The last days of 30 years of service (spinal Muscular Atrophy)

Well, the time has come and our fears have become reality. The Company Mecalux has bought Interlake. The article from The Pontiac Daily leader is below.
My husband has worked hard for over 30 years at Interlake.

Then the kicker today..... Lizzy physical therapist Monica at ST. James Hospital here decided that Elizabeth no longer needs Physical therapy(water therapy). Its not insurance denying Elizabeth. Its her Monica that made that decision. She decided all her own that she was done with Elizabeth. Water therapy has kept Elizabeth strong and moving. I lost it.... I asked her what is it with you all in this area? You are just giving up on Elizabeth ? What else people?? Come on.......enough is enough..... If we had a way to sell our house and find Paul a job we would out of here. This is turning into a nightmare all these things happening to us.



Lizzy has been plugging since Saturday. Not sure what is going on. She is better today

We got a few donors that are donating breast milk and I am so very much relieved to hear this news for Lizzy. The donor milk bank quit sending the breast milk she needs to survive. She has a fatty Meboblism disorder and it took years to perfect her diet. She needs breast milk due to her disease. She is also feed through her g-tube.

The article on Interlake

Pontiac, Ill. -
Word reached Pontiac this morning that Mecalux of Spain was the only bidder in bankruptcy court for the sale of United Fixtures Inc., which owns Interlake, Inc. but all the news was not good for employees.
“It has been posted at the Pontiac plant that Mecalux was the only bidder and that all employees of the Pontiac plant will be terminated on Thursday of this week,” said Eric Monical bargaining chair of Local 2488. “These employees include approximately 200 members of UAW Local 248.”
Monical said he has been on vacation from the plant but was going out to the plant this morning.
“I am scheduled to meet with Ralph Timan sometime today. Ralph is the president of Local 2488 and we will see where we go from here,” he said. “We, as union members, come Thursday absolutely have no guarantees.”
Monical said it is his understanding that Mecalux will terminate all the employees (union and non-union) and then begin interviewing to refill the positions.
“We would all have to reapply as non-union potential employees,” said Monical. “The union will be recognized only if Mecalux hires back more than 50 percent plus one of the current union employees.”
Monical said it is his understanding that the termination of the union employees is also being considered by the same bankruptcy judge that approved the sale to Mecalux.
Timan told The Daily Leader, in a February interview, that if other companies made bids in the bankruptcy court prior to March 2 there would be an auction among bidders between Monday and Wednesday of this week.
It was the failure of other bidders that led the bankruptcy judge to be able to finalize everything on Monday.
Timan told The Leader this morning that he really doesn’t know when the judge will rule on the status of the union at Interlake.
“There is no guessing when he will rule on the petitions submitted by the lawyers for the UAW,” said Timan. “We believe our collective bargaining agreement should be upheld.The sale is expected to be finalized this Friday in bankruptcy court. Does that mean the judge will rule on our petitions then? I have no idea.
“The United Fixtures entity is going away. Interlake is no longer a business entity and it was the one paying all of our benefits,” he added. “A company which no longer exists and was dissolved through bankruptcy can be difficult to have openly honoring contracts. But the other side of this is Mecalux — the new owner — with no employees. How this will all play out we simply don’t know.”
Timan said there is no indication of when Mecalux will begin interviewing for positions here or how many positions there will be.
“I am hopeful that today or tomorrow Mecalux will announce they will begin taking applications immediately. All we are hearing so far is that they intend to keep the Pontiac plant here and operational so we know they need employees,” he said.
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