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| IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger was among labor leaders and elected officials invited to speak at a rally in St. Louis, MO, to commemorate a pending $60 billion sale of IAM-built F-15 fighter aircraft. |
Machinist Union leaders from District 837 and International Headquarters joined with elected officials from Missouri and Illinois for a rally at the Boeing facility in St. Louis, MO, to herald the economic impact of the pending $60 billion purchase of F-15 aircraft by Saudi Arabia and the recent sale of additional F/A-18 aircraft to the U.S. Navy.
“The pending sale of 84 F-15 fighter aircraft to a valuable U.S. ally will mark an important national security event, but it also means tens of thousands of jobs in dozens of states, including hundreds of jobs for IAM members right here in St. Louis,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, who addressed nearly 700 workers and guests in a massive final assembly hangar at the Boeing facility. “The link between strong national security and strong economic security is made even more durable by the remarkable quality of the aircraft our members produce here.”
Buffenbarger was joined at the event by IAM Vice President Rich Michalski, District 837 President and Directing Business Representative Gordon King and Aerