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WAUKESHA INTERNATIONAL  TRUCK & ENGINE CORP.

                     WELCOME TO LOCAL SOAR CHAPTER 2-6

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                                                Local Usw 3740 

 

Steelworkers Org. of Active Retirees Steelworkers Org. of Active Retirees About SOAR Membership SOAR was established in 1985 to organically link the USWA’s active members with those in retirement so that both can work on common problems. SOAR has proved to be a true partner of our active membership in the pursuit of economic security. In recognition of this partnership the delegates to the 30th International Convention voted unanimously to add ...more Sign up for SOAR Chapter Membership today - Only $1 a month Soar provides a way for retired members of the USWA and their spouses to remain a part of one of the most respected and effective organizations in America Thousands of Steelworkers retirees have said they want to continue to be involved actively with their union. Now the United Steelworkers ...more Steelworkers Org. of Active Retirees Steelworkers Org. of Active Retirees SOAR is Growing! Contact SOAR In the last eighteen months SOAR dues paying memberships have grown by over 17,000. A total of seventeen new SOAR chapters have been chartered and several more are close to completion. Districts Nine and Eight have led the way in chartering new SOAR chapters. At the International SOAR Conference two SOAR coordinators were honored for their achievements ...more SOAR Feedback Name: Address: City, State, Zip Code Email Address Soar Chapter Comments Mailing Address: Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR)5 Gateway Center, Room 701Pittsburgh, PA 15222Phone: (412) ...more                                                   IH retirees advised not to sign up for Medicare Part D Retirees of International Harvester and Navistar should not participate in Medicare Part D. Those who do will lose their life insurance, prescription drug coverage and all of their other benefits, according to Thomas Van Houten, benefit representative for the Canton area. "Please do not go on Medicare Part D. This is what happens if you go on this: You lose everything from Navistar. And I do mean everything," Van Houten said in a letter to all retirees and living spouses of Navistar and IH workers. Van Houten said benefits for IH and Navistar retirees and living spouses will remain the same in 2006 as they have been in 2005. The deductible for Medicare will stay $200, and the deductible for those not on Medicare will remain the same. Costs for dental care, eyeglasses and hearing will remain the same as in 2005 as well. "Please go to providers on this, and go to where Medicare assignment is accepted. In closing for Medicare people, please do not take out Medicare Part D. This is for medicine, but our program is a lot better," Van Houten said. He also said there are plans to take Navistar to court on two issues. One is the increase in drug costs. For example, the cost for prescription drugs when no generic drugs exist has risen to $7 from $4. Van Houten said that is a violation of the court agreement of 1993 when Navistar went into bankruptcy. "Please keep your records on your medicine. We are asking to have everyone paid on the drugs they have bought," Van Houten said. The second legal issue to be raised, he said, is where Navistar has received $32 million for the cost of drugs from the government. "We are going to court to get our share under the profit-sharing agreement of 1993," Van Houten said. Van Houten added that if anyone had any questions to call him at home at 649-1278

International Truck & Engines News     US: Ford tells dealers to halt diesel truck sales 22 March 2007  Ford was reported to have told dealers on Wednesday to temporarily stop selling certain 2008 F-series Super Duty diesel pickups after receiving reports of flames shooting out of the vehicle's tailpipe. Ford recalls 37,400 f-Series pick-up trucks Ford Motor Co. is recalling 37,400 Super Duty F-Series pickups after three customers saw flames coming out of the trucks’ tailpipes, the U.S. automaker said. Only 8,400 of the 2008 model-year trucks with 6.4-liter diesel engines have been sold, spokesman Dan Jarvis told United Press International Thursday. The 29,000 others are still on dealer lots. The popular trucks went on sale in February. During this heightened alert status we increase our outreach efforts to encourage you to share our sign up link with all of those you feel will benefit from receiving Homeland Security notices by e-mail and wireless device. For the mass transit portion of the transportation sector which includes only regional and inter-city passenger rail, subways and metropolitan bus systems. Please refer family, friends and coworkers to the sign up link at...   http://www.emergencyemail.org/     :  DISASTER SUPPORT CONTACT NUMBERS American Red Cross (Health and Welfare Inquires) 866-GET-INFO (866-438-4636) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Individual Disaster Assistance) 800-621-FEMA (800-621-3362) Salvation Army for Volunteering 888-363-2769                                                                                                                                                                  Enter a City or US Zip:                                                                                                 South Eastern Wisconsin Radar from NOAA      Position Interest: Warehouse Driver 1st s                                     Welcome Sisters and Brothers The Home Page of Richard Lyons ,Trustee  of Local Soar Chapter 2-6 Soar / United Steelworkers of America, District 2 is dedicated to helping local union members  and Soar members learn more about the World Wide Web. My goal is to create a gathering place of resources for on-line labor activists. The Voice of Labor is mostly silent in Cyber-Space. This must change. We are on the edge of the 21st Century, the Twilight of the Industrial Age and the Dawn of the Information Age. Labor must adapt or perish. Like most of the Web, this Home Page is a work in progress. Your comments and feedback are needed.   THE WORD “NO”  Some of you ask, “What has the Union ever done for me?”  Well let me tell you.  Before the Union, the word was NO!                                          No tuition refund                                                 No job security                                                 No representation                                                 No grievance procedure                                                 No job classifications                                                 No protective equipment                                                 No shift preference                                                 No overtime after 8 hours                                                 No time-and-a-half for Saturday                                                 No double-time on Sunday                                                 No triple-time for holidays                                                 No call-in pay                                                 No paid holidays                                                 No paid vacations                                                 No paid absence                                                 No shift premiums                                                 No bereavement pay                                                 No jury duty                                                 No paid life insurance                                                 No sickness & accident benefits                                                 No medical protection                                                 No layoff disability benefits                                                 No S.U.B.                                                 No short work week benefits                                                 No prescription drug benefits                                                 No livable wage   And last but not least:   NO SENIORITY!  That’s what it was like before the Union.  Now the word is YES!!! Remember, management did not give you this.  A strong Union and its members bargained and fought hard for these rights and benefits that you now enjoy.    Local Soar 2-6 Officers Board Members   Phone E-Mail Address President BOB BERGMAN  NA NA Vice President JOE NICOSIA  NA NA Treasurer K. JOHNSON  NA NA  Sec. DUANE PIEPER  NA NA Trustee   Phone E-Mail Address Richard Lyons 262-506-9599 or 262-227-5128 pronet@wi.rr.com Larry  Ahrendt NA NA   Willie Markhan NA NA                                  © 2000- 2007 Local Soar Chapter 2-6 & Local USW 3740     COPYRIGHT© 2000-03  LOCAL SOAR CHAPTER 2-6 and local  740. ALL RIGHT RESERVED.