I have tried 3 times to post a message in your guest book and for whatever reason (I don't know why) it will not post ... just wanted to wish all Local 1999 members the very best and hope your plant does not close after all ... GM has some new products coming out and there maybe a chance your complex may get them ... keep they faith ... Lena Local 235

Sorry to hear about the plant closing. I used to work there and was thinking about returning there to retire. Currently in Flint Truck and Bus. Its a good place to work but the cost of living is higher than OKC. Best of luck.

I worked at OKC from 1978 to 1985 as an electrician in the body shop. Transfered to Ft. Wayne Truck & Bus and am now retired and living in Altus, OK. I am very sorry to hear of the closing of the OKC plant. I worked with a lot of very nice people there, OKC was the best place that I ever worked. It is a shame that GM never saw the light and started making cars and trucks that stood out from the competition like it was back in the 50's and 60's. Good luck to all at OKC Assembly.

I'm sorry to hear that the plant is closing i supply okc with your frames

I am sitting here at the pc at 4:52AM CST. I can't sleep for just worrying about what will happen with our future now that my husband is losing his job at the OKC GM plant. I am PO'd and afraid at the same time. We were preparing for my husband's retirement in three years...not now, and not with a few weeks or months notice. I blame this on both GM and Bush. We have a rotten economy that Bush cares and does nothing about, and we have a GM CEO who doesn't know how to run a company. They keep building a vehicle that isn't selling. And it's the hardest workers for GM that pay the price! I say GM needs to compensate with a year's salary as an incentive for early retirement. They can well afford it!! Forgive me for my anger, but I just feel like a whore on a street corner. Wham, bam, thank you mam! Thank God there is a union to help in times like this. God bless all the workers and I pray everything will work out for you all. Chris L.

oh my God yestarday was a very sad day for all the G.M workers, I retired in 1993 on this beutiful environment having so many okies friends, now I live in southern california. God blees all of you Sergio Hernandez

Hello, I've been a driver for Jack Cooper in OKC for 21 years, and I want to wish all of you the best luck in our tough time. Let me know if there is you have any ideas how the UAW and Teamtsers Union can work together in the fight to save our jobs

My thoughts and "prayers" are with all of my friends and family back home in OKC GM! Who would have ever thought it would have come to this? I also worry about the impact on non-GM workers who will now be out-of-work because of the closeing! It's not bad liveing here in Kansas City! We have a great product and what seems like a future with GM here! If you get the chance to relocate here or have questions about Fairfax Assembly please send me an e-mail! Again my prayers are for my Brothers and Sisters not only in OKC but (all) the GM plants taken up in this vary depressing announcement! May God be with you: Joel

As a former union employee of the OKC plant I wish you all the best. I am currently at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee, which is also seeing a reduction of a product line. I may not be employed here much longer also. I was on second shift in OkC and transferred to Framingham, Ma, in 1986 along with 40+ others. I came back to OKC in 1989 and spent most of my time in the JOBS Bank. I went to SHA in 1993 and continue to buy GM union made vehicles. As a union man I feel it is my God given duty to buy Union made vehicles. We have only ourselves to look at. Good luck.

Sorry to hear your plant is slated for closing. I wish it were not true. Having lost a job in 2003, a result of the company being sold and relocated to another state, I know how it feels. I am the proud owner of a 2004 GMC Envoy XL that was made in your plant, and I can say I am happy I bought GM, so much so, I also bought my daughter a Chevy Cobalt. Good luck in the future.

Please accept our deepest sympathies on your plant closure. Your community is here for you.

Very nice homepage, I enjoyed it

I am a laid off member from Local 595 Linden N.J. since 4-25-05. We are "idled", not closed. I'm hearing rumors out of Detroit otherwise. Does anyone else hear anything? Great site, wish my Local had something like this.

I worked at OKC from 1978 to 1985 as an electrician in the body shop. Transfered to Ft. Wayne Truck & Bus and am now retired and living in Altus, OK. Would be nice to hear from some of the guys I used to work with.

Retired member Local 1999, I am hearing rumors out of Detroit that GM is going to charge retires $800 for health insurance. Any thing to this? If there is I will have to make a choice between Budweiser^® & insurance which is not fair Jim Quillin

I just discovered your site and want to thank you for all your work!

I worked ar OKC. 1980 -1994 went to Ft.Wayne,Ind. retired Dec. 2001

I check your web site every once in a while, I left the plant in 1990 to go to the Saturn plant. It wasnt really a wise decision but I'm almost ready to retire now. I hope you guys keep working. If anyone from the plant would like to contact me, please do. Ron Holston

Congratulations for a great website! Ismael D. Tabije

Probably one of the best UAW local websites on the net. Keep up the good work.

Very nice website! Congratulations. You are doing a good service to the web.

Hola How's everyone? Just popin'in to say Hi, as a 1993 Oklahoma City, retiree, living in southern California. Hope one of this days come over to meet old friends, and if any Spanish members, send some notes about this wonderful area. So, take care of yourself and soon you will be there, on your retirement day.

