d . T h e “ O p e n f o rBusiness” par ty promptlyslashed many of the small gainsminimum wage workers were

read their articles in this editionof 200 TALKS for a full run-down!

Our Standing Committeesalso worked closely togetherrunning our 2nd Dinner TheatreHalloween Murder Mystery inOctober and the proceeds weredonated to Ashley’s House.

As always, our Local 200Kids Chr i s tmas Par ty inDecember was well attended andenjoyed by all, attendees andvolunteers as well!

Thanks to all of the Chairsand members of our StandingCommittees for all you do onbehalf of the Local; we could notdo what we do without everyoneworking together!

CLUB 200Club 200 is our all-volun-

teer youth fundraising arm ofLocal 200. Our volunteers(active and retired members)raise money through charityevents all year round throughClub 200 and that money is thendonated strictly to youth basedorganizations in the community.

As the Holiday Seasondraws nearer, please accept myhope that you can have somewell-deserved time away fromthe job and that you are able tospend it with those who areimportant to you in your life.All the best to you in 2019!

Vice President’s Report

SINCE LEAVING BARGAIN-ING, the Ford Windsor Site has beenwarned and aware that a pending shiftreduction or partial shift was going totake place at EEP. This past summerwe sat down with the company and adecision was made to hold off on theJuly 1st shift reduction until the sum-mer vacations were over and it wouldoccur on September 1st, 2018.

Ford’s direction of increasing the3.5 ecoboost in F-150 and the introduc-tion of the new diesel, left an uncertain-ty on how many V8 5 litre engineswould be going into F-150 as in 2017the F-150 sales have been so strongthat the decision was made to leave theV8 production at EEP at three shifts asvolumes of sales demanded it; and nowhere we find ourselves again in 2018,running at 3 shifts, closing out the yearand a good forecast for the start of2019 to keep us running at three shiftsat EEP.

In October, John and I sat with FordManagement and we agreed that it wastime to hire on the site. We could notsit back and keep waiting for a shiftloss that may never occur and watchthe part-time work force on the sitecontinue to grow. Our concerns theentire time were that we did not want tohire someone on the site only to havethem laid-off months later and to haveleft a job and be on unemployment try-ing to support a family.

As per our bargained language, wewent to our brothers and sisters whohad expired call-back rights for arehire opportunity. The company hadagreed to bring in 20 new hires to meetthe sites needs for the new Godzillaprogram and vacancies from retire-ments. The rehire list consisted of 92people and as of November 23rd every-one on the list had been called by thecompany for a rehire opportunity.

We have 20 people who haveaccepted and will return to Ford onDecember 10th and a pool of another 5if required in the New Year. We wouldlike to wish every one of our brothersand sisters who have moved on thevery best with the direction they havechosen for them and their families andto those of you who have accepted toreturn, welcome back to Ford andUnifor Local 200.FORD MOTOR COMPANYSTRATEGY

A lot of our members and our newhires have asked the question about theposition Ford is in after hearing the badnews in Oshawa about the closing ofthe assembly plant and 4 others in theUSA.

In 2006, to bring its production inline with a shrinking market, Fordannounced the closure of 14 NorthAmerican manufacturing plants; manyof us remember this very well. Itincluded 3 U.S. assembly plants andtook a shift out of St Thomas assembly,which eventually closed. It includedtransmission plants, part plants andengine plants, including our own EssexEngine. Essex was the only plantsaved from the closure announcement,but Ford had done what GM is facingnow.

In 2016, Ford began to move its carproduction out of its plants in the U.S.to Mexico to produce more profitableand popular trucks and SUV’s here.The Wayne Assembly Plant saw thefocus leave for the new Ranger andBronco and the volumes at our truckproduction plants speak for them-selves. The only assembly plant thatwas questionable was Flatrock, that hasone shift of production to produce mus-tangs, but Ford has designated thatplant for production of its future self-driven vehicles.

The Oakville Assembly Plant is

TIM LITTLE

running strong, producing another veryprofitable line of vehicles including theEdge. Ford is already ahead of thecurve of what GM must now do beingover capacity and caught with slowselling cars in their plants at a timewhen trucks and SUVs’ are sellingextremely well.

While Ford assembly plants arerunning at 80% capacity or higher, theones that are not have new productallocated to them. GM has 5 of itsplants running at 37% capacity, most ofthem producing cars. Ford has posi-tioned itself very well and for now, wecan all appreciate the moves they havemade to put us in a good position goingforward. RESPECTFULWORKPLACES

It seems that we have had severalcases and complaints lodged under Bill168 violence in the workplace andunder our legislated harassment policyover the past year in all of our Local200 bargaining units. We are all awarethat since the introduction of Bill 168,the tolerance for any type of threat, ver-bal or physical, has not and will not betolerated in the workplace. The com-pany and the union stand strong on thisand at no time will anyone come intoone of our plants knowing they are infor a bad day. The workplace is not theplace to bring your problems, youropinions and your beliefs if they do notline up with the rules established bycompany, the union and legislated lan-guage for a harassment free workplace.

We have met several times with sev-eral of the bargaining units we repre-sent and our entire membership needsto be aware that there is a zero toler-ance by all our employers on this issue.

Please use your influence tokeep our workplace harassment free forall our brothers and sisters. We allknow what is right and acceptable; donot condone it.

I would like to wish everyone agreat Holiday and for everyone to cele-brate it with the people they are closestto, in the traditions and customs impor-tant to you, whatever they may be.

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Nemak/WindsorAluminum Unit

Michael Jobin

OUR COMMUNITYThe membership never ceases to

amaze me. The hard work, dedica-tion and generosity still continuestowards charities and organizationsthroughout the community. Coatsfor kids, United Way and theRichard Nemeth Toy drive are ongo-ing at present. Canvassing forUnited way should be completewithin the next couple weeks. Moredetails to come.FROM THE OFFICE

On behalf of all the represen-tatives here at Nemak, I would liketo thank everyone for their under-standing and continued support inthese trying times. We are dedicat-ed and committed to the member-ship and will do everything we canto hold the company to follow theCBA.

WINTER SHUT-DOWNI’d like to start off by wish-

ing everyone and their families agreat holiday season and best wishesfor the upcoming year. There willbe a 2 week shut-down this yearstarting December 24th extendingthrough till January 7th. Be safe,have fun and we look forward toseeing everyone back in the NewYear.

PLANT POPULATIONWe have 137 full-time produc-

tion employees, 58 trades, 35 TPTs,29 students, 29 SSTs and 2 appren-tices on roll at present.

Year 2018 has proven to bevery unpredictable as volume levelshave dropped dramatically resultingin 46 layoff notices being issuedNovember 19th. These will fluctu-ate as extensions have been handedout, but as of now there are 17 mem-bers who have been affected.

STATE OF THE PLANTThere are many variables sur-

rounding these uncertain times;whether it be an economic downturnoverseas or government policiesright here in North America. It hasaffected production here on bothsides of the plant as South TSR andthe South core line have been idledfor the rest of 2018. Production inCLD has been postponed with a ten-tative startup date of March 2019.The North core line and North TSRare still a 3 shift 5 day a week oper-ation.

