Standing Committees
Message from your Chaplain
Dear Local 218 Members, Contract Negotiations are rapidly approaching, and it’s time for us to come together as one. We are only strong 💪 if we stand together. "Together we're strong, divided we fall." We need to demonstrate that we are strong in body, by...
Holiday Message from Chaplain Derrick Jackson
My name is Chaplain Derrick Jackson, and I bring greetings to Our Union Membership Local#218. It saddens me to witness how our membership is turning against one another throughout Our Union. None of us are perfect. I am sure we can all recall times where we made...
Greetings from the Chaplain’s Committee
Hello, my name is Derrick Jackson and I am the Chairman of the Chaplaincy Committee, and my Co-chairman is retired Chaplain Delton Parker. The purpose of our committee is to provide Chaplaincy services to our union brothers and sisters and their families! Some...
Community Services
Go to this site for tons of helpful information:
http://www.thedoctorsguild.com/
Help Line: 1-888-968-3525
Union Doctors Info:
UNION HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES
UNION DOCTORS FOR UNION WORKERS
1-888-968-3525
DOCTOR LOCATION PHONE NUMBER
Robert E. Grant Southeast Dallas (972) 557-7000
Brian Harrison Grand Prairie (972) 237-5959
Eric Prall Carrollton (214) 546-5936
Monte Anderson Arlington (817) 533-8000
Randall Wilds Ft. Worth (817) 831-3388
Christi Farrel Garland (214) 575-7770
Robert Dasilva Lewisville (972) 436-4434
Mathew DeGaetano Lewisville (972) 436-4434
Trace Alexander Addison (972) 488-9686
Serge P. Francois Oak Cliff (214) 948-6500
Nick Mirro Dallas (469) 688-2151
MESSAGE FROM HEALTH & SAFETY
UAW Sisters and Brothers, Summer time is upon us and a time for vacations, R&R, family time, or just relaxing at the pool. Keep safety in mind for you and your family. Spending time outdoors working on home projects, shopping, exercising, visiting grandparents,...
Worker’s Memorial Day
Sisters and Brothers, Workers’ Memorial Day is observed every year on this date 4/28/17, it is also the day OSHA was established in 1971. We will be remembering all workers who have died in work place tragedies as well as those seriously injured due to workplace...
Our Road to Safety
Union Sisters & Brothers I would like to start by asking you to consider two things pertaining to Safety. The same process that has been in place for years and most of these processes are broken processes that need a complete overhaul. The second is for those that...
Greetings Union Sisters and Brothers
Greetings Union Sisters and Brothers, Summer is coming to a close, bring in autumn, for some that means decorating our homes, (remember your Ladder Safety rules) home winterization time, for others much needed holiday relaxation time, as well as traveling to Grandma’s...
Winter Health & Safety
Greetings Sisters and Brothers, Hoping all went well with Christmas and New Year¡¦s bringing a time for much needed rest and relaxation, if you were able to receive some R& R during the Holidays. May this be a prosperous year in every aspect of Health and Safety,...
Ladder Safety
Greetings Sisters and Brothers Wishing you and your families a safe, healthy and happy Christmas holiday season from my family to your families. May the Lord’s blessings be with you all year long. With each Christmas come the potential for ladder accidents. Please...
Retirees
UAW Local 218 hosts a retiree’s lunch on the 4th Wednesday of each month (January-October). The date changes for the November & December lunches to the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Please bring a dish to share with the group during the months of January-October. Lunch starts at 11am.
2020 Lunch Dates:
January 22, 2020
February 26, 2020
March 25, 2020
April 22, 2020
May 27, 2020
June 24, 2020
July 22, 2020
August 26, 2020
September 23, 2020
October 28, 2020
November 11, 2020
December 9, 2020
Retiree’s Lunch
UAW Local 218 hosts a retiree's lunch on the 4th Wednesday of each month (January-October). The date changes for the November & December lunches to the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Please bring a dish to share with the group during the months of January-October....
Welcome to Skilled Trades
Welcome to Skilled Trades! Hello, Brothers and Sisters. I am Don Grundy, the Skilled Trades Chairman for our Local. A Skilled Trades Journeyman's Card is something to be proud of. It takes eight years to get this card and not everyone can receive one. I know there are...
Veteran Photos Needed
ATTENTION VETERAN’S To all UAW Local 218 Veteran’s We are proud to announce that we now have a Veteran’s cabinet in our union hall lobby! We would like to invite you to bring your service pictures to be displayed in this case to honor you and your time served!...
Increasing Social Security Benefits
See the web site and notes below to possibly increase your Social Security Benefits. DD Form 214—Social Security Benefit, please share this with anyone who had active duty service between January 1957 to December 31, 2001 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it...
Support the Troops!
Everyone is always talking about supporting our troops, but they only think about the ones that have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, we forget about our troops that are stationed in other countries with their families. I have found out about a very simple way...
Update for Veterans
I would just like to share with the veterans that we were able to get our foot in the door with the company. Here at plant 5 the company provided the veterans with cake ,coffee and punch plus a little ceremony that was real nice to go with it . Our Union President...
Veteran Information Collection
We have received about 20 names so far from our veterans. I would like to allow one more month to let any veteran that hasn’t replied to do so. Then we are going to try to get an organizing meeting together and see where we can go from there. email your contact info...
Did You Know?
Did You Know? Attention all vets with a VA disability rating of at least 10 percent. Did you know that the State of Texas will grant you, through your local taxing authority, an additional exemption on your property taxes? The exemption amount is determined by your...