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Looking ahead at the uaw-Chrysler National Training Center summer 2013 Volume 12 • Number 1 www.uaw-chrysler.com WCMA makes mark as learning lab foR real world Frank Kidd Inside Tomorrow On Ramp 2 General Holiefield and Al Iacobelli welcome the return of Tomorrow. Cruise Control 3 Tuition Assistance Plan helps the learning continue. Real People 6 Dynette King carries on the family tradition. In the Loop 8 Help us honor our military family members this year. Online Tomorrow Extra is coming soon!
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Looking ahead at the uaw-<strong>Chrysler</strong> National Training Center<br />
summer 2013<br />
Volume 12 • Number 1<br />
www.uaw-chrysler.<strong>com</strong><br />
WCMA makes<br />
mark as learning<br />
lab foR real world<br />
Frank Kidd<br />
Inside Tomorrow<br />
On Ramp 2<br />
General Holiefield<br />
and Al Iacobelli wel<strong>com</strong>e<br />
the return of Tomorrow.<br />
Cruise Control 3<br />
Tuition Assistance Plan helps<br />
the learning continue.<br />
Real People 6<br />
Dynette King carries<br />
on the family tradition.<br />
In the Loop 8<br />
Help us honor our military<br />
family members this year.<br />
Online<br />
Tomorrow Extra<br />
is <strong>com</strong>ing soon!
On Ramp<br />
Side by side<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Vice President General Holiefield (left),<br />
and <strong>Chrysler</strong> Vice President Alphons Iacobelli.<br />
Tomorrow is back! After an absence<br />
of more than five years, the National<br />
Training Center’s quarterly employee<br />
publication resumes its mission of keeping<br />
open lines of <strong>com</strong>munication with <strong>UAW</strong>-<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> workers.<br />
Tomorrow returns better than ever,<br />
with a refreshed look and a new online<br />
edition called Tomorrow Extra that enables<br />
us to share more information, more often.<br />
And, we’re proud to announce that our<br />
lineup will include a 2013 Veterans Day<br />
Special Issue to honor <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group<br />
employees who have been in the U.S.<br />
Armed Services and those who currently<br />
serve in the National Guard or Reserves.<br />
Since Tomorrow was last published in<br />
November 2007, the <strong>UAW</strong> and <strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
have joined with Fiat SpA to over<strong>com</strong>e<br />
unprecedented adversity and transform<br />
the <strong>com</strong>pany into an industry leader.<br />
We did so by collaborating to achieve<br />
sustainable success, driven by our new<br />
World Class Manufacturing (WCM)<br />
culture. The NTC plays a vital role<br />
in this turnaround by supporting the<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> WCM Academy, which is<br />
featured in our cover story.<br />
The best is yet to <strong>com</strong>e for the <strong>UAW</strong><br />
and <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group as we continue to<br />
reinvent ourselves, adapt to change – and<br />
do it together.<br />
Buy what we build<br />
When it came time for Rodger<br />
Sutek to look for a new car,<br />
he didn’t have to search very<br />
hard. Working at Belvidere (Ill.)<br />
Assembly, he knew his next<br />
car would be a Dodge Dart.<br />
The <strong>UAW</strong> Local 1268 member<br />
assembles doors on the<br />
new Dart.<br />
“I treat every car as if I was<br />
building it for myself,” said Sutek.<br />
“All of my friends know I drive<br />
a Dart that I built, and it’s just<br />
awesome. None of my friends<br />
will ever have the experience of<br />
building their own car<br />
from scratch.”<br />
Sutek, who splits driving time in<br />
his 2013 Dart Limited with his<br />
wife Karissa, especially likes the<br />
handling capabilities of the car,<br />
Rodger Sutek and son<br />
William think the new<br />
Dart is pretty cool.<br />
along with its stylish good looks.<br />
The couple plans to take it to the<br />
racetrack this summer to run in<br />
sanctioned autocross events.<br />
“Knowing the Dart is something I<br />
can drive and everyone else can<br />
drive makes me like my job even<br />
more,” he says. “It’s not like I’m<br />
building something I will never<br />
see. I see them all the time and<br />
actually look for them on the road<br />
when I’m driving. It’s pretty cool.”<br />