Aboriginal Workers& Workers of Colour

Committee

The trade Union movement wasbuilt by the struggles of workingpeople -- including Indigenous andracialized workers.

Unifor advocates for these work-ers, and encourages their full partic-ipation in Union life through localUnion Committees, RegionalCouncil Committees and theAboriginal and Racialized Workers'Caucus. Unifor also holds nationaland regional Aboriginal andRacialized Workers conferences.

Local 200 is excited to sharethat we now have our ownAboriginal and Worker of ColourCommittee.

We extend out an open invita-tion to all of our Aboriginal andWorker of Colour members to par-ticipate in this community activecommittee, which is held at theUnifor Hall on Turner Road on the3rd Wednesday of each month.

In January 2019 our meetingwill be held Wednesday 16th, 2019at 4 p.m.

This committee also has accessto Port Elgin with the AWOC 2week course. This I highly recom-mend to our AWOC members.

The holiday season is upon usand the AWOC Committee andCaucus would like to wish everyonea safe, and happy holidays.

Looking forward to seeing allof you at the next AWOC meeting.

By Jen D’Alimonte

P.E.L.UPDATE

Please seeyour PlantBulletin

Boards forNew Selection

Criteria.

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WINDSORENGINE PLANT

WINDSORENGINE PLANT

April McLellan

STATE OF THE PLANTI have seen the numbers for

next year’s build schedule andthey are comparable with this year.Our 2 valve numbers have dippeda bit, but the 3 valve haveincreased. According to the company, our

running pattern should continue asit has been this year, at least untilsometime in the fourth quarter.We had two down weeks this yeardue to the two valve and econolinehowever, our super duty is stillbooming and if we were able toget the outside components for ourthree valve, we could have usedthose down weeks to build more. As of this time, I am being told

that we should not see any moredown weeks this year; but maybe acouple extra down days just priorto the holidays or just after. Again,we all know this can change by theminute.

Last year at this time, I waswriting about some job increasesin our machining departments inorder to fill some service require-ments. This year, the company hascut seven of the 10 jobs that werecreated for those service parts.They have cut four in blocks stat-ing that the supplier “Tupy” wantsan outrageous price for the extrablocks and that they are not will-ing to pay that price; and three inour crank department, due to thefact that apparently someone fatfingered the number of partsrequired by 40,000. The last conversation I had in

regards to the other three jobs that

were created (two in head depart-ment and the one job that was putback in rods). I was told they werestable. I take that with a grain ofsalt since the conversations aroundall these jobs was that they werehere until the end of this plant.

The cam department that hasrun midnights and days for manyyears has just switched to days andafternoons. I cannot help but won-der if this is just another cost sav-ings for the company through shiftpremium. We all just want tocome into work and build a goodquality product, get our paycheques and feel like our jobs arestable. This is getting harder andharder to do each day with thecompany always looking for away to save their budget.

The upper levels of manage-ment do not want to put anymoney into a plant that is sched-uled to go down, so keeping oldmachinery running is getting hard-er and harder, and putting muchmore work on the machine opera-tors and the skilled trades. Mythoughts are keeping a good namefor Ford Motor Company is whatkeeps the business booming andthat takes money; it takes properrunning machinery, quality andmost importantly it takes a work-force.

We have had a fair share ofquality issues across our site herein Windsor this year; we have hadsupplier issues, workforce changeswith little to no training, brokengauges that have not been fixedand returned; we need the proper

training and tools in order to pro-duce a quality product.Remember, you have the power tostop your machine/station on theengine line if you feel our productis not what it should be. If yourfront line process coach directsyou to run anyway, demand to seequality and your union rep.

We have had quite a few jobsposted for the Godzilla program;congratulations to those that bidand set themselves up for theirfuture.

We have been diligent on allour company wide postings how-ever, getting people moved to theirnew job has been an issue andagain it goes back to NOTENOUGH people. We need the 20new rehires and then some. I haveput in a request to Tony Savoni fora town hall with any updates onthe state of our plant.

On a different note, I wouldlike to congratulate Chris Holt onhis election as Ward 4 counsellorin Windsor and Marc Renaud asCounsellor in Amherstburg.

TIME FOR TIMEHIRES AND TPT’S

At the time of writing this,interviews and medicals are hap-pening in hopes of having 20 timefor time people return to work theweek of December 10th. We arevery happy to see each of you tofinally have the opportunity tocome back. I know it had to havebeen a tough decision for you,some of you had settled into otherjobs and coming back was not justpicking up where you left off.Each of you came back as a newhire under a different pay scale,benefits and pension, and I amsure that was not an easy decision.

For those of you who diddecide to come back, a huge “wel-come back” from all of us. It was

WindsorEngine Plant

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a long process with many discus-sions and arguments with the com-pany in getting them to do theright thing and bring in a full-timeworkforce. We have had manypeople retire, an increase in jobswith the Godzilla program andproduction people move over astrade helpers or full-time trades. Instead of replacing any of our

production workers, the companywas using TPT’s as a full-timeworkforce and when TPTs werenegotiated, it was never with theintent of TPTs replacing full-timejobs. It not only takes away workfor full-time members with thebenefits that come with being fulltime, but also can be detrimentalto the students who are trying tocarry a heavy school schedule andkeep up with a full-time job. OurTPT’s applied for a part-time jobwith a good wage to help supporttheir schooling, not to work full-time sometimes different shiftswithin a week, and then try to keepup with their schoolwork. In thelast couple of months, we havehad more TPTs come into the pro-gram; so welcome aboard.

A reminder to all the TPTs, ifyou have a heavy exam week orsomething else going on whereyou need some extra time off justlet your department, clerks or theunion office know so that turningdown ops will not be held againstyou.

UNITED WAY/JDRF Our United Way campaign is

under way, and although we havefinished with the employee can-vass, we will continue to raise

money through 50/50 draws alongwith some other draws. I want tocongratulate our first 2 50/50 drawwinners Jay Hillis (WEP)$1835.00 and Egon Klein (Annex)$2918.50. Thank you Kevin Bell, for tak-

ing on the Unifor Co-chair posi-tion, Keith Emslie for taking onthe Co-captain position at WEPand to Brad Boughner, Steve Biro,Sheri Darlison and KrystenLawton for stepping up as can-vassers. Most of all I want tothank each and every one of youthat have supported this campaignthrough your weekly donations orsupporting any of the draws.Without your contributions, thecommunity would not receive thehelp and support they so need.JDRF was once again a huge suc-cess.

I would like to thank JodiChateauneuf and Jackie Demers,along with the rest of their teamfor all their hard work, and ofcourse to the entire membershipfor their support and making allour campaigns the success thatthey are.

Along with United Way andJDRF, we have many gate collec-tions, cancer society, food drivesand then this year a toy drive; it isa lot to ask of everyone. It seemsthat no matter what is going onhere at work or within our person-al lives, people on this site step upand show just how much they careabout others and for that I want topersonally thank you!

Holiday Greetings

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(Pictured above are, Jack Gibbons Bursary Recipients, left to right: CurtisPaquette, Julia Masciotra; Kelly England Bursary Recipients: Carla Ruta,

and Robert Moy Jr.

