Joshua Knauer is the son of
Wanda and Tim Knauer of Coudersport, Pa, both are members of local 88612.
Joshua is a 2007 grad of Coudersport Jr/Sr High school. He is Currently
attending Geneva college and majoring in Business-Finance.
Brett Reed is the son of
Mike and Sue Reed of Genesee, Pa. Mike is a member of local 88612.
Brett is a 2010 grad of Northern Potter High School. He will be
attending Alfred State (tech) in Wellsville, NY.
The Local would like to wish both students the best of luck in their
future endeavors.
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Reminder:
June is the last month to count toward pension.
Beginning July 1st contributions will be made toward your 401k account at
a rate of: 10yrs or less 3%, 10yrs to 20yrs 4%, 20+yrs 5% of your
gross wages. If you are currently enrolled in the 401k plan, your deposit
will be distributed according to the electives you currently have. If you
are not currently enrolled, your deposits will be invested in
Equity
and Income Fund (OAKBX)*. More
info will be mailed to employees.
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Flex spending enrollees.
your accounts with SDA will be transferred
to BSBCNC on July 1st for administrative proposes. BCBSNC will be sending
letters to enrollees with further details.
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Wellness Bio metrics program.
Sign up for the next bio metrics screening
will be June 14th to June 25th. Be sure to sign up to qualify to receive 2
months of your deductible off. For a savings of $450.00 for family and
$162.00 for employee only.
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Update: Anniversary party had a great
turnout. Over one hundred people
showed up to help celebrate our 20 years of unity. The local would like to
thank the Activities Committee for doing an excellent job. We also thank
American legion post 192 for the use of their facilities. Photos from the
party can be seen here.
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New Trustee for the local.
Sheri Boucher is the newest member of the executive board for the local.
Sheri has been very involved in union activities in the past. She now
holds a trustee position that was opened after Lisa Kio resigned. The
Executive board welcomes Sheri and is looking forward to working with her
in the future.
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Morgan AM&T launches new intranet
site. The site is currently limited
to those with computer access at Morgan facilities, the site may be open
for all Morgan AM&T employees in the future. It will be a very useful tool
for communications to the rank and file members once it is open to all.
There has been a lack in communications over the last year from the upper
echelon to hourly employees.
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Companies Safety Committee
temporarily disbanded.
According to H.R. the committee is under restructuring at this time. If
any Employee has a safety issue, you can refer it to the locals safety
committee, your supervisor, and there are also the "Stop" safety cards.
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Employee discharged for
insubordination. A Union member was
discharged after another Union member turned in the accused for not
following the requests of the Groupleader. It is not clear why the
accusing union member made the accusation and not the groupleader. The
incident is under grievance at this time.
