Representing the Union Employees of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Fayetteville, North Carolina   Archive Updated 20 Jan, 2012 Read More Be sure to check out our newsletter.  You can find issues around the plant or view and download from the website  Here New 2012 shift calendar    Thank you letter from the family of Bert Paschal 2007 scab list showing those who crossed in 2006 and if they crossed in 1997 Prize Drawing List from the Christmas Social    Our Best Performance Ever Over 1.4 million dollars going to our Team The final numbers are in and the brothers and sisters of Local 959 continue to show why the Fayetteville plant is still receiving capital investments and securing the future of the plant.  The 4th quarter of 2011 proved to be our best and has resulted in a share plan payout of 3.1272% if your gross earnings.  This will be based on the last 13 weeks of 2011.  Everyone should be proud of their hard work and dedication as this strong performance pushed the total payout for the year to 3.3 million dollars.  Just think about what kind of impact that has on our community and the jobs supported by it. The concern and enthusiasm demonstrated by our team when the tracking numbers change is encouraging to me and shows how empowered our brothers and sisters have become about the share plan.  Back in November we were tracking a payout of 4.7% and I want to remind everyone that when we put up a number that it is a “forecast”; a forecast that is 30 days out.  There are many variables that can come into play, especially when it is the last month of the year and there is a shutdown planned with a lot of maintenance work to be done and an inventory going on as well.  Just imagine a weather forecast that is 30 days out.  Although we slipped from that forecasted number, I want to stress to everyone, we had the best performance in the history of the share plan.  Some of the things that set us back a little is the fact that we overspent in engineering by almost a million dollars, but we need to look at that as an investment, an investment in our future.  Work that was done will surely pay off down the road and improve conditions for our Team. The 3.1272% breaks down as follows.  We made conversion cost for the quarter by 57 cents per tire, as for the month of December we missed conversion cost by $2.67 per tire for reasons I have already mentioned.  This works out to be a payout of 1.5647% in this category.  In waste we missed goal by $1.43 per tire which resulted in a 0% payout in this metric.  In the Absolute Stock Attainment metric we came in with a score of 88.93, with a goal of 86.92, for a payout of .625%  The final metric, QPI we scored 93.14 with a goal of 92.17 for a payout of .9375% As a reminder, the Share Plan payouts are totally self-supporting.  For every $3 out Team saves, we get $1 to be divided between everyone on our Team, the other $2 goes back to the company.  It is our desire that the money be used as capital investment in our plant.  Just look around at all the new investment that has been put in our plant as proof of this In closing, I want to challenge everyone to be empowered and make a difference in OUR PLANT.  One example of our Team being empowered and making a difference is with our maintenance.  Our maintenance downtime has improved to 2.53% across the plant, the best that it has been in 10 years.  That’s just one of the many examples of our Team moving forward.  By moving forward we continue to receive a Share Plan bonus, but more importantly we will continue to secure our future in Fayetteville. In Solidarity Ronald Sessoms