On behalf of the WindsorEngine Plant Union Office,I would like to wish theentire Local 200 member-ship and your families aMerry Christmas and aHappy New Year!

FORD SKILLEDTRADES

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At the time of this article, wehave 406 on roll plus 8 TradeHelpers with 0 on layoff and 0 onnotice of layoff. We have 168IMM’s, 143 Elect’s, 27 P/F, 25Stationary Engineers, 17 Tinsmiths,14 Mechanics, 10 Welders and 2Painters.

STRAIGHT TOTHE POINT

I would like to personallythank each and every one of ourtrades who come to work every day,open their tool boxes and do whatev-er is asked of them to the best of theirabilities. Many are asked to travelplant to plant from week to week tofill the manpower shortages. Youknow who you are; Thank YOU!

Your jobs will never get anyeasier and certainly never less tech-nical. You are not getting anyyounger and crawling in and out ofthis machinery will not get any easi-er. We are getting older and are indire straits to hire some youth sothey can take on some of the physi-cal demands of the job and we canpass on our knowledge to them.

Overall the workforce is readyto retire and we have made no provi-sions to make up the shortfalls. Weare tired from all the years of 7 daysa week and are spread thin in each ofthe departments from upside downRTO’s and past yearly manpowertasks. Yes, we have apprentices com-ing in the new year, but we are 5years away from recognizing themas full-time. I remind the companyevery day that we desperately needmore trades. Sooner or later theywill get it because unfortunately it is

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showing in our machinery up-time.

ACROSS THE FORD SITEWINDSOR ENGINE PLANT

This plant continues tomaintain production on one shiftthrough 2019. This may cause abrief overlay between the newengine program starting in 2019 andthe old one phasing out. The postingof the 1st shift for Godzilla and thetransfer of long serving trades overto the new program from WEP cer-tainly caused a churn in each of thedepartments like no other but some-how each S/A was replaced and lifewent on business as usual.

Presently, we have 108trades working at WEP that willrequire a full-time position upon thepossibility of a plant closure oridling.

ANNEXPersevering! Overall 2018

has been a year of transforming theAnnex over to deliver our all newengine program we so proudly callGodzilla. Our trades have done anincredible job throughout this entireprocess of tear out, install, commis-sioning and debugging of all theequipment while always keepingsafety first. Ford Land, PTME,OEM’s, Outside Contractors, HR,Salary and Hourly Employees havedeveloped working relationshipstogether that has only made each andevery one of us more productive forhaving spent this time togetherthroughout this process. We havejust sent our first built engine toDyno to be tested.

KenAnderson

Executive Board members Tim Little, Kevin Bell, Jeff Walsh,April Mclellan, John Dagnolo attending Unifor Regional Meeting.

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ESSEX ENGINE PLANTIt seems like only yesterday

we launched the 2018 MY CoyoteEngine Program upgrade and nowwe are well into the beginning of theall new 2021 MY upgrade prepara-tions. We have just completed thetear out of the old Cylinder Headdepartment. Currently, we are redo-ing the flooring and new machineryis scheduled to start arriving in earlyDecember.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTSSince the beginning of 2018,

we have had 10 Skilled Tradeschoose to retire. Electrician DenisChenard, Bob Thomson, MechanicsKarol Filipovic, Gilles Marcoux,IMM’s John Turner, Richard Sutak,Keith Peterson, Robert Morisette,Dr. David Bastien and KonradKomrad.HEALTH & WELFARE

It is with great sadness thatwe mourn the recent loss of two ofour trades people, IMM, ArmandoZillio and also Electrician, NickMarin, who passed away since ourlast issue. Our deepest condolencesto their families.CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

On behalf of myself, and allthe Skilled Trades offices, we wouldlike to wish everyone and their fam-ilies a very safe and enjoyableChristmas Holiday and a HappyNew Year. Time away is rejuvenat-ing. For those choosing to workshut-down, please do so safely.

I will close this edition of the200 Talks with a thank you to every-one for your dedication to this com-pany we work for. Ford may ownthe buildings and the equipment, butwe own the work. I am very proudto say I represent the Trades.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEEJohn D’Agnolo, Dan Cassady,

Tim LittlePresident

JOHN D’AGNOLOFinancial SecretaryDAN CASSADY

Vice PresidentTIM LITTLE

Recording SecretaryAPRIL McLELLAN

TrusteesKEN ANDERSONAPRIL McLELLAN

JEFF WALSHSgt-At-ArmsDAN LACEY

GuideKEVIN LAFRAMBOISE

Members-at-LargeDONNA SEARS-HOWARD

DARRYL CHARRONRetirees

JIM MITCHELLFine Touch Graphics

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UNION IN POLITICSCOMMITTEE

DARLENE COSTELLO

The Provincial and FederalGovernments are attacking workersagain. The Ontario PC Governmenthas passed Bill 47 repealing Bill148 – the Labour Reform Act. ThePCs are choosing to make life moredifficult for Ontario’s most vulnera-ble workers and their families. It’s not just about cancelling the

$15 minimum wage. It replacesPersonal Emergency Leave and twopaid sick days with: three daysunpaid Sick Leave, three daysunpaid Family Responsibility Leaveand two days unpaid BereavementLeave. Not having paid sick daysmeans workers have to choosebetween losing a day’s pay andgoing to work sick. Employers will also be able to

ask for doctors notes again whichmost charge for. Casual and tempo-rary workers in Ontario will nolonger receive equal pay for equalwork. Also, it is now more difficultfor workers to exercise their consti-tutional right to join a union.

The Federal Liberals are alsoattacking workers’ rights by forcingthe postal workers back to work.They are being forced to work over-time and to work in unsafe condi-tions. The postal workers’ union isasking for Canada Post to addressworkplace injuries, which, accord-ing to CUPW statistics, haveincreased by 43 per cent over thelast two years.A major issue is the disparity in

pay for urban and rural postal work-ers. Urban carriers are paid by thehour and rural carriers are paidbased on the size of their route sourban carriers are paid more.

CUPW also points out that mosturban carriers are men and rural car-riers tend to be women.Both governments have sent the

message that workers’ rights andtheir voices don’t matter. We needto continue to let them know thatour rights matter.

On behalf of theUnion in PoliticsCommittee,I would like towish everyonea MerryChristmas andHappyHolidays!

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FORD ANNEX Jeff Walsh

THERE HAVE BEEN so manythings which have changed since thelast 200 Talks as far as the Annex isconcerned.

At the time of this writing, here issome details which are as accurate asthey can be, but as we all know thecompany changes plans sometimesdaily/weekly/monthly.

Back on September 6, 2018, duringthe start of installation of machinery inBlocks a contractor had a mishapwhich broke a Fire Line Pipe Capopen, that caused a serious flood situa-tion down into the management teamsoffices and North down through CutterGrind and Systems. Our FirstResponders (Security) did a great jobto quickly minimize the flow of waterwhich was pouring out of the line up inthe mezzanine.