Sutek always encourages family<br />
and friends to check out the Dart<br />
and has convinced one friend to<br />
purchase a Dart Rallye. And he’s<br />
confident that the pride he shares<br />
in the car he builds will rub off on<br />
others and produce even more<br />
Dart sales in the future.<br />
Build it, boost it!<br />
The <strong>Chrysler</strong> Employee Advantage Program gives you the opportunity<br />
to increase sales of vehicles you build while helping eligible family and<br />
friends purchase or lease a new <strong>Chrysler</strong> vehicle with<br />
healthy discounts.<br />
Each discount program offers a percentage<br />
off factory invoice on most new <strong>Chrysler</strong>,<br />
Jeep®, Dodge, Ram and<br />
FIAT ® vehicles.<br />
For more information on the<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Employee Advantage<br />
Program, visit www.ea.chrysler.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
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Aletra Johnson<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> Tuition Assistance Plan<br />
opens door to self-improvement<br />
By Tony Veneziano<br />
It’s never too late to go back to<br />
school. Just ask <strong>UAW</strong> members<br />
Aletra Johnson and Kenneth<br />
Keesee. Each has been a <strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
employee since 1999 when,<br />
coincidentally, they were hired just<br />
three days apart. Both are taking<br />
advantage of the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) to<br />
further their educations and careers<br />
with the <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />
Johnson, 45, who is a Machine<br />
Operator at Marysville (Mich.)<br />
Axle, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree<br />
in business management at Baker<br />
College. TAP has helped her cover<br />
the cost of six classes to date.<br />
To help juggle a full-time job<br />
with higher learning, Johnson takes<br />
some classes online, allowing her<br />
to schedule studies around shifts<br />
at the plant. The <strong>UAW</strong> Local 961<br />
member used TAP while earning<br />
Kenneth Keesee<br />
Lifelong learning<br />
an associate’s degree in <strong>com</strong>puter<br />
information systems.<br />
“The Tuition Assistance Plan is<br />
very important because school is<br />
expensive,” says Johnson. “I want<br />
to move up within the <strong>com</strong>pany;<br />
that’s what motivated me to go<br />
back to school. TAP helps you get<br />
an education and better yourself,<br />
which is important in this day<br />
and age.”<br />
Keesee, 52, an Industrial Waste<br />
Treatment Operator at Indiana<br />
Transmission Plant I in Kokomo,<br />
is well on his way to earning his<br />
bachelor’s degree in engineering<br />
technology at Purdue University<br />
College of Technology, Kokomo.<br />
He has a full plate, having taken<br />
five classes in the Spring 2013<br />
semester. He anticipates graduating<br />
May, 2014.<br />
A <strong>UAW</strong> Local 685 member,<br />
Keesee made the dean’s list in each<br />
of the last three semesters and also<br />
was named an Outstanding Student<br />
each of the last two semesters<br />
in the engineering technology<br />
program. His ultimate goal is to<br />
be<strong>com</strong>e an engineer, represented by<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Local 1302.<br />
“If you have the time to put into<br />
going back to college, the Tuition<br />
Assistance Plan is a great benefit,”<br />
says Keesee. “The only thing it costs<br />
you to go back to college is the time<br />
that it takes to work at it. I think<br />
it’s worth it. TAP will hopefully<br />
allow me to move forward and do<br />
something to help <strong>Chrysler</strong> and<br />
contribute to our growth.” ■<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> Tuition<br />
Assistance Plan<br />
Who is eligible?<br />
• Active <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> employees<br />
who have achieved seniority<br />
• Active <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> employees<br />
on temporary layoff<br />
• Active <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> employees<br />
on military leave of absence<br />
What benefits are offered?<br />
• $5,000 per calendar year for<br />
approved job-related, degreeseeking<br />
courses at nationally<br />
and regionally accredited<br />
institutions<br />
What is the application<br />
