April 22, 2021
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We expected some of our Brothers and Sisters have taken advantage of the opportunities to get the COVID-19 vaccinations provided for Boeing employees previously held at Delaware County Community College (DCCC), Delaware Wellness Center (Yeadon, PA), or have done so elsewhere. I have been informed by The Company that they are in the process of setting up an “on-site” vaccination event sometime in the upcoming weeks. We are waiting for further details on those dates and times. Please know you will be paid up to four (4) hours (2 hours single shot) to receive this vaccination.
Also, we did receive a communication from our UAW International President, Rory L. Gamble which states the following:
“As the persistent surge of COVID-19 cases increase throughout our country, hospitals near capacity and multiple state restrictions, we are requesting that all local union meetings and events continue to be suspended until June 30, 2021, due to these Coronavirus concerns. We will communicate any adjustments or modifications to this policy if encouraging changes occur with the status of this pandemic.”
Your UAW Leadership Team will maintain communication with International Leadership and will continue to monitor mandated gathering guidelines in the hopes of returning to “business as usual” real soon.
We are still very much frustrated that The Company chooses to NOT recognize the hard and large quantity of work our “support” classifications (Maintenance, Janitors, Tooling, Material Support) do every day. We strongly feel these specified classifications need additional UAW Local 1069 members supporting these responsibilities. Our factory and employees are detrimentally affected by the lack of support in these occupations. Please continue to demand these specialized employees when you need their services. Inform your UAW Leadership team when you do see managers performing OUR everyday jobs. Do not take it upon yourselves to work “out-of-class.” We urgently need more members to fill these necessary job classifications.
Lastly, we recognize that UAW Local 1069 members are participating and/or part of inquiries conducted by on-site as well as remote Corporate Investigators. This practice is very frustrating to us as we wish to work with ALL managers in our shops in the hopes of rectifying many issues by working together. If and when you must participate in ANY meeting or investigation, you are strongly urged to have a Union Representative accompany you at these meetings. ALWAYS MAKE THIS REQUEST.

In Solidarity,

Michael Tolassi
President
UAW Local 1069