The tear out of all the old equip-ment is complete (thanks to our SkilledTrades people and Labour Gang peo-ple) and installation of new equipmentfor Godzilla Heads, Cranks, Rods andMotor Line are basically complete.Each of these departments and theEngine Line are now Yellow Tag thrumost of it, working towards Green Tagwhich will get us into running produc-tion parts/engines.The Block Department has approxi-

mately three quarters of the newmachinery in place and Yellow Tagstatus, but we are still waiting on otherequipment to arrive.

The Side Departments now havemost of their first shift of employeespresent and they are running parts thruall areas doing capabilities and evensome TT runs.

The Engine Line is beginning todo a Scout Run with the initial fewleaders and techs. So far we haveapproximately 30 successful appli-cants on the line made up of TeamLeade r s , P roduc t i on Techs ,Regression Techs, CHA and PRA

Techs, MP&L and Trades. InNovember we will be doing a TT rundown the line to send a couple enginesto the Dyno Lab at EEP.

Job 1 is tentatively May 2019 andthere will be approximately 50 morejobs added for the motor line (in stagesin the New Year) for a full complementfor the 1st shift.

In the old areas of Heads 8651 andRods 8658, we continue to run 6 or 7days a week, supplying EEP with 5.0LHeads and Con Rods, as well as 2.7Land 3.0L heads for Lima EnginesPlant. The Mod E is working 6 days aweek assembling 6.8L heads for WEP.

Our Transportation Department hasbasically 16 drivers but they have beenrunning with 19 drivers for around 9months now because of all the runningof engines back and forth from WEPand EEP and Hearns. We will be dis-cussing the future demand on thedepartment soon, consideringGodzilla. We will also see some newequipment coming to replace some ofour old fleet of trucks and trailers.

Our mechanics will no doubt, findan increased work load because of allthe new equipment required for theMP&L team involved with theGodzilla departments.

With the new program we nowhave an increased Quality Departmentand Cutter Grind Department, which isgreat to see. We are trying to get someincreases in the Labour GangDepartment as well.

This plant was run down somewhatover the last 10 years, but with the newinvestment for Godzilla, the companyis now investing in improvements tothe whole plant which will make thisan enviable place to work for years tocome. We are no longer the sleepy lit-tle Annex!

We have had some members retirethis year and I want to say congratula-tions to them. Enjoy your retirement

to the fullest. With some of theirretirements it has created opportunitiesfor Production members to go into theSkilled Trades and then the Productionpeople need to be replaced by mem-bers who have fallen off Time forTime.

Thanks to Ken Anderson and hisreps for working so hard to get appren-ticeships started again because withsome of these people leaving produc-tion to get into the Skilled Trades italso opens up opportunities at the pro-duction level, which John D’Agnoloand Tim Little have worked on gettingthe company to go to the phones nowto start calling back Time for Timepeople.

In general the Godzilla Engine,which was bargained in 2016 is aHUGE benefit to all of us here in theWindsor Site.

It’s United Way time again and thisyear Kevin Bell is leading our UniforTeam to work towards surpassing lastyear’s impressive total of $561,343.The United Way helps with funding formany other community partners andeveryone who is a steady contributor isgreatly appreciated. Please help Kevinand his team reach their goal.

I would like to finish by sayingMerry Christmas and HappyHolidays from the Annex UnionOffice to everyone including theLocal 200 members in the new unitswe added this year. Remember to reflect on the Local

200 members and retirees who havepassed away in 2018 and be gratefulfor the fact that you have yourhealth and a job which provides foryour family, whom you will spendquality time with during this upcom-ing December break.

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On February 15, 2018, STM-LMOfficially welcomed Unifor & Local200 to it’s family! Moneen McIntyre,Doug Miller, Mike Druer, JohnDagnolo, Tim Little and Mike Renaudofficially bargained the perfect contractto start us out and lead us for the next 4years.

I, Mike Druer, was voted in as UnionChair and Rachel Howell, for afternoonshift Committeeperson by our sistersand brothers here at STM-LM. It is ahuge Honour to have this position andrepresent our team members.

I have developed a great relationshipwith John and Tim. These two individ-uals have been there every step of theway, no matter what time or where theyare, even on vacation or in very impor-tant meetings, they always find time totalk with me and assist me through anyquestions or concerns I have.

We have also developed a great rela-tionship and open-door policy with ourHR (Jen). We have daily meetings to goover any situation that has taken placeover the last 24 hours. So far, we have

STM-LM UnitMike Druer

been very successful in finding solu-tions for any of problems that havecome up.

The only major problem we facehere is attendance. Every day it is aconstant battle that we face. The com-pany even put a perfect attendancebonus in place. Whoever makes it allyear will receive $200.00 and theirname goes into a draw for $1500.00.This has sparked some people, but notenough.

I look forward to learning moreabout the Unifor process and proceduresand the future representing Local 200and all the members here at STM-LMfor many years to come.

I also want to wish all of our mem-bers a Happy Holiday Season and all thebest for the upcoming New Year.

Education CommitteeDARRYL  CHARRON

LET ME START off by wishing everyone a happy hol-iday and all the best in the New Year from all of us on theEducation Committee.

KELLEY ENGLAND &JACK GIBBONS BURSARIES

Every year we’re given the opportunity to select therecipients of our Local 200 Bursaries and this year, as in pre-vious years, the applicants made it a very tough decision so Iwould like to congratulate all of this year’s recipients.

We have Jacklyn Ruta, daughter of Carla Ruta and RobertMoy Jr, son of Robert Moy Sr receiving the Kelley EnglandBursaries and Curtis Paquette, son of Kathy Paquette and JuliaMasciotra, daughter of Tony Masciotra receiving the JackGibbons Bursaries. UNIFOR McMASTER COURSES

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about theUnifor McMaster Labour Studies program. As Unifor mem-bers, there are opportunities to enroll for these courses. It isopen to all Local 200 members including TPTs. The fallcourses are almost complete but the winter and spring courseswill be starting in late February or early March 2019. If youwould like any more information, please contact me at519 257-2085.

LEADEC UNIT

AT PRESENT, as we close out2018, we have 33 full-time mem-bers. Recently, 3 long time employ-ees of ours have accepted full-timeemployment to return to Ford. Iwant to wish them all the best withthe next phase of their careers.

Year 2019 should prove to be aninteresting year as things ramp upat the Annex and new jobs come on-line at some point.

In closing, I want to thank my in-plant reps, ConnorFleming, Gloria Lucier, Tom Breen and SarahAnderson for all of their efforts this year. I also wantto extend my best wishes to all of our Leadecs, as wellas all Local 200 members, for a Happy and SafeHoliday Season.

Jim Fyke

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PENSKE UNITPENSKE UNITJOE TREMBLAY

PLANT POPULATIONThe plant population stands at

40 full-time and 3 at TPT status.

WINDSOR ENGINEPLANT

The schedule at WEP continuesto be four days a week, with theoccasional fifth day as needed. Theschedule for the rest of year showsthe removal of the down days, butthis is subject to change.

Changes were made recentlyspecifically to production and man-power on midnights; we swung onejob from midnights to the afternoonshift. However, by doing so, wewill not be receiving or shipping onmidnights with the job movementnow taking effect.