process?<br />
• Log on to Dashboard Anywhere<br />
(dashboard.chrysler.<strong>com</strong>), go to<br />
the Development Channel and<br />
click on Tuition Assistance<br />
Plan (TAP).<br />
• Click on the Online System link<br />
on the TAP page.<br />
• Complete TAP application.<br />
• Approved vouchers or denial<br />
notifications will be emailed<br />
directly to the employee.<br />
For further<br />
information, call:<br />
586-427-6757<br />
Cruise Control<br />
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cover story<br />
WCMA Stands<br />
as a Pillar<br />
of Success<br />
for <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
By Greg Pawlowski<br />
Photos by Frank Kidd<br />
T<br />
he<br />
days of paying lip service to the idea that people are <strong>Chrysler</strong>’s most<br />
valuable asset are over. No longer is the cookie-cutter approach to job<br />
training in vogue. And no longer is training done just for training’s sake.<br />
Wel<strong>com</strong>e to the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
World Class Manufacturing<br />
Academy (WCMA), where<br />
employees are learning the mindset<br />
and practical skills that foster<br />
innovation, problem-solving and<br />
continuous improvement at their<br />
facilities.<br />
Unique in the auto industry,<br />
the academy symbolizes the new<br />
day at <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group LLC. It<br />
has quickly be<strong>com</strong>e a driving<br />
force in implementing the World<br />
Class Manufacturing system as<br />
the catalyst for the <strong>com</strong>pany’s<br />
dramatic turnaround.<br />
“The academy uses a modern<br />
approach to learning with job<br />
simulation and real-world, handson<br />
training to teach the WCM<br />
operating system,” says Scott<br />
Tolmie, WCMA lead from <strong>Chrysler</strong>.<br />
“It’s about rigor and pace. It’s about<br />
applying what students learn back<br />
on the job.”<br />
It’s also about resilient workers<br />
who are open to reinventing<br />
themselves, says the <strong>UAW</strong>’s Gary<br />
Reid, WCMA co-lead. “This would<br />
not be successful without the<br />
<strong>com</strong>mitment and support of our<br />
unionized workforce. We have the<br />
best workers in the world because<br />
of our dedication and our ability to<br />
adapt to changes.”<br />
Since it opened in January, 2012,<br />
the academy has trained more than<br />
5,000 people, from vice presidents<br />
and plant managers to local union<br />
presidents and production workers.<br />
It has drawn visitors from other<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies and other countries as far<br />
away as Russia. And it has received<br />
national accolades as a state-of-the<br />
art learning laboratory.<br />
But, most importantly, the<br />
25,000-square-foot academy in<br />
Warren Mich., has be<strong>com</strong>e an<br />
extension of the shop floor, a userfriendly<br />
place where students learn<br />
how WCM reduces waste, increases<br />
productivity and restores dignity to<br />
workers. Unlike past training, the<br />
typical two-or-three-day experience<br />
at the academy is devoted to<br />
addressing specific needs within<br />
a plant.<br />
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Training targets such issues as<br />
unsafe working conditions, poor<br />
product quality or bottlenecks on<br />
assembly lines. In fact, much of the<br />
material in the WCMA’s 34 courses is<br />
created with input from plants based<br />
on their needs, while stressing the new<br />
operating system’s integrated approach<br />
to meaningful change.<br />
“Go talk to the people; they feel a<br />
sense of ownership when they <strong>com</strong>e<br />
through the academy,” says Virdell<br />
King, the union associate co-director of<br />
the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> National Training<br />
Center, which provides administrative<br />
support for the academy. “Many of<br />
them used to wait a year to use the<br />
tools they learned from other training.<br />
Now they use them as soon as they<br />
get back. They feel good. You get a<br />
better product.”<br />
The academy has been described by<br />
some as “our own Apple store” because<br />
of its engaging, interactive learning<br />
stations organized around the 10<br />
technical Pillars that <strong>com</strong>prise WCM,<br />
such as Safety, Cost Deployment,<br />
