The Seelbach Hotel, site of the 2009 meeting.	The famous Colonel Sanders!

10-19-2009 The 2009 Members Meeting was held Oct 16-17, 2009 in Louisville Ky. A Power Point file of the presentations is available for downloading by members here.

President, Mike Forbes	Secretary, Heather Rasmussen, and VP Steve Beres	KC,Mo., Area Rep, Ron Johnson, and Grievance Chair, Roger White

Members note: The President's Message area now will be private. Members can use their access data to view.

8-4-09(Update) The 2009 Annual Meeting will be held in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, October 16th.  There will be a welcoming get together on Friday evening before the meeting. 
 
Except for officers, trustees, the grievance chair and the web chair, costs for hotel, travel and expenses will not be reimbursed in this a non-election and non-contract year.  The meeting minutes will be posted to the "members only" section of the web site. If members are coming unreimbursed or not please let Secretary, Heather Rasmussen, know at least a month in advance, so that we can size our meeting room forum and materials copies to accommodate.
 

4-13-09 The Union's grievance of the termination of a Kansas City, Mo. staff attorney has been denied by an arbitrator in a  decision of March 31, 2009. The ruling was that the Plan's termination decision was justified.

1-25-09 The members forum has been updated with new software powered by Blogger..

1-25-09 Hof's Blog now allows members to comment on Hof's postings.

October 20, 2008 Local 3357 held its 2008 Membership meeting in Cleveland the weeekend of October 17-18, 2008.

Executive Board at Cleveland Marriott Hotel 10-17-08

Local Officers get sworn in: H. Rasmussen, M. Forbes, S. Beres, M. Mays

About 20 Officers, Area Reps, other officials and members attended. Highlights of discussion were the state of the American automobile companies, Union finances, election results, and bargaining items.

Sept 2008 Jordon Delmonte relected as Cleveland Area Rep 2-1.

8-14-08 The election results are as follows:
(Note: All positions but one Area Rep (13) position were unopposed.)

Photos from the recently concluded negotiations.

From left: Roger White, Council 66 Rep, Peter Nickles, Mike Forbes, Heather Rasmussen, Steve Beres

From left: Matt Mason, Don Dace, Elaine Eizelman, Exec Director, Bob Essler

Negotiators, John L Lewis (left), Anthony (Tony) Soprano, and Eugene V. Debs, ponder employer's 100% reduction in salary proposal. :-)

8-1-08 The Membership has approved the new CBA by a substantial margin. Signing bonuses likely will appear in the 8-14 paychecks.

7-17-08 The Local is holding its 2008 Elections now. All members can expect to receive Nomination Forms by mail soon. After nominations are made a second mailing will include ballots for voting.

7-17-08 The 2008 Membership meeting plans announced. See Meeting Page for details.

2-1-08 Mike Forbes has appointed the members of the 2008 Negotiating Committee:

From Back-Heather Rasmussen (Janesville),Pres. Mike Forbes (Louisville), VP Steve Beres (Twinsburg), Roger White (Dallas) and alternates are Deanne Robison (Elyria) and Steve Hofer (Indy West).