Prior to the move, we supported

the 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. headload requirements from Annex toEEP. We made this clear that ifthose requirements are needed, wewill then look at the RTO for anincrease.

ESSEX ENGINE PLANTThe Company has been trying

extremely hard, while the shortshifting was occurring, to cut andreduce our numbers at EEP. Weheld them to the current RTO num-bers and prevented more often thannot any reductions.

There are a lot of issues in thehead department which is having aneffect on every dock and we’vebeen addressing each issue. It ishowever, important to call the unionoffice, if there’s any direction givenby the Company you may have

questions or issues with. We’ve had an increase in disci-

pline and possible discipline inregards to Bill 168 and Harassmentin the Workplace.

Coming out of 2017 bargaining,we made a lot of changes andremoved a lot of the Company’s dis-cipline policies in regards to acci-dents and incidents. We removedthe Company’s monetary positionwhen investigating accidents andincidents and as such, members arenot held a dollar amount when anaccident is investigated. Afteralmost 10 years, an accident will notimmediately result in suspension.

ANNEX / GODZILLAWe are currently in the process

of scoping out the work for jobdescriptions. We have based a num-ber of jobs at this time, but we arelooking for an increase as the num-ber the Company/Ford is requestingis lower than our number. Once allthe jobs are scoped out, we will startposting jobs for Annex. We, howev-er do link Annex and WEP as onesite for overtime. Depending on therun pattern that the 7.X is on, theshift(s) times are subject to change.The Union wants to make sure thatwhen we post and clear the jobs forGodzilla, every SA has a clearunderstanding of the jobs and poten-tial shift(s) times.

We are running seven days aweek to support the 5.0L andNANO currently. NANO appears tohave an issue in regards to marketspace and New Model releases. TheAnnex, due to construction, has putlimits on our market space.

On behalf of the union officesfor the Penske Unit, I would like towish all of our members a Happy,Safe and Joyous Holiday Season;and all the Best in the Coming Year!

Employment EquityEmployment EquityKathy Lucas

Each day, we come to work withthe exception of performing ourjobs for the company that employsus. We expect to come into anatmosphere that is free from harass-ment, discrimination and bullying.

The inundation of the newscycles and social media, where wesee and hear ill-treatment and atroc-ities of our fellow humans, has away of creeping into the way wetreat one another.

I feel the need to remind every-one that we here at Unifor and FordMotor Company have a very strictpolicy that ensures we have a work-place free of harassment and dis-

crimination. If you are unsure ofthat policy, please look it up underAppendix “O” (page 173 of the col-lective agreement) and familiarizeyourself with it.

I might also add that we neverknow what someone is goingthrough outside of work. We needto be more vigilant about how wetreat one another. Respect andunderstanding go a long way inmaking our workplace more enjoy-able for everyone.

I would like to take this oppor-tunity to wish everyone aWonderful Holiday Season!

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D. J. LACEY

AS WE APPROACH the hol-iday season things around theplant have been very busy andstressful around our facility. Ourmembers have been working 7days a week to keep up with thedemand of Crown Royal.

For a while now we have hadan extremely difficult time gettingour production quotas, mainly dueto issues with equipment, materi-als and lack of staffing we are cur-rently behind 158,000 cases. Insaying that, we also have manygood things happening that keepus going in the right direction and

make our future look promising.Recently, as many are aware,

we were informed that therewould be an expansion to ourwarehousing which would utilizeour site as storage and shipping ofour finished goods. Currently,some of this was being done by3rd party warehousing. Our mem-bers have been working extremely

DIAGEO

DIAGEO OBITUARIESThe following is a list of those mem-bers who have passed away since thelast issue of Local 200 Talks.

Steve VukHoward ParkerThomas ShawGrace Delmore

DDIIAAGGEEOOhard to get us where we are today,and this is why we will continue tosee good things coming our way.

When out shopping for holidaybeverages, please consider ourproducts. I would like to take thistime to wish everyone HappyHolidays from the union leader-ship at Diageo. I can’t stress thisenough, time is short so pleasespend that much needed time withyour loved ones.

Paul Pouget, Chairperson of Diageo Unit Retirees Chapter, Richard Bézaire, Forgi Vacilotto andEva Castellan, present Dave Scanlan (2nd from right) with the 2018 Retiree of The Year Award.

Women,s CommitteeDonna SearS-HowarD

THIS YEAR there was aWomen’s March Canada-Windsorheld Saturday, January 20th.Despite the cold, there was a fantas-tic turn out.

The #MeToo Movement hasbeen opening many doors. Therehave been many different thoughtson the matter and many voicesbeing heard. Education and conver-sation go hand and hand; talk aboutthe movement and learn why theworld is listening…but also bemindful of the conversation.

INTERNATIONALWOMEN’S DAY

The International Women’s DayDinner was again a great success.This is an event to show apprecia-tion to the women activists in ourcommunity our appreciation for allthat they do.

INTERNATIONALDAY OF THE GIRL

The Women’s Committees ofLocal’s 200, 195, 240, 444, 2458provided a presentation for 440 +students of Cardinal Carter,Leamington and approximately 200students from grades 2-8 at St. Johnthe Baptist, Belle River.

Bandanas were handed out to alland a presentation to bring aware-ness about girls around the world,their importance in society, talents,intelligence and their initiative tocontribute. Globally, 31 milliongirls of primary age are not enrolledin school. Educate them and youeducate a nation.

Pay Equity is still being debatedand in many jobs; women earn .87cents to men’s $1 Equal Pay forEqual work. Statistics show thatwomen/girls face higher rates of

violence, poverty and discrimina-tion than men/boys.

The message was strong thatthey can also be the future leaders ofthe world, that any job is attainable;Education is Key! And boys, “Bean Ally”!

December 6th is an Annual Dayof Remembrance of ViolenceAgainst Women. On this day 1989,14 young women were murdered int h e i r c l a s s r o om a t E c o l ePolytechnique in Montreal, simplybecause of their gender. On this daywe honour them, and all women andtheir families, who are affected bygender-based violence.

As we wrap up the year, appre-ciation goes out to all the great sis-ters who have participated andhelped organize these differentevents. I am thankful for these sis-ters who come out to help time andtime again.

I’d also like to wish our mem-bers a safe holiday season. Enjoyyour time off for family, friends andrest. These are great bargainedvacation days for our well-being.

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LET ME START OFF bysaying it has been a bit of a frus-trating year for all of us wonder-ing what is going to happen withthe third shift here at Essex. Wewere originally told that the shiftwas going away on October 1st,then we were told it wouldn’t hap-pen until the 15th of October.Then it got changed to three otherdates into November that this wassupposed to happen which it neverdid. This played a big role on howpeople were going to bid on jobsthat were being posted departmen-tally and company-wide.

Currently, the company is say-ing the shift is now going to be cutaround February of next year. Donot take this as definite that thiswill happen, things seem tochange on a weekly basis inregards to what our volumes aregoing be in the future. In sayingthis, I would like to apologize fornot being able to give people adefinite answer on the shift reduc-tion. My gut feeling says that thiswill not happen in February either,but I could be wrong.

