U.A.W. LOCAL 2000 – INFORMATION BULLETIN – JUNE 18, 2025
H LINE NIGHTS UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (ONE WEEK)
CALL YOUR PROCESSING CENTER OR USE THE LIVE CHAT OPTION TO REOPEN YOUR APPLICATION. The processing center number is located on the top of past correspondences you’ve received from the ODJFS. Business hours are 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday – Friday, except holidays. You have to call or chat with them to reopen your claim because you were laid off a few weeks ago and all of those weeks haven’t cleared yet, meaning the correct effective date won’t be offered online OR on the 877#. Another option is using the “live chat” on the front page of the ODJFS unemployment home page in the bottom right corner. If you get on early in the day, you are usually assisted in just a few minutes.
Please tell the processing center this as soon as you get them on the phone or in live chat:
The date offered by ODJFS as the effective date for me to reopen my application is incorrect. My last day of work was 6/20/25 so I need my effective date to be 6/22/25.
You will be paid short workweek for the week of June 16th due to the Juneteenth holiday, so you won’t reopen your application until Monday, June 23rd. The plant will be on shutdown following your layoff week, so please be sure not to claim that week in error.
Reopen your application for unemployment benefits using the mass layoff number 2500403. Your last day worked (for unemployment purposes) is 06/20/2025 and your return to work date is 06/30/2025. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to call your processing center or use the live chat option to reopen your application on Monday, 6/23/25 and then visit the ODJFS web site ONE TIME afterward to file for unemployment benefits, see below:
MON., JUNE 23, 2025 – Call your processing center or use the live chat option to reopen application.
SUN., JUNE 29, 2025 – Claim layoff week ending JUNE 28, 2025.
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLAIMS ISSUES (pay held, denied, break in claim) please call the processing center and schedule a return call or you can use the chat line in the bottom right corner of the main page once you log to get assistance with claim issues and even with reopening your application when the correct date isn’t available online or on the 877#. Keep typing “chat with live agent” and hitting send and eventually the computer will ask for your name and how you need them to assist you. You’ll be put on a hold and then the live person will let you know they’re there, and hopefully will be able to assist you soon.
CONGRATULATIONS to Ryan G., who was the essay winner for the Education Committee’s $400.00 scholarship. Thanks to everyone who bought t-shirts from the committee, as this is how the scholarship was funded.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Due to Executive Board action (in the absence of a quorum at the membership meeting), July and August membership meetings have been cancelled. The next General Membership Meeting is Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM at UAW Local 2000, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. Please attend and be informed.
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION!
Dianna Brezina, President / Jay Kiska, Unit 1 Chair / Angela Mullins, Unit 2 Chair /Lisa Ortiz, Unit 3 Chair
Kenneth McNeil, Unit 4 Chair / Tony Rollison, Unit 5 Chair / Omar Miranda, Unit 6 Chair
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