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3-24-25 & 3-31-25 INFORMATION BULLETIN                  U.A.W. LOCAL 2000                MARCH 21, 2025 H LINE (NIGHTS) UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (2 WEEKS) EVERYONE NEEDS TO CALL THEIR PROCESSING CENTER TO REOPEN THEIR APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS. The 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. The reason you have to call them to open your claim is because you were laid off a few weeks ago and all of those weeks haven’t cleared yet, meaning the correct date won’t be offered online OR on the 877#. Whether you go online or call the 877# to reopen your application for benefits, the correct date you need will not be available. The only way to restart your claim with the correct effective date is to call your processing center or use their chat option to request a live agent from your login page online. Please note: If you start getting messages about completing the resume or career profile assessment, call your processing center right away to ask them to waive the requirement since you’re on a two week mass layoff. Please tell the processing center this as soon as you get them on the phone: The date offered by ODJFS as the effective date is incorrect because I am on a two week on / two week off mass layoff and all of the weeks from the last layoff haven’t cleared yet. My last day worked was 03/21/25 so my effective date is 03/23/25. DO NOT use the date ODJFS is offering because it will create a break in claim and I won’t get paid. Don’t answer the union questions because we’re not a hiring hall. Don’t answer NO to the job search. If asked for jobs click YES, then enter Ohio Assembly Plant, 650 Miller Road, Avon Lake, OH 44012 in both job spaces and type 2500152 after Ohio Assembly plant. Reopen your application for unemployment benefits using Mass Layoff # 2500152. Your last day worked is 03/21/2025 and your return to work date is 04/07/2025. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to call your PROCESSING CENTER to reopen your application ONE TIME on Monday, 3/24/25 and then visit the ODJFS web site TWO TIMES on the dates below to file claims for unemployment benefits. MON., MARCH 24, 2025 – CALL YOUR PROCESSING CENTER to reopen application. SUN., MARCH 30, 2025 – Claim layoff week ending MARCH 29, 2025. SUN., APRIL 6, 2025 – Claim layoff week ending APRIL 5, 2025. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLAIM 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 in. To get assistance with claim issues and even with reopening your application when the correct effective 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. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next General Membership meeting is Sunday, April 13th at 2:30 PM at UAW Local 2000, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. We haven’t had a quorum since last April and decisions are being made by the Executive Board. Please attend and be informed. YOU are your union! Dianna Brezina, President / Jay Kiska, Chairperson Unit 1 DB:ll/opeiu1794

04-03-25 U.A.W. LOCAL 2000 INFORMATION BULLETIN | APRIL 3, 2025 LOCAL 2000 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE ANNUAL LABOR DAY FAMILY CELEBRATION: This year’s event is already being planned for Sunday, August 31st. Volunteers are needed for setting up, working the food line and cleaning up after the event. The first 50 volunteers will receive a free commemorative t-shirt. If you are interested in volunteering for this year’s event, please contact Linda via email linda@uawlocal2000.org  or at 440.934.3151, extension 0 to sign up and give your t-shirt size. Please sign up right away if you would like a shirt because they have to be ordered in May now, instead of July. NEXT PAID HOLIDAYS: Unit 1 OHAP: Good Friday, April 18th and the day after Easter, April 21st – Members must work Thursday, April 17th, the day prior to the holiday, and Tuesday, April 22nd, the day after the holiday, to receive holiday pay, or have an excused absence for that day but you MUST work your next scheduled day. Unit 3 Leadec/GDI: Good Friday & Easter Monday – To be eligible for holiday pay the employee must work on the nearest scheduled workday, both preceding and following the holiday. Unit 4 Source Providers: Good Friday – To be eligible for holiday pay the employee must work on the nearest scheduled workday, both preceding and following the holiday. Unit 5 Detroit Chassis: Good Friday & Easter Monday – To be eligible for holiday pay the employee must work on the nearest scheduled workday, both preceding and following the holiday. Unit 6 Autokiniton: Good Friday – To be eligible for holiday pay, you must work the last workday before and the full next scheduled workday after the holiday. Memorial Day – Monday, May 26th – All units have this paid holiday off and the eligibility rules are the same as listed above for the Good Friday and Easter holidays. Juneteenth – Thursday, June 19th – OHAP and Detroit Chassis are the only plants that have this paid holiday off. Eligibility rules are the same as listed above. 