While writing this, there is stillno definite answer on the twodown weeks we are supposed tohave after the Christmas break,that being due to the issues we arehaving in cylinder head assemblywith the key up and the robots,which has given us many shortwork days.

The crank department is stockpiling cranks due to some downtime they are going to have in thenew year. The department will bedown for approximately 7 weeksfor the 2021 upgrade. Currently itlooks like the department will

shut-down 5 weeks before thesummer shut-down and be downfor the summer shut-down periodalso.

The block department has hadits ups and downs due to theequipment and machines that wereinstalled for the PTWA spray bore.They will also have some workgoing on in the new year.

The department will be takingout all of the Keller filter systemsthat were installed for the launch.These filter systems have given usa lot of problems ever since thelaunch of the PTWA spray bore.They will be replaced with Camfilfilter systems which should helpthe department in reaching therequired JPH.

The department is also retool-ing machines so they will be ableto reclaim any scrap blocks thatare made. This will save thedepartment an enormous amountof money in scrap costs.

The rod department has beenrunning 7 days a week with nomajor issues. We hope to getsomething put together for thecompany to make a business casefor some investment in the depart-ment which will allow us to makemore rods.

Cutter grind has done a greatjob this year in being able to sup-

ply the tools for the machiningareas. Especially with some of theissues we had earlier on this yearwith tool life in the block depart-ment.

The quality department has hadits hands full this year and hasdone a great job on handling theissues we have had with some ofour suppliers.

I am very happy to say that weare now hiring people and wouldlike to welcome the new hires. Itwas a lot of hard work on behalf ofthe Union to get the company tohire people.

I would like to remind every-one that next year we may be hav-ing vacation levelling. There willbe talks with the company at thebeginning of the new year on whattheir intentions are.

I would like to thank the peo-ple who volunteered for theUnited Way and for those whohave donated towards it. Thereare a lot of people in Essex Countywho rely on the United Way fortheir support.

This year we have lost somemembers who have passed awayand members who have lost fami-ly members. Please take sometime to keep them in your thoughtsduring the Christmas Holidays.

Kevin BellESSEX ENGINE PLANT

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On behalf of theEEP Union Office,

we would like to wisheveryone and their familiesa Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year.

Ford BenefitsCHARLIE  YOTT & DARBY McCLOSKEY

Essex Engine Plant WEP & Annex519-944-9277 519-257-2412

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I would like to start this articleby welcoming the new hires. Ithas been since 2000 that anyonehas been hired. I know everyonehas worked here in the past, sowelcome back. If you have anyquestions about the new pay scale,benefits or the DC pension plan,please contact Darby McCloskeyat WEP/Annex or Charlie Yott atEEP.

With the possibility of downweeks in the future, it is importantthat when you return from S&Athat you contact your Benefit Repright away. He will be able to helpyou file for E.I. and get you creditfor a one week’s waiting time.This will entitled you to E.I. andSUB for your first down week.

TO ALL DIABETICSThrough Green Shield, you are

entitled to in-home foot care. Youmust medically qualify; for detailssee your Benefit Rep. If you qual-ify, you would be entitled to onevisit every 28 days, up to $60 pervisit.

S & A ISSUESGreat West Life has been ask-

ing for more information on a con-tinuous basis on claims, especiallywhen it comes to claims involvingAnxiety/Depression. This has putmore stress on our employees. Wehave had discussions aroundchanging the supplement form thatwould include more direct ques-tions for your Doctor to answer toeliminate the need for additional

information. Great West Life sends out let-

ters and supplement forms and it isimportant that you read the letterand supply the information theyare requesting such as clinicalnotes from your Doctor, medicaltest results, counselling appoint-ment dates, physio appointment

dates as this will ensure that yourpay continues on schedule. Wewill continue to try to streamlinethe process to help our memberswhen they are off for an illness orinjury.

It has been a very rough year.We have lost active members,retirees and some of our membershave lost loved ones; please keepthem all in your thoughts andprayers.

Enjoy your Christmas Holidaysand spend quality time with yourfamilies and friends. MerryChristmas and Happy New Yearfrom your Benefit Reps.

The following is a list of those members who retired since the lastissue of Local 200 Talks We know we speak for all in Local 200 and

in Unifor in expressing sincere wishes fora long and happy retirement to everyone.

Local 200 New Retirees

Theresa BoltonJohn Turner

Maureen UphamKeith Peterson

Jacques LamarcheShawn PerkinsJoseph CassidyPatricia BelangerRobert MorissetteRobert Thomson

Peter GaspariRichard Sutak

Sharon JonesMaureen Fahsbender

Denis ChenardGilles Marcoux

Douglas ShoemakerRobert JessopKarol FilipovicGary ChedoreJohn Guthrie

Henryk RajewskiKonrad Kamrad

Ford Retirees Chapter JIMMITCHELL

IT’S BEEN a busy summerfor the retirees. We sent delegatesto five conventions since lastspring.

The first was the OntarioFederation of Union Retirees(OFUR), which was held atUnifor’s Family Education Centrein Port Elgin last May. OFUR isaffiliated with the OntarioFederation of Labour.

Delegates attended the UnitedSenior Citizens of Ontario(USCO) in August. The USCOlobbies the Ontario Governmenton behalf of Ontario seniors.

We sent delegates to Unifor’sretirees convention in Port Elginwhich represents Unifor retirees.

N e x t , w e a t t e n d e d t h eCongress of Union Retirees ofCanada (CURC) in Toronto.CURC is affiliated with theCanadian Labour Congress.

Lastly, we sent delegates tot h e N a t i o n a l P e n s i o n e r sFederation (NPF) in Regina. TheNPF speaks for seniors all acrossthe Country.

These organizations speak forseniors to various governmentsabout issues like long term care,nursing homes, medical care, pre-scription drugs and elder abuse.These are services everyone willeventually need as we all are get-ting older.

We heard from a wide varietyof specialists in healthy aging,frauds and scams, identity theft,healthy lifestyles, nursing homes,funeral homes and investing.

There’s a problem amongstseniors with loneliness. Manyseniors are alone in a crowd.Many seniors have lost familymembers and lifelong friends.Some cannot get around easily.They may have mobility issues.They may no longer be able todrive. They may not have accessto public transportation. Manyseniors, especially single women,have low incomes. Some womenwho never worked outside thehome don’t have CPP. They onlyhave OAS and GIS to live on.

Fraud and scams are anotherissue we all have to deal with.There’s lots out there. Crookshave been able to scam credit anddebit card information by plantingdevices in terminals and ATM’s.You don’t have to be a senior to bescammed. Be diligent and protectyour personal information.

Many of our retirees workedon the last municipal elections.Working the phones and droppingoff election literature. It looks likethe balance of power has shiftedmore to the centre-left from the farright in Windsor. The neo-liberalfaction will be the minority oncouncil. From my perch inLaSalle, it will be better for thewhole of Essex County.

The retirees Christmas Partywas held this year at the CiociaroClub on December 11th. This wasa change from the Caboto Club.We support gender equality and asit has been reported, the CabotoClub does not allow women to be

members, which, as a private club,it has the right to make its ownrules. Most gender equality advo-cates are not using the Caboto’sfacilities until changes are made.Another wrinkle in this issue isthat the staff are now members ofUnifor Local 240. Maybe with thelocal’s influence, the Caboto Clubwill change their rules.