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This is a great web-site! I am a benefit rep with local 95 Janesville, WI.. The ask benefits is a good idea, and I am sure very helpful to your members.

Came to your site by accident Great looking web site.I"m a UAW 595 member Linden N.J. Also own A GMC Envoy Great truck.Thanks for your hard work

Hey, sister plant I am sorry to hear about the chopping of a shift at your plant. We are just waiting for GM to chop a shift at Moraine Assembly also. Sales are very weak and we have a huge absenteeism issue. Well, let's all hang in there and do our part in keeping our jobs. Mel Duff, team leader, chassis grp 2 Moraine Assembly

Hello Brothers and Sisters of Local 1999. Enjoyed visiting your web site and all the information that is public to the membership. One thing I didn't see was if there was a Chaplain in the plant, hope so for the need is there. I'm Chaplain here at my plant and there are so many people hurting with the world situation as it is today. Very good job on the web site. UAW Local 1219 LEP. By the way this is my wife's web site that we work together on.

As a 28 year member of UAW Local 1895 don't feel alone in your fight with the powers that be. I'm stuck in this Visteon hell-hole, still under Ford, but it is absolutely insane the way Visteon runs things. And they wonder why they lost 1.3 billion last year? Run by a bunch of Morons. That's why!But the CEO of Visteon got a cool Million bucks for a bonus! Sound familiar? Keep the faith Brothers and sisters. Jim

Please add to your links

I was just being nosey about your website. I work for UAW Local 1219-Ford in Lima, Ohio. We are going to try to get our union to create a website. You all have done a great job with yours-I hope it will help morale and communication in our plant!!By the way from what I've read-sounds like GM runs about the same way as Ford. We have similar issues all the time with salary!

Hello , just surfed in to say hello. You have a really nice Page!

All I want to know is when can we expect all of the GM employees to get their jobs back and when they can go back to work.

Howdy ya'all. How did ya like those USC Trojans? Cleaned your clock didn't they? Happy New Year!

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i love the site,

Enjoyed your website brothers and sisters of 1999. If you get time, feel free to join in our discussions the rank-n-fule union worker forums at: http://www.futureoftheunion.com

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Wow,you did great.

Hi. I am trying to locate someone in your union's email address. I used to have it but it apparently changed, the name is Rowdy Huff that I am looking for. Thanks.

I am looking for anyone who may have worked at The Kalamazoo Fishser Body plant during the 60's thru 70's. I am trying to locate my fathers co-workers from that era. Am I even in the correct site to ask such a question? Please respond to my email address even if I am in the wrong web page, so that I can continue my reserch. Thank you, Jo Ann W.G.

Hello, everyone in OKC, That's about all I have to say, I am #57 on the roster of people wanting to transfer to OKC. I'll be back one of these days or years.

Dear Brothers & Sisters: I'm a UAW member from Local #653, MFD/Poweertrain, Pontiac, MI. I would just like to commend your Local for having an outstanding web page. Not every local's web page is as informative nor user friendly as yours. Thank you for setting such a high standard. Sincerely, Jim Gagel Local #653

cole vision website address is on the site. Look in the layoff information.

could use a link to cole vision web site????

I worked for Local 488, Kalamazoo. I had over 20 yr's. but never drew my retirement until now at age 60. We had a fire and I lost all the paper's Gm use to send stating how much we were intitaled to upon retirement . The Gm retirement dept. as me if I could locate these they could till me what I am intitaied to. Could you tell me where I could obtain copies of them. Any help you could give me would be very much appreciated. Thank you Tom Marusek

Hello to all the Brothers & Sisters of Local 1999. I sincerely hope everyone's life is pretty much back to normal after the destruction of last years storm. I would like to let everyone know that at times it is fairly difficult to get our side of the story published anywhere. I do not understand why the general public thinks UAW, members are millionaires! My wife and I marvel at this fact everytime we are out and someone asks "who do you work for". The second they here GM, all hell breaks loose."No wonder new cars cost so much money, you are union aren't you"? Well, I just became a little sick and tired of all this misinformation put out by you know who, yep are friend the General. The Detroit Free Press, (www.detnews.com) has excellent articles on our industry and related news.I have repeatedly read articles submitted by people in the auto-talk section of the paper related to our wage and benefit package.Anyway I thougt that it was time our side of the story was published. Somehow, I managed to constuct a letter that was posted at theire web-site for those naysayers who think we are millionaires! I sincerely hope that the public can see us as working class people trying to raise our families and trying to live with dignity. For to long we have been villified as greedy uninonists responsible for the demise of an industry, our own! Now, that is just beyond stupid. If you are interested check it out. From all of us here in NJ, have a safe Easter/Passover. Solidarity will always save us! Respectfully, A.M. Perrucci

hola just to say Hi, to everyone, I myself retired since 1993. worked in this beautiful place, and so nice people, God help everyone ! keep a good job.

Hi, just want to know if you are working any overtime and did you ever get a signing bonus on a local contract. Thank for your time. Edward M Smith Local UAW 276

great site.

Outstanding website! It's so good to find a Union site that actually has some new content on a regular basis. Thanks!