APR 2023

JILL SCOTT                                  

EDITOR                                 UNION HALL                            PRESIDENT

(515) 283-1784 X4                           (515) 283-1784        (515) 283-1784 X1

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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

 

UNITED HEALTH CARE HERITAGE PREMIER www.myuhc.com 

          1-888-533-3731

UNITED HEALTH CARE CHOICE PLUS 

     1-888-533-3731 (Outside IA-IL Area)

UNITED HEALTH CARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (Retirees)

          1-866-811-8476

UNITED BEHAVORIAL HEALTH

          1-888-533-7311

UNITED HEALTH CARE DENTAL

          1-800-996-7518

OptumRX (Prescriptions)

          1-888-279-2568

UNITED HEALTH CARE VISION

1-888-533-3731  www.myuhc.com 

DEERE BENEFIT CENTER

Alight Solutions 

          1-844-689-7833 (Active & Retired)

Aon Hewitt (PENSION)

          1-844-689-7833

MET-LIFE LEGAL PLANS (f/k/a HYATT)

    1-800-821-6400 www.legalplans.com 

FIDELITY 401K BENEFITS

          1-800-354-3427

JOHN DEERE PLANT

          515-289-1350

JOHN DEERE MEDICAL

          515-289-3219 / Fax: 515-289-3487

LOCAL 450 UNION HALL

          515-283-1784

SHOP COMMITTEE

Chair, Keith Chada

          515-289-3206

Josh Overton

          515-289-3230

Jon Vaughan

          515-289-3069

Pat Garcia

          515-289-3068

UAW SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE

Steve Bradley

          515-289-3653/Cell: 515-306-3777

UNION TIME STUDY REPRESENTATIVE

Keith Frette

          515-289-3542

UPCOMING HOLIDAYS 2023

Apr 7, Good Friday

May 29, Memorial Day

July 3-4, Independence Day

Sept 4, Labor Day

Nov 10, Veterans Day

Nov 23-24, Thanksgiving

Dec 24-Jan 1, Holiday Shutdown

RETURN TO WORK JAN 2, 2024

STEWARDS & REGULAR MEETING

The next Stewards Meeting will be held at 8:00 AM and the Regular Meeting at 9:00 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Union Hall. Agenda includes regular order of business.  Nominations will be taken for all Executive Board Offices, four (4) Shop Committee, and two (2) Safety Committee positions.

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS

Nominations will be taken following the April 15, 2023 Regular Membership Meeting at 9:00 AM for the following Officers and Committees of Local 450 UAW:  President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Three (3) Trustees, Sergeant-at-Arms, Guide, Four (4) Shop Committee, and two (2) Safety Committee positions.

Election date yet to be set/approved by the membership is “tentatively” scheduled to be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Local 450 Union Hall, 4589 NW 6th Drive, Des Moines, IA.  Run-Off Election (if necessary) will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the Union Hall.  All active and retired members in good standing are eligible to vote.  Retirees cannot vote for the Shop Committee or Safety Committee positions.

**BRING YOUR UNION CARD TO VOTE**

EASTER EGG HUNT!!!  PICTURES WITH EASTER BUNNY!

Open to family and friends of Local 450 members and retirees.  Come one, come all.

Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Place: UAW Local 450 Union Hall

4589 NW 6th Drive, Des Moines, IA

Activities: Hunt from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Pictures from 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Crafts and Snacks!

  IMPORTANT REMINDER  

If you are receiving a lost time check, bonus makeup, refund of dues, expense check, tournament prize winnings check, etc. from the Local Union, please attempt to cash the checks in the same month as they were issued.  Remember, our policy is that any check issued is good for only 90 days from the date written. After 90 days, the checks will be voided, and you will have to come to the Union Hall to have it reissued.

James Kingery

Financial Secretary-Treasurer

 

RETIREES NOTE

We would like to welcome the following new Chapter members:  Paul Billings, Mark Tedford, and Bruce Elsinger.  Come join us at our meetings!

The next Retirees Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, April 12th at 12:00 Noon with the menu of Pulled Pork, Beans and Coleslaw from Smokey D’s then meeting at 1:00 PM. With the ongoing Covid-19 Virus, no Potluck will be held. We want everyone to be safe. DO NOT BRING FOOD IN unless it’s in a store-bought prepared package/box.

The $25.00 door prize winners in March were Gary Eubank and Bruce Elsinger.  Terrell Burleson and Robert Moore’s names were drawn for the $225.00 progressive prize, but they were not present.

Nominations will be taken at the April 12th meeting for all offices in the Retirees Chapter and one (1) delegate position for the Retired Workers Council.  Elections will be held at the May 10th meeting.  Now’s the time to continue to be active in your Union and run for an elected position in our Retirees Chapter.

RETIREMENT CONGRATS!

Apr 21:  Tony Bennett, Dept. 40A 

May 31: Douglas Fenton, Dept. 42

THANK YOU NOTES

Family of Mark “Butch” Alexander (Funeral)

Family of Kent Harper (Funeral)

Holly Harper-Murrin’s Brother

MOURN FOR THE DEAD –

FIGHT FOR THE LIVING

OBSERVE WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY

Every year on April 28, the Unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces.

  IN MEMORY

Gaylen Chesnut

~Hired 06-03-68 ~Retired 10-31-03 ~Deceased 01-17-23

Don J. Piper

~Hired 07-16-56 ~Retired 08-31-87 ~Deceased 03-08-23

Jerry McCullough

~Hired 06-10-59 ~Retired 06-30-89 ~Deceased 03-12-23

CHAPLAIN CHAT by Curt Forney……

A well-to-do banker had a wild and reckless son. The banker had sense enough to make money but not sense enough to discipline his son and make him behave. At last, the rebellious lad ran away and joined the Navy. On the ship he got into one scrape after another, and he landed in the brig again and again. Finally, he was called before the captain of the ship. The captain said to the young man, "Son, I hear you are having trouble. You don’t seem to want to obey the rules." The young man was silent. He had said to some of the other sailors that the Navy could not make him do anything. The captain was aware of the young man’s comments, and so he proceeded to say, "Son, you are in the Navy. It is true we cannot make you do anything. We can’t make you into a good sailor if you don’t want to be. We cannot make you keep the rules if you have no sense of loyalty. No, we can’t make you do anything." At those words the young man seemed to smirk. "However," the captain went on to say, "Maybe we can’t make you do anything, but we can sure make you wish you had.” The Bible says, “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.” (Proverbs 19:20) As I join millions of Christians around the world and celebrate Easter this month, I, for one, am grateful that Jesus was disciplined enough to obey His Father’s will-all the way to the cross. Think about it.