The retirees meet the secondThursday of each month, exceptJuly and August at 10:00 am. Ifyou know any Local 200 retirees,please give them this information.

On behalf of the retireesexecutive: Pam Strong, Vice-Chair; Mike Lepine, FinancialSecretary; John Gray, RecordingSecretary; Heather Brunelle,Guide; Roger Lafrancois, Sgt-At-Arms, we wish everyone and theirloved ones a safe and happy holi-day season and a prosperous NewYear.

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“RETIRED FROMTHE JOB,

BUT NOT FROMTHE FIGHT”

Changes continue to happenhere at EEP.

There is the installation of theauto piston pound stations takingplace. This should be completedby early in the New Year.Unfortunately, this will cause theelimination of several existing pis-ton pound jobs.

Construction crews have beenworking in the old Cylinder Headarea by first removing the old Lineand they are now preparing thefloor space for the new Cam carri-er line to support 2021 modelchanges.

There will be significantchanges coming for the “B” and“C” Lines, also for the 2021 modelchanges.

In the block department, theywill be removing the Keller AirHandling Units and replacingthem with a much better Camfilunit. This will be a tremendousimprovement as the scaffolds, thelimestone (silica) and confinedspace issues will also be gone.This work should take place dur-ing the Christmas shut-down, timepermitting.

These type of changes andinvestments in new equipment andtechnology should all be consid-ered good news stories for EEP.

Back in June, the CanadianFord/Unifor Joint Health & SafetyCommittees had the opportunity totake part in the 2018 UAW/FordAnnual Health & SafetyConference in Detroit.

The training session we attend-e d w a s c a l l e d H u m a nOrganizational Performance orHOP. There is just too much infor-mation on this initiative for thisarticle.

In short, this will be a majorculture shift for many people inthe FORD/EEP organization. Thetraditional linear approach was tooquick to find fault, blame and dis-cipline the worker. Valuable infor-mation was not shared for fear ofdiscipline to self or others and sub-sequently significant variableswere not identified. This tradition-al approach did not promote theflow of all pertinent informationand therefore we fell short inunderstanding the whole picture.

As a result, did we make thingsany safer? In fact, many times wefind ourselves waiting for the nextincident to happen. It’s just a mat-ter of when.

This new way of doing busi-ness will require everyone to havea much different approach andmind set when doing investiga-tions of incidents. The approachwould be to gather as much infor-mation from the people doing thework and learning from them whatthey have to do to get the job done.We have much to learn from you.We have just started a HOPLearning Team around PMHVincidents and how to improve thatprocess. Our hope is that we canlearn from the people who do thejob every day. It’s very interestingstuff; stay tuned for more info tofollow.

I would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank my former partner,Chris Benotto, for his knowledge

and input while working with himon the JHSC here at EEP and Iwish him the best in his newassignment at WEP/Annex.

I would also like to welcomeBrian Richie back to EEP in hisnew role as a member of theJHSC. Brian has had much expe-rience during his different assign-ments at Ford Windsor and I amlooking forward to working withhim in our efforts to make safetyimprovements here at EEP. Brianand I are looking forward tocoaching and supporting this newHOP Learning Team initiative.

To those that are working dur-ing the Christmas Holidays, it is adifferent work environment andthe hazards are much different.Please be aware of your environ-ment, work safely and watch outfor each other. To those who are taking the time

off during the Holidays, please besafe out there, whether travellingor staying at home.

On behalf of our SafetyTrainers and the EEP JHSC, Iwould like to wish you and yoursa very Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year!

Health & SafetyGarY BoISSoneaULT, TonY IaCoBInI & JIM BeCHarD

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Essex Engine PlantBy Gary Boissoneault

Ford AnnexBy Tony Iacobini

The 3 valve side of the plant hasbeen running nonstop for quite awhile on all three shifts. Needlessto say, the window to maintainequipment when you run like this isgone. They are limping along andband-aids are everywhere. It makesthings difficult for proper mainte-nance on equipment when you arerunning three shifts and seven days.Hopefully things may get better in

Health & Safety. . . cont’d from previous page

forward by all to address things andget the needle moving in the rightdirection. Many things are beinginstalled daily as we move forward;flooring is going in as I write andhoists and bridge cranes are beinginstalled as well.

I want to thank all the techs fromthe various departments for theirinput and help, but most of all forthe patience that they have allshown with certain things not beingready and installed according to thetimelines.

Although from a safety perspec-tive this program has been to say theleast overwhelming. Going fromtear out, to install and through theentire construction phase, and nowreverting back to industrial. Theentire journey has been an awesomeexperience. Most importantly, weso far have done all of this workwithout a serious injury. I’ve beenhonored to have been part of a trans-formation of an idle and dark area ofthe plant now being filled with ourmembers working on a new pro-gram that will bring work to thisplant for years to come. It hasbrought new life into this plant andeveryone has a great sense of pridein being part of this; it shows everysingle day.

I would like to end by wishingeveryone a very Merry Christmasand all of the best in the New Year.Enjoy your time off with your fam-ilies and friends; it is well deserved.

Remember SAFETY is yourNUMBER ONE priority; you owe itto yourself, more importantly, youowe it to your family.

Another year has come and goneand WEP has made great strides insafety stats as of this month for theyear; from the top of the safety chart(bad) to # 14 (middle) which is animprovement. I give credit to all pro-duction and trades for making theirworking place safer.

The new safety eyeglass policywent into effect earlier this year andwe have had no FTV’s related to safe-ty glasses. So enjoy your breaks andlunches without having to wear glass-es.

TPT’s in the plant are settled in. Itis nice to see senior brothers and sis-ters welcoming them and advisingthem to work safely when questioned.

Brothers and sisters who chose toreturn to Ford from the last hire, wel-come back and be safe.

New cold weather policy intro-duced by Ford Motor Company iswelcomed. For employees workingoutside in the cold, the company shallprovide them with gloves, jackets,and pants/boots as required to per-form their work.

I would like to touch base on somenear misses. We as safety personneldon’t like near misses but realize theyhappen. When we have a near miss,we learn from them and find ways toimprove what happened so the nearmiss doesn’t happen again. Byreporting a near miss you are helpingother employees from being hurt atthe very least. Near misses and theircorrective actions are shared withother Ford plants globally to keep usall safe. SO DON’T BE AFRAID TOREPORT A NEAR MISS.

Cannabis for recreational use isnow legal, but remember, nothing haschanged in the work place; you mustbe fit to work.

Here’s to wishing everyone aSafe and Happy Holidays.

Windsor Engine PlantPower House

By Jim Bechard

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the new year but it doesn’t look thatpromising based on supplyingEssex and Lima with the heads theyrequire.

Our plant has been in a majortransition this year with all the tearout construction completed and thenentering into a new phase of instal-lation construction. Hundreds ofpieces of equipment have beenlanding and being installed through-out the plant and it has been a hugeexperience.

