Linda Lanouette Praises Her Mother’s Union Work

This is about my mother. She started in Framingham, Massachusetts UAW Local 422 (now gone), transferred to Fort Wayne, Indiana UAW Local 2209 truck plant. She will have her thirty years in June of 2009. My brother and I are very proud of her- she always put us first, raised us as a single parent after she divorced from our father, and put us through college. I am married with two beautiful sons that adore my mother. My brother is engaged and living in Massachusetts and I live in Pendlton, Indiana. My mother worked her way through the union and she is now a committeeperson for paint and body and paint support on the 2nd shift at Fort Wayne. We are proud of her as she has always maintained her dignity throughout the years working at General Motors. She has gone through the laid offs in the 70's 80's and 90's and yet with her union behind her has managed to make us proud of her. She is one heck of a mother and grandmother. I just wanted people to know about her as she is a remarkable lady to many of her friends and co-workers. She loves her union family and friends.

To you mom, we love you.
Michelle and John, Camden and Evan and Thomas and Janine