Post by TonyV on Jun 12, 2014 15:20:03 GMT -5
President Dunn’s Weekly Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 117, June 13, 2014
15th annual Labor Day Picnic and Car Show at the louisville zoo – All union members and their families are invited to join us Monday, September 1, 2014 at the Louisville Zoo, 1100 Trevilian Way, Lou. KY, for the Labor Day Picnic and Car Show sponsored by Greater Louisville United Labor. Tickets include all-day admission to the zoo, parking, picnic, food & drink (served 11am-3pm), car show and kids’ inflatables. There will be cash giveaways to some lucky ticket holders. Must attend to win. Advanced tickets only $7.00, Tickets purchased the day of the event at the gate $9.00. Children 2 and under are free. Off-site parking and shuttles will be available. Zoo hours: 10:00am to 5:00pm (exhibits remain open until 6:00pm). Ticket information is available if you visit louisvillezoo.org/union/tickets.htm.
Tickets can be purchased at both union halls and in the plants. LAP employees can purchase tickets from Ralph Napier at location E-18 (ph#502-364-3674). KTP employees can purchase tickets from Mark Baker in the in-plant union office (ph#502-429-2291, 502-429-2688).
LAP Community Services committee is asking members at both LAP and KTP to save their unused toiletries (i.e. shampoo, body wash, and conditioner) from the hotel stays while on vacation this Summer. You can drop them off at either of the Local 862 Union Halls from now until August 1. We will have bins in the secretaries’ offices to collect your donations. The items collected will be donated to the Wayside Christian Mission and Camp Taylor Elementary.
UAW/FORD 12TH Annual JDRF Awareness Ride & Poker Run – This event will be held Sunday, August 17, 2014. Ride day registration begins at 8:00am. Registration will be held in front of the two story glass Administration Building at KTP. Motorcycles will be staged at Gate 2 entrance. Ride leaves at 10:00am, rain or shine. End destination will be the KTP Union Hall at 2702 Chamberlain Lane. For more ride information visit www.fordktpcares.com.
Memorial Fund Foundation fund raiser in memory of Marissa Elmore and Destinee Barr will be held a Smokey’s Bar and Grill located at 8209 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40219 on June 22, 2014, from 1pm – close. Music by Derby City Rockers. Tickets $5.00. Contact Dave Elmore for questions 502-664-3671.
**Due to the Constitutional Convention the June Membership Meeting was rescheduled for June 17, 2014.
Dates to Remember:
6/15 – Father’s Day
6/17 – **Membership Meeting at the KTP Union Hall, 12:00pm and 6:00pm Kings Island Summer and Fall Tickets will be available
6/20 – UAW Civil and Human Rights Committee Kentuckiana Pride Parade & Festival 7:30pm-12:00am on the Belvedere. Click for info www.kypride.com/
6/21 – First Day of Summer
6/21 – 2nd Annual CLUW Yard Sale at the LAP Union Hall
6/21 – LAP Community Services Committee Car Wash at the LAP Union Hall, 9:00am-1:00pm
7/04 – Independence Day (UAW Negotiated Holiday)
7/13 – 15th Annual JDRF Golf Scramble at Fuzzy Zoeller’s Covered Bridge Golf Club
7/28 – UAW 862 CAP Meeting at the LAP Union Hall @ 2:30pm and 6:30pm
8/17 - 12th Annual JDRF Awareness Ride and Poker Run. For ride info check out fordktpcares.com and click Event Calendar
9/01 – Labor Day
9/01 – Labor Day Picnic and Car Show at the Louisville Zoo
9/07 – JDRF Open Car & Motorcycle Show at Mike Linnig’s Restaurant
9/07 – Grandparents Day
9/23 – First Day of Autumn
Employee Discount – Discount tickets are available for Nascar at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY. Family and friends of Ford/UAW employees can receive tickets for the June 28, 2014 Quaker State 400. Tower tickets are $60 (regularly $109). Visit www.kentuckyspeedway.com/tickets , select Quaker State 400, enter code “UNITED” in Access and Offer, select your seat and click Go, then the discount will appear.
Employee Discount - Heritage Hills Golf Club located at 1040 Valley View Rd, Shepherdsville, KY 40165 in Bullitt County (502) 531-0606 is offering all active and retired members, as well as other Ford employees, a $10 discount on normal green fees when they show their Union ID card, Ford ID card, or retiree card.
Employee Discount – Old School NY Pizza is offering $2 off any pizza to Ford Employees with a Ford ID. In addition a lunch special for $6.00 consisting of two slices of pizza and a fountain drink; all day, every day.
*Next week they will introduce an all new pizza pie to commemorate Ford/UAW workers.
Questions or comments? Email me at mdunn7@ford.com or call 502-241-9491