Brothers & Sisters,

International Union (UAW) Reopens National Supplemental (Visteon) Agreement
On May 24, 2005, a Call Letter was sent to our Local requesting the Chairman, Tom Kanitz, President, Mark Caruso and National Ford Delegate, Kathy Kruger attend a special National Ford Council meeting to inform us of the most recent contractual changes. Our International Union Representatives are seeking a ratification vote UAW wide regarding the decision to open the National Supplemental (Visteon) Agreement which grandfathers all of its current UAW Visteon members as Ford UAW members. Additionally, most (see; II RESTRUCTURING PLAN) UAW Visteon plants will become LLC "Limited Liability Company." We will remain Ford workers with Ford benefits. If there is a purchaser for our plant, they will have to honor the National Agreement, and Ford will subsidize our wages and benefits at our current rates. The current Visteon UAW members will become Ford workers effective October 1, 2005, and will be given credit for seniority on vacation and retirement back to their Visteon seniority date. They will be under the National Agreement and receive the same wages and benefits that Ford workers currently have. As a result of these negotiations, spearheaded by our International Staff and the National Negotiators, which includes Saline, Ford has committed to investing at least 1 billion dollars in the LLC plants and supply work into the Master Agreement plants. We look forward to enjoying new business slated for Saline. The ratification voting date for Local 892 union members is set for May 31, 2005. This special vote will take place at the Local Union Hall at 601 Woodland Drive, Saline, MI 48176. Our International Servicing Representative, Chuck Browning will be at the Local for three separate Q&A sessions so that our membership can ask any questions prior to voting that day. Those times will be: 8:30am, 1:30pm and 4:30pm. This is a very critical time in all of our futures, so please come out and support your International Union and all of our livelihoods.

* COLA (Cost of Living Allowance) Adjustment
The 2003 UAW-Ford Collective Bargaining Agreement provides that two dollars ($2.00) of the two dollars and five cents ($2.05) cost-of-living adjustment shall be folded into the base rate, leaving five cents (5cents) COLA in the "float." Cost-of-living adjustments are based upon the three-month average of CPI-W 1982/84-100-W, U.S. city average, all items less medical care.

The three-month average for February, March and April 2005 is 183.13, yielding twenty-six (26 cents) per hour, after a two-cent (2 cent) diversion.

Therefore, effective June 6, 2005, the total cost-of-living received in your paycheck will be ninety-nine cents (99 cents) per hour.

* 2004 Earnings and Benefits Summary
The 2004 Earnings and Benefits Summary will be delivered to our location during the week of June 6, 2005. The information provided in the statement is based on active employment during the year ending December 31, 2004. Expect to receive your Summary some time on or shortly after this delivery date.

* Unused Vacation and/or Excused Absence hours (June eligibility)
Any unused time for June eligibility employees will be paid in-lieu automatically on pay ending 5/29/05 (pay day 6/3/05). Please keep in mind that if you are asking for May 31st off, it must be entered into the system before 5/29/05, otherwise the hours will be deducted from their new bank of hours, so please advise your supervisor and remind him/her of this entry deadline. Your new eligibility hours for June 2005 will show up sometime in mid-June. That does not mean you cannot take vacation or excused absence time between June 1, 2005 and the date the hours "show up," you can, just ask your supervisor following the normal request guidelines.

* UAW DAY at Cedar Point
Come along with local 892 for family fun during UAW DAY at Cedar Point. Your leadership has negotiated a huge discount for its members. Be sure to take advantage of this limited offer.
UAW DAY at Cedar Point good for June 11-12, 2005 only! Tickets, $20.00 ea.
Tickets available at Local 892 Union Hall
Contact Russ Creech at 429-5140 ext. 11

* UAW Local 892 Charity Golf Outing
Sunday, August 14, 2005, 8am & 1:30pm Shotgun Start
1st and 2nd place for morning and afternoon
Rustic Glen Golf Course
Golf $38, Steak Dinner $16, 50/50 $10
Golf without food $48 per person
Sign up in the cafeteria
Wednesday, June 29, 6 am - 9 am & 3 pm - 5 pm
Thursday, June 30, 7 am - 12 pm
Friday, July 1, 8 am - 10 am & 2 pm - 4 pm
For more information, contact
Denny Steele at 734-260-3871 or
Local 892 at 734-429-5140 ext. 10.

* UAW Day at Comerica Park
Come along with local 892 and see the Detroit tigers play the Toronto Blue Jays. Saturday Aug. 20, 2005. We will leave the union hall at 4:30p.m.
Cost:
$25 per person / includes bus transportation.
$10 per person / tickets only.
Bus transportation & tickets call: Mary Papenhagen at 517-451-8250. Tickets only call: Russ Creech at the union hall 734-429-5140 ext. 11

* West Side Poker Run
For the first time UAW locals 892, 898, 849, 845 and Region 1A are joining together for what hopes to be an annual "Poker Run for Charity" This event will be a fund raiser, raising money for Arbor Hospice, of Washtenaw County. The event will take place on Sunday July 24, 2005. Sign in will be from 11 am to 1 pm at the UAW Local 892 Union Hall located at 601 Woodland Dr in Saline, MI. Participants will return to Local 892 at 6:00 pm for food and refreshments (B.Y.O.B).
The entry fee will be 20.00 per person. There will be 50/50 drawings, door prizes and gift with every registration. There will be Music and Food also.
If you are interested in renting a motorcycle and joining us you may do so with American Harley Davidson in Ann Arbor. You may visit them at http://www.americanhd.com or call (734) 747-8008. UAW members will receive 10% off the normal rental fee. To receive this discount you must contact Keri Farrington at Local 892 / 734 429 5140 ext 10. This is a first come offer, as there are only a limited number of bikes for rent. Please join us on the 24th and help raise money for a good cause.
Note: Passenger vehicles are welcome.
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* 2005 Michigan-Midwest School for Women Workers
Apply for excused Union Leave at the June 4, 2005 Union Meeting to attend the 2005 Michigan-Midwest School for Women Workers July 28 - 31, 2005, East Lansing, Michigan Kellogg Center, MSU Campus.
This program is open to all workers, union members, and leaders from a variety of workplaces, jobs, and unions, to learn together about new ideas, strategies and skills to meet the needs and challenges facing workers in our ever-changing workplaces. For more information visit http://www.ilir.umich.edu/LSC/Home.cfm

In Solidarity,
Plant Chairman, Tom Kanitz and his In-plant committee and President,