2025 SUMMER SHUTDOWN WEEK is the week of June 30th. EDUCATION COMMITTEE T-SHIRT SALE: Visit this site to purchase t-shirts:  www.ci-stores.com/uaw2000. Orders must be submitted by April 30th. EDUCATION COMMITTEE  SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST 2025 is open to any active member who has a student furthering their education. Topic of essay must be: How can unions ensure they remain relevant in today’s industries that are rapidly evolving? Keep it concise between 200-350 words one page, single spaced and email to local2000educationcommittee@gmail.com by April 30th. UAW 101 WORKSHOP FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS: The Education Committee will be hosting a UAW 101 members workshop Sat., April 26th from 11 am – 3 pm at UAW Local 2000 Union Hall, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. Email local2000educationcommittee@gmail.com by April 16th to register. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next General Membership meeting is Sunday, April 13th at 2:30 PM at UAW Local 2000, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. Please attend and be informed. We haven’t  had a quorum for a year and all of the local’s decisions are being made by the Executive Board. We would like to have the input of the full membership. YOU are your union! 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 DB:ll/opeiu1794

4-10-2025 H LINE (DAYS) UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (TWO WEEKS) PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST CLAIM THE GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY WHEN YOU CLAIM WEEK ENDING 4/19/25. SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. YOU MUST CALL YOUR PROCESSING CENTER OR USE THE CHAT ONLINE TO REOPEN YOUR APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS. The 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. The reason you have to call them to open your claim is because you were laid off a few weeks ago and all of those weeks haven’t cleared yet, meaning the correct date won’t be offered online OR on the 877#. Whether you go online or call the 877# to reopen your application for benefits, the correct date you need will not be available. The only way to restart your claim with the correct effective date is to call your processing center or use their chat option to request a live agent from your login page online. Please note: If you start getting messages about completing the resume or career profile assessment, call your processing center right away to ask them to waive the requirement since you’re on a two-week mass layoff. When you get someone from the processing center on the phone or chat line, let them know the following: The date offered by ODJFS as the effective date for me to reopen my claim is incorrect because I am on a two week on / two week off mass layoff and all of the weeks from the last layoff haven’t cleared yet. My last day worked was 04/04/25 so my effective date is 04/06/25. DO NOT use the date ODJFS is offering because it will create a break in claim and I won’t get paid. Don’t answer the union questions because we’re not a hiring hall. Don’t answer NO to the job search. If asked for jobs click YES, then enter Ohio Assembly Plant, 650 Miller Road, Avon Lake, OH 44012 in both job spaces and type the mass layoff number after Ohio Assembly plant. Reopen your application for unemployment benefits using Mass Layoff # 2500191. Your last day worked is 04/04/2025 and your return-to-work date is 04/21/2025. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to call your processing center to reopen your claim once on Monday, 04/10/25 and then visit the ODJFS web site TWO TIMES afterward to file for unemployment benefits, the first time to reopen your application for benefits and the 2nd and 3rd times are to claim your layoff weeks. MON., APRIL 7, 2025 – CALL YOUR PROCESSING CENTER to reopen application SUN., APRIL 13, 2025 – Claim layoff week ending APRIL 12, 2025. SUN., APRIL 20, 2025 – Claim layoff week ending APRIL 19, 2025.**OHAP will pay you for Good Friday, so you MUST claim that holiday pay as earnings when you claim your week. Example: $25.335 (hourly rate) x 8 (hours) = $202.68 (what you need to claim as earnings). FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLAIM 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 in. To get assistance with claim issues and even with reopening your application when the correct effective date isn’t available online or on the 877#. To use the chat option: 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.  Dianna Brezina, President / Jay Kiska, Unit 1 Chair DB/JK:ll/opeiu1794