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JOIN THE NATIONAL CHRYSLER RETIREES ORGANIZATION

As you all know Chrysler non-bargaining unit (NBU) retirees (formerly executive, management and administrative employees), have no real means to counter any action the company may take to modify or even terminate NBU retiree benefits. Further, there currently is no way for NBU retirees to communicate with each other or to speak as one voice with the company.

We have continued to support the company and frankly have trusted what management has said, and we have relied on the company to provide the benefits we all earned while we were active employees. Unfortunately times have changed dramatically as has the company’s commitment to maintain retiree benefits.

The recent termination of life insurance made a number of us conclude that we should try to organize a NBU retiree organization to present a united front to the company. We believe the NCRO is necessary because it is a means to organize retirees so that we can communicate our mutual concerns, seek support from similar groups and basically try to help ourselves.

As a result of numerous emails being circulated that raised the idea of creating a retiree organization several retirees, retirees who are now NCRO directors finally decided it was worth the effort to form the NCRO. However, it is clear a few people can not take on all the responsibilities associated with developing and managing a retiree organization. Therefore, we ask that you share this communication with your fellow retirees and that you enlist their participation in the NCRO.

NCRO JOINS NRLN

Chrysler's action to cancel healthcare and insurance coverage for salaried retirees is a clear message that we must have new pension and healthcare legislation passed that protects our interests. Therefore, the NCRO is now an at-large member of the National Retiree Legislative Network.

The NRLN is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition of 23 retiree associations and individual members representing more than two million retired men and women seeking to preserve the retirement benefits they earned during their many years of employment. Their strength is in lobbying Congress in Washington, through messages from retirees to their elected officials, and retiree visits on home turf.

The NRLN, with its well-established base in Washington, D.C., has one mission, securing federal legislation that protects retirees' employer-sponsored pensions and healthcare benefits plus keeps Social Security and Medicare strong.

The NCRO fully supports the NRLN agenda of passing legislation to make corporations keep their pension and benefits promises to retirees. Like the other retiree associations affiliated with the NRLN, the NCRO will maintain its own identity while working with other retiree groups across all 50 states and Congressional Districts to create a better future for all of America's retirees.

I encourage you to go to the NRLN website  to learn more about the NRLN. After reading about the NRLN, I hope you will decide to click on the link that will take you to the website page where you can sign up to become a member of the NRLN's Grassroots Network. If we help, we will be protecting ourselves.

 

Chuck Austin

President, NCRO

CDI's Available

The National Chrysler Retirement Organization (NCRO) has the ability to issue 25 Certain Designated Individual (CDI) control numbers to potential buyers within the U.S. This CDI number will allow friends and neighbors to obtain a price on most new Chrysler vehicles that is 4-5% below factory invoice (employee price + $200). The Friends program, which we can use up to six times a year, provides for a price that is 1% below factory invoice.

In order for the CDI numbers to be issued, information must be provided to Dick Cassle using the applications that you can obtain by clicking here. Because we have a limited quantity of CDI numbers (available through the end of the year or until they are all distributed) they will only be issued to NCRO members, maximum of one per NCRO member for imminent sale/lease. Let's show our company how we can support them!
 

Dick Cassle
cassledick@aol.com

LATEST NEWS

CHRYSLER REJECTS THE NCRO REQUEST FOR A MEETING TO DISCUSS RETIREE BENEFITS

In early July, the NCRO sent a letter to Robert Nardelli, Chrysler LLC CEO, requesting a meeting to discuss retiree concerns with benefit cuts.  This week we received a response from Thomas Hadrych, Chrysler VP, Compensation, Benefits & Corporate Services. 

 Read the letter to Nardelli here.

 Read the respnse from Hadrych here.

Mr. Hadrych stated, "I agree that maintaining open lines of communication with employees and retires alike is extremely important and Chrysler fully intends to conduct communications with its retiree population directly as it has always done."  Later in the letter, in discussing the decisions Chrysler has made on benefits, he stated "our decisions are final and not subject to negotiation."

The NCRO is extremely disappointed with Chrysler's decision to reject meeting with us.  Chrysler's "direct communication" has been a major concern to the NCRO.  Chrysler communicates benefit changes to retirees individually, and seldom responds to written requests from retirees.  This in one-way communication, not "open lines of communication."  Both Ford and GM meet with their retiree groups.

The NCRO intends to communicate again with Cerebus and Chrysler management, requesting two-way communications.  If Chrysler wants to correspond only by letter, then they should at least agree to respond in a timely manner.

We would appreciate your reaction to the Chrysler decision.  Please reply to NChryslerRO@ncro.org .