Workplace Organization, Quality<br />
Control and People Development.<br />
Students participate in games and<br />
other educational activities that take<br />
advantage of everything from 3D<br />
video technology to slot-car racing and<br />
simulated door and engine assembly<br />
lines designed to translate WCM from<br />
theory into practice.<br />
“The academy is a great<br />
environment,” says Richard West,<br />
a <strong>UAW</strong> Local 723 Team Leader at<br />
Dundee (Mich.) Engine Plant, on his<br />
second WCMA visit. “The instructors<br />
here are very knowledgeable and they<br />
make the classes fun. They make you<br />
participate, which is great. If you’re not<br />
participating you are not learning.”<br />
When West returns to his plant,<br />
WCMA features hands-on training that engages<br />
students and promotes teamwork.<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> WCM Plant Lead Jon Sheets (left) and <strong>UAW</strong> Local 51 President<br />
Lorenzo Poole III, both from Mack Avenue Engine, trained together.<br />
he does so armed with new tools and<br />
a fresh perspective to help resolve old<br />
problems. “I could go back to the floor<br />
and look at the operation, and I could<br />
see what other people didn’t see,” he<br />
says. “I could say, ‘Look, if we do this,<br />
that might work better or if we do<br />
that, this might work better.’ ”<br />
As WCMA instructors like to say,<br />
“You can tell who’s been here,” a motto<br />
inscribed on the backs of their shirts.<br />
The slot-car race track is used to<br />
demonstrate how to prevent microstoppages<br />
in the manufacturing process<br />
– small equipment breakdowns that<br />
can snowball into major losses. The<br />
track represents a closed system like a<br />
conveyor or even an assembly line.<br />
The cars on the track are modified<br />
to “break down” while racing. A<br />
high-speed camera captures the<br />
movements, helping students see<br />
that the breakdown might be worse<br />
than what is obvious to the naked<br />
eye. In this way, operators learn to<br />
apply a disciplined process to discover<br />
the root cause of a problem before it<br />
be<strong>com</strong>es serious.<br />
“I call micro-stoppages the ‘silent<br />
killer’,” says WCMA Trainer and<br />
Development Lead James Sarkis.<br />
“Death by a thousand cuts, no one<br />
ever knows it, and it is often difficult<br />
to identify and attack the root cause.<br />
“When you have all of these little<br />
stops, the pressure is on everyone to<br />
run the line; that’s the old mentality.<br />
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eal people<br />
John Quilice<br />
(great grandfather)<br />
Nash Motors Co., 1920 -1951<br />
Family<br />
Tradition<br />
Dynette King is a fourth-generation autoworker<br />
By Tony Veneziano<br />
Photo by Elizabeth Hackbarth<br />
Mercedes Kreuser<br />
(grandmother)<br />
AMC, 1958-1975<br />
Andrew Kreuser<br />
(grandfather)<br />
AMC, 1962-1972<br />
When opportunity knocked, Dynette King jumped at the<br />
chance to be<strong>com</strong>e a <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> employee. The Wisconsin native, who grew<br />
up in a “<strong>Chrysler</strong> Family,” had been looking forward to that day most of her life.<br />
Dating back to her great grandfather<br />
more than 90 years ago, three<br />
previous generations of King’s family<br />
had all been auto <strong>com</strong>pany employees,<br />
including both of her parents and two<br />
of her grandparents. When she was<br />
hired at the Milwaukee National Parts<br />
Distribution Center (PDC) in 2000,<br />
she carried on the family tradition of<br />
working for <strong>Chrysler</strong> or a <strong>com</strong>pany<br />
eventually owned by <strong>Chrysler</strong>.<br />
“I’m very proud of being a fourthgeneration<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> employee,” says<br />
the 48-year-old King, the <strong>UAW</strong><br />
Local 75 Employee Assistance<br />
Program (EAP) rep. “I was thrilled to<br />
be hired in. We definitely take pride<br />
in <strong>Chrysler</strong> products, and I’ve always<br />
had <strong>Chrysler</strong> products.”<br />
King’s great grandfather, John<br />
Quilice, started the family tradition in<br />
1920 when he went to work for Nash<br />
Motors Co. He worked in the foundry<br />
there for 31 years before suffering a<br />
fatal heart attack while punching out<br />
at the end of his shift.<br />
Over the years, the Kenosha<br />
operations morphed from one auto<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany into another, and then<br />
another. The Nash-Kelvinator Corp.,<br />
which owned Nash Motors, merged<br />
with the Hudson Motor Car Co. in<br />
1954 to form American Motors Corp.<br />
(AMC). Renault acquired AMC in<br />
1983, and Renault in turn sold AMC<br />
to <strong>Chrysler</strong> in 1987.<br />
King’s grandparents, Andrew<br />
and Mercedes Kreuser continued the<br />
tradition. Mercedes started at the<br />
AMC plant in 1958 working in final<br />
assembly, and finished her career on<br />
the head line in the motor division in<br />
1975. Andrew worked in maintenance<br />
at the AMC plant from 1962-1972.<br />
King’s father Larry Kreuser spent<br />
three decades at the Kenosha plant,<br />
first as an engineer and then as a<br />
supervisor. He was at the plant the<br />
day the last Renault came off the line<br />
in 1987, after the AMC acquisition<br />
by <strong>Chrysler</strong>.<br />
King’s mother Shirley worked<br />
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at both the Kenosha <strong>com</strong>plex and<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong>’s Milwaukee PDC. Mother and<br />
daughter even worked together for two<br />
years at the PDC.<br />
“With my dad being a supervisor<br />
toward the end of his career and my<br />
mom serving in the union, I always saw<br />
both sides of the coin,” says King. “I knew<br />
what it took for my dad to get the line<br />
ready … making sure people were there<br />
and on time. Knowing all of that helps<br />
me today in my role as an EAP rep.”<br />
King was virtually surrounded by<br />
the auto industry as she grew up in a<br />
Kenosha neighborhood where many of<br />
her friends’ parents worked alongside<br />
her own family members at the AMC<br />
plant – which eventually would be<strong>com</strong>e<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong>’s Kenosha Engine Plant.<br />
“My whole childhood was <strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
and AMC,” King says. “They used to<br />
have a Nash Club where employees put<br />
in so much (money) each, and we used to<br />
go roller skating and to the movie theater.<br />
They would have all kinds of outings. I<br />
remember the picnics. Everyone took a<br />
lot of pride in working there.”<br />
Today, King works mornings as a<br />
parts picker and afternoons as the Local<br />
75 EAP rep, who provides confidential<br />
guidance and referrals to help coworkers<br />
cope with various personal<br />
and family issues. And at the PDC,<br />
King also tries to foster the camaraderie<br />
that she remembers from her Kenosha<br />
childhood, organizing various activities<br />
for fellow workers.<br />
“Our union members are very<br />
involved with each other and the<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity,” she says. “We do picnics<br />
and a lot of outdoor activities, especially<br />
in the summer. In addition, we help<br />
various charities and try to give back to<br />
the <strong>com</strong>munity as much as we can.” ■<br />
Tomorrow would like to recognize more<br />
multi-generational <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group families.<br />
Let us know if you have such a family<br />
tradition, and we will consider writing<br />
about it in a future issue of Tomorrow.<br />
Contact us at <strong>tomorrow</strong>@ucntc.org.<br />
All of these issues add up because<br />
you have not solved your microstop<br />
problem. We try to give people<br />
the methodology to solve that<br />
initial problem.”<br />
While it was a refresher course<br />
for the Dundee Engine workers,<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Local 51 President Lorenzo<br />
Poole III and <strong>Chrysler</strong>’s WCM<br />
Plant Lead Jon Sheets were among<br />
a contingent from Mack Avenue<br />
Engine in Detroit that got their first<br />
taste of the future at the academy.<br />
Successful implementation of<br />
WCM will be a key to making a<br />
smooth transition to building a new<br />
product, the Pentastar V6 engine,<br />
that gives the<br />
plant a new lease<br />
on life.<br />
“Back in<br />
2009, when we<br />
first introduced<br />
WCM, it was<br />
just an overview<br />
that fell off because our plant was<br />
supposed to close at the time,” says<br />
Poole. “We have built the last engine<br />
of our old product (the 4.7-liter V8)<br />
and gutted the plant, and now<br />
have the luxury of literally starting<br />
from scratch.”<br />
Sheets says the WCMA training<br />
is a good starting point. “We have a<br />
lot of new people. Our goal <strong>com</strong>ing<br />
out of it and restarting is to be<br />
refreshed, reinvigorated and ready<br />
to go. Us <strong>com</strong>ing together as union<br />
and management helps the people<br />
buy in.<br />
“The class we are taking these<br />
three days will be the foundation of<br />
what we want everyone on the floor<br />
to buy into. And the class is full.”<br />
The academy has received an<br />
avalanche of testimonials from<br />
inside and outside <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong>.<br />
Perhaps the most prestigious is a<br />
2013 Manufacturing Leadership<br />
100 Award from Industry Week<br />
In the first issue of the online<br />
Tomorrow Extra, we’ll explore how<br />
World Class Manufacturing Academy<br />
training is making a difference on the<br />
shop floor. Look for the story in August<br />
when the Summer Edition of the Extra<br />
debuts at www.<strong>tomorrow</strong>extra.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
magazine that was presented<br />
this spring. The awards honor<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies that shape the future of<br />
global manufacturing.<br />
The WCMA was recognized in<br />
the New Workforce category, which<br />
identifies <strong>com</strong>panies that excel in<br />
education and training, knowledge<br />
management and collaboration with<br />
educational institutions.<br />
Thanks to its success, the academy<br />
already has ambitious expansion<br />
plans. Construction is underway<br />
on a 15,000-square-foot addition<br />
to include an automated assembly<br />
line, a functional robotic cell and a<br />
low-cost automation laboratory. It<br />
is scheduled for<br />
<strong>com</strong>pletion by<br />
this fall.<br />
As staff<br />
members see it,<br />
the academy’s<br />
rapid growth<br />
stems from the<br />
need to tap WCM’s full potential<br />
as its footprint stretches across<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong>. “There is absolutely no<br />
limit to WCM,” says Kristine<br />
Pudlik, a trainer from the <strong>UAW</strong>.<br />
“It’s not just something you<br />
do, and then you are done. It is a<br />
continuous change management<br />
process that is always evolving. As<br />
you get better, it gets harder.”<br />
And that, says <strong>Chrysler</strong> NTC<br />
Co-Director Michael Brown, is<br />
because WCM is not a “flavor of the<br />
month” program. It’s here to stay<br />
as the foundation for sustainable<br />
progress necessary to be<strong>com</strong>e a<br />
world-class <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />
“We’ve had false starts in the<br />
past,” he says, “but this is the real<br />
deal that <strong>com</strong>es with an instructional<br />
manual and a holistic approach that’s<br />
very substantive and systematic.<br />
It’s bringing about real change<br />
on the shop floor that gives us a<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitive advantage.” ■
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
National Training Center<br />
2211 East Jefferson Avenue<br />
Detroit, MI 48207<br />
POSTAGE<br />
This newsletter is printed by a union printer<br />
on union-made recycled paper.<br />
in the loop<br />
Heroes among us<br />
Tomorrow wants to hear about <strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
employees who should be recognized<br />
for their service in the U.S. Army,<br />
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast<br />
Guard, Reserves or National Guard.<br />
Those selected from among your<br />
re<strong>com</strong>mendations will be honored in the<br />
2013 Veterans Day Special Issue.<br />
Family members and retirees also are<br />
eligible for recognition. Preference will be<br />
given to those who have not been featured<br />
in a past Veterans Issue. <strong>UAW</strong> Veterans<br />
Committees or plant-based activities that<br />
salute veterans or support our troops also<br />
may be nominated.<br />
Please send the following information to<br />
<strong>tomorrow</strong>@ucntc.org: Name and facility<br />
of the individual or organization, your<br />
phone number and email address and a<br />
brief description of their military service<br />
or activities that honor veterans or<br />
support our troops. Information must be<br />
submitted by Aug. 15.<br />
Employee<br />
art to shine<br />
The 2013-2014 Artists<br />
at Work Exhibition,<br />
sponsored by the<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
National Training<br />
Center, will be<br />
unveiled at a<br />
Nov. 21 opening<br />
reception. It will feature paintings,<br />
photographs and other art submitted by<br />
U.S.-based <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group LLC employees.<br />
Entries are judged by an independent<br />
panel of experts from Detroit’s<br />
professional art <strong>com</strong>munity. The deadline<br />
for entering the <strong>com</strong>petition was July 5.<br />
Snap it, send it<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-represented and non-bargaining unit<br />
employees are eligible to submit a photo<br />
for the 2014 <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group Employee<br />
Calendar Photo Contest. The winning<br />
images will be featured in a calendar<br />
distributed to all employees at the end of<br />
the year.<br />
Photos should depict this year’s theme,<br />
“Your Vehicle, Your Community,” which<br />
pays tribute to <strong>Chrysler</strong>’s support for the<br />
<strong>com</strong>munities where employees live and<br />
work as well as employees’ <strong>com</strong>mitment to<br />
the products they build.<br />
The contest is open to anyone who will<br />
be an active <strong>Chrysler</strong> Group employee or<br />
contract employee at the time the winning<br />
entries are announced. A judge with<br />
professional photographic credentials will<br />
select the best 24 images to be featured in<br />
the calendar.<br />
The deadline for submitting photos is<br />
Sept. 6. Contest rules and photo<br />
uploading instructions are available at<br />
www.calendarcontest.chrysler.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
Tomorrow Extra adds<br />
a digital dimension<br />
Our new online edition, Tomorrow Extra,<br />
debuts on Aug. 20. Each quarterly<br />
publication will supplement Tomorrow<br />
magazine by providing all-new content<br />
and fresh features.<br />
The Extra will include videos to add a multimedia<br />
dimension to our coverage as well<br />
as blogs to provide personal perspectives<br />
on what’s happening at <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong>.<br />
You can access the <strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
National Training Center’s first digital<br />
employee publication by visiting<br />
www.<strong>tomorrow</strong>extra.<strong>com</strong>. Check it out.<br />
Whether it relates to the online or print<br />
editions, we wel<strong>com</strong>e your feedback about<br />
Tomorrow.<br />
Write to us at <strong>tomorrow</strong>@ucntc.org.<br />
Let us know how we’re doing or give us<br />
the scoop if you’ve got a story idea that<br />
involves you or coworkers.<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong><br />
National Training Center<br />
2211 East Jefferson Avenue<br />
Detroit, MI 48207<br />
313.567.3300<br />
Fax: 313.567.4972<br />
Email: rrussell@ucntc.org<br />
www.uaw-chrysler.<strong>com</strong><br />
joint activities board<br />
General Holiefield<br />
Vice President, Director<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Department<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Co-Chairman<br />
Alphons A. Iacobelli<br />
Vice President<br />
Employee Relations<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Group Co-Chairman<br />
Keith Mickens<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Co-Director<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> NTC<br />
Michael Brown<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Co-Director<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> NTC<br />
Tim Bressler<br />
Exec. Administrative Assistant to<br />
Vice President Holiefield<br />
Glenn Shagena<br />
Director, Manufacturing HR<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Group<br />
Virdell King<br />
<strong>UAW</strong> Associate Co-Director<br />
<strong>UAW</strong>-<strong>Chrysler</strong> NTC<br />
Michael R. Jessamy<br />
Director, Employee Relations<br />
<strong>Chrysler</strong> Group<br />
Ron Russell<br />
Communications Administrator<br />
Bob Erickson<br />
Communications Specialist<br />
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