One of the positive things thatwas tied to the Godzilla program isthat they brought in trades leaderson board at a fairly early stage in theprogram. This, in my opinion, hasproven to be a very positive deci-sion as the leaders have done anamazing job at addressing manyissues before hand and with lots ofinput based on their knowledge andbackground in their specific areaswhich has been a huge asset to theprogram. I would like to acknowl-edge and recognize all of the hardwork and efforts made by theseleaders.

The Godzilla project is in highgear and it is a fast moving train.There have been many machinetechs and production leaders gradu-ally coming into the plant in the lastfew months. There has been a lot ofmovement in some of the areas ingetting bugs out and moving partsalong the lines. There is still quite aways to go but there seems to beprogress happening on a regularbasis.

As with any program there arealways roadblocks and issues, but itseems that there is a lot of effort put

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RAY FIELDS – RICHARD POIRIER – JACK GIBBONSIn the past year our Local has mourned the loss

of three retired members who rose to key roles inpositions of leadership during their Local 200careers. Each one of these men were special peo-ple, true leaders in every sense of their actions.They were mentors to many over the years and willnever be forgotten. We extend our heartfelt condo-

lences to Ray’s wife Debbie, Jacks wife Sue, andRichard’s wife Connie.

We also wish to thank each one of these specialwomen for “sharing” their husbands with theLocal. Each of you has truly made a sacrifice thatmany would not understand and we will always begrateful.

RAY FIELDS rose through theranks of the Local to becomeVice President. He was a fieryleader who told it like it was anddid not sugar coat anything. Hewas passionate in defending therights of our members, andwould not back down from any-one or anything if he felt he wasright. Ray also had a kinder and gen-

tler side as well. He was afounding member of Club 200,very active in the United Way,and was a founding sponsor ofthe building and maintenance ofa school for under privilegedgirls in Haiti.

RICHARD POIRIER was aformer Chairperson at the WindsorCasting Plant who moved on tobeing the first Local 200 EmployeeFamily Assistance Program Rep-resentative. He was passionateabout his work in helping our mem-bers with substance abuse andaddiction issues get the help theyneeded to beat and control their dis-ease.

Richard was always there forany member who needed help; heeven once took in a member’s wifeand children, and had them live inhis own house with his family so themember could go into a programand get their life back on track.

JACK GIBBONS was along serving Chairperson atEssex Aluminum Plant; he ranthe plant with an iron fist, whenhe spoke management listened!Jack was tough but fair, wellrespected by all who knew him,be it on the shop floor or thecompany boardroom.

He was also veryinvolved in community eventsand was a founding member ofClub 200. Jack remained activewith the Local after his retire-ment. He was Chairperson ofour Local 200 Ford RetireesChapter when he passed away.

OBITUARIESThe following is a list of those members who have passed away since the last issue of 200 Talks

They will be missed by the membership of Unifor Local 200.

Active:ROMEO DI REZZEAMANDO ZILIO

NICULAE “Nick” MARIN

Retired:JOHN “Jack” GIBBONS

MARVIN SMITHROBERT “Bob” MURRAY

GILBERT WILSONROBERT “Bob” MacINTOSH

HAROLD LESLIE “Les” PIGEONMARIO GATTI

GORDON ELLWOODMIKE KRASCHAK

MICHAEL BLAISSTIEPAN SEKULIC

JOHN HELLOKENNETH “Joe” LOGAN

GEORGE ABELAROBERT PEARCEMILAN BUKARICAVITTORIO PIDUTTI

MICHAEL BATRINCHAPHIL FRAM

RICHARD POIRIERRAYMOND FIELDS

JOE BENCZEROBERT “Bob” CLIFFORD

ANGELO SIRIZZOTTIKENNETH STEERSWAYNE SKEATESLEO PAUL MARTIN

VINCENC TROJANSEKCLARENCE McINTYREDENNIS BONNEAU

JOHN “Jack” MURTAGHNICK IFTINIUK

CASIMIRO FERREIRALARRY PILLONDANE POTREBIC

ANDREA MALANDRUCCOLOSALVATORE SCALIA

JOSIP PECAR

DAVID LAMPHIERDENNIS MCCLOSKEY

GIUSEPPE “Joe” LACIVITAKEN BAILLARGEONJOZSEF KOVACSRAYMOND SEGUINDANIEL WOODSIMON CHRISTDAN SLOTE

RONALD PARENTFRANCO “Frank” FERRARI

ORVILLE ROBERTSTOJAN STOJCEVSKI

DAVID TALBOY

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YOUR ENVIRONMENTCOMMITTEE has had a verybusy 2018.

Each April we have a spot atthe Earth Day celebration atMalden Park, where we hand outtree saplings for families to takehome and plant in their yards. Thechildren are always excited withthe idea that they can plant a treethat will still be there for theirgrandchildren to climb.

For the last couple of years, wehave been handing out FreemansMaple Trees, which are relativelyquick growing and have beautifulfall foliage.

Our committee members alsotake part in other tree plantingsaround the city and have reallyenjoyed planting with Local 444members and their families onFCA property along Grand MaraisDrain.

Educating children and theirfamilies is an important part ofwhat we do. Each February, mem-bers from our Committee attendthe Grade Eight Social JusticeForum where we get to speak totwo groups of grade eight studentsfrom each school in the city andcounty about Water as a HumanRight; that’s about 170 kids.

These young activists werereally moved by the fact that someIndigenous Canadians in northerncommunities are living in thirdworld conditions with some com-munities having continuous boilwater advisories for years.

It is not just the northern com-

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEEDEBBY GRANT

munities though. Earlier this yearOneida First Nations, 20 minutesthis side of London, had a boilwater advisory that turned into athree day “Do Not Use” advisory,where the water was completelyturned off. This is primarily aninfrastructure p r ob l em t h a tthe Trudeau Government hadpromised to deal with. Time to getmoving on this Justin!

Our Committee also helps outat the Children’s Water Fest. Thisis a week-long event in whichschools send their grade 3, 4 or 5classes to for a day-long field tripto learn about Water Conservation,Water Security and Water as aHuman Right through a variety ofhands on activities.

The children learn that water isa precious resource that we mustprotect and treat with respect.Every day, different high schoolssend 100 students to help out andwe even have a “French Day”

Time of Use Billing from enwin UtilitiesWINTER - November 1 to April 30Low $ Low $ High $ Moderate $ High $Weekends & 7:00 pm 7:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm Stat Holidays 7:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm 7:00 pm

Weekdays

SUMMER - May 1 to October 31Low $ Low & Moderate $ High $ Moderate $Weekends & 7:00 pm 7:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pmStat Holidays 7:00 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm 7:00 pm

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where all the students from theFrench Immersion schools attend.This was the 15th year for theChildren’s Water Fest and we havehad over 100,000 children throughthe program.

Please be reminded that withthe return to standard time, Time-of-use billing for your electricityuse switches back to the winterbilling schedule. Weekends andStatuary Holidays are considered alow priced time to use electricity,but see the attached chart for theweekday schedule.

Happy Holidaysfrom

your Environment Committee, Cheers!

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Have A Safe and Enjoyable Holiday Season!Have A Safe and Enjoyable Holiday Season!