October 6, 2025
UAW SWFL Retiree Council October Meeting

Happy Fall!

 
We hope everyone had a very safe and healthy summer vacation.  Our monthly meetings resumed in September on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. 

Due to issues with our email system and circumstances beyond our control,  we lost over 450 email addresses this past summer.  As mentioned in our Quarterly Newsletter, we are asking everyone to send us an email with the following information to our email:  swfluaw@gmail.com, so that we can update our new database:  Name, address, city, state, zip code, email address, phone number and let us know if you are the retired worker, associate of the worker, or both.  Cindy will be working diligently over the next few weeks to update the database.  Some of you may or may not receive this message.  That's okay.  We will have you fill out a form at the next meeting so that she can continue to update the database with your information in order to keep you informed as to what is going on at future monthly meetings.

We will have Delta Dental and Optum RX at the meeting to answer any of your questions regarding your bills.  YOU MUST BRING YOUR PAPER BILL(S) WITH YOU!  They cannot assist you without them.  

As a reminder, the office was permanently closed on July 31, 2025.  We will no longer have an office for you to come into and speak with us.  Joe Bigelow, Chairman and Jim Getts, Financial Secretary will be taking your calls temporarily on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  Their cell phone numbers are as follows:  Joe Bigelow (Wednesdays) - 978-413-4888; Jim Getts (Thursdays) - 239-318-4892.  If we cannot answer your questions, here are two more people you can call.  They are with the International Retiree Department in Detroit, MI.  Here are their phone numbers:  Lisa Rink, Assistant Director, Retirees Department:  313-926-5099 OR Becky Bridgewater, Lisa's Assistant, Retirees Department:  248-302-1253.

As always, if you have any questions, you may call either Joe or Jim at the above mentioned phone numbers.  The hours of operation are Wednesday's and Thursday's, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  If you leave a message, please make sure to leave us your name and telephone number so that we can return your call.  This is very important.

Jim will be talking again about the Christmas party.  The cost is $10 per person and is restricted only to the retired worker and/or their associate.  Due to a situation that arose at last years party, where we had to turn away members, it is imperative that we ONLY have the retirees and/or their associates at the party.  We have a limit of 80 tickets.  TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR!  The cut-off date is November 11, 2025.  So, please purchase your tickets by the November 11th date!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the October meeting!

In Solidarity,

Joe Bigelow, Chair
Joe Stefanov, Vice Chair
Cindy Stachowski, Recording Secretary
Jim Getts, Financial Secretary
Mike Stachowski, Sargent-At-Arms
Jeff Brobst, Trustee
Robert Hilliard, Trustee
Andy Medar, Trustee
Tom Burdick, Trustee
Diana Getts, Guide