Inaugural General Membership Meeting of IUE-CWA RMC Held on April 17, 2014
Thank you so much for being part of a historic, inaugural meeting of our Retired Members Chapter (RMC)-81359. We have worked very hard this past year to get this Chapter off the ground. Thank you to Herman Panstingel for making the trip (from Dayton, Ohio) to our First RMC Meeting, and sharing his experience and wisdom with us. It hasn’t been without its ups and downs, bureaucratic delays, and sadly some cynicism…but we have finally arrived! Just think about this—our Plant was started back in 1947 (as GE); since that time, we have had 2 generations of retirees—late 60’s—early 70’s, then late 90’s, and are in the 3rd generation of retirees now; a total of about 400 Union GE/Momentive Retirees to date—of that number, about 150 are Momentive Retirees (this past 7 years). We believe those that attended this first commemorative meeting see the value of us Retirees sticking together to promote our values and purposes, along with the need to show our unity and strength to stand-up-for and protect our long, hard earned Pensions & Benefits. We are in a time of extreme uncertainty, since the sale of the Business—from GE, to become Momentive—it hasn’t been without its challenges and issues. Unity & Strength in numbers is needed more than ever! We are asking everyone to become our ambassadors to all other GE/Momentive Retirees—help us spread the word; invite them to come to next General Membership Meeting. Use the materials we gave you in our historic, commemorative first booklet –the Promotional Points Section. As you heard Herman Panstingel—CWA—IUE-CWA Retiree Council Sector President, say—“Word-of-mouth is by far the best promotional tool we have,” and that’s is YOU!
We can be PROUD of what we’ve done…it took 66 years to get a Retired Members Chapter off the ground (from the Plant starting in 1947 to 2013, when we were officially Chartered by CWA)!! Again, the Executive Board of IUE-CWA RMC-81359, THANKS YOU for stepping up and joining in this historic, first event!!
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