Worker to Worker News

                                                                              May 27, 2010

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

     We would like to remind everyone that Monday, May 31, 2010, is a union negotiated holiday honoring Memorial Day. Please remember the men and women who served in the military, who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. We here at Jeep would like to say thank you and we salute all the men and women who are serving in our military forces that protect us in our country each and everyday. This has allowed all of us to enjoy the freedoms and rights that we have in this country today.

     The schedule for the Liberty/Nitro line for the month of June is as follows: 9 hours a day through June 25, 2010, with no Saturdays currently in the schedule. We are on schedule to build out the 2010 Model Year on July 9, 2010. The vacation shutdown still remains the same being the weeks of July 12 and July 19 with a return to work date on July 26, 2010.

     The schedule for the Wrangler line for the month of June is as follows: 9 hours a day, and the scheduled Saturdays being June 5, 12 and 26.   The week of August 2, 2010 is scheduled to be a down week and the employee's vacation allotment for time off will not be reduced. The union will provide employees with a mass layoff number from the State of Ohio.

     Starting with the month of April there has been a spike in our absenteeism. As all of you may remember the company came out with a new stricter absentee program for all Chrysler facilities under the Master Agreement. Your committee argued that the employee's here at the Toledo Jeep Complex do come to work and that we did not need the new absentee program. The company agreed with us and we were able to remain under the current absentee program providing that we do not exceed the national level code one (1) absenteeism rate for three (3) consecutive months. At the end of April we surpassed the Master Agreement for national code one (1) rate absenteeism for the first time. The following paragraph is the exact letter that the company agreed to follow:

               Dear Sir:

    The current absentee policy for the Toledo Assembly Complex has historically provided competitive results. However, in the event the average code one absenteeism rate of the Toledo Assembly Complex exceeds the average code one absenteeism rate of the Master Agreement Assembly Operations for a period of three (3) consecutive months, the UAW/Chrysler Attendance Procedure shall serve as a replacement to the existing Toledo Assembly Attendance Procedure, and be instituted throughout the Toledo Assembly Complex in order to reduce casual absences and tardies.   Upon implementation of this Attendance Procedure previous occurrences will not be considered under the new procedure.

            Very truly yours,
            Chrysler LLC

     We cannot stress how important it is for each and everyone of you to come to work each and everyday on time so this new attendance program under the Master Agreement is not implemented here at the Toledo Jeep Complex. Thank you very much for your cooperation with this very important issue.

    Please have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend and remember to always treat each other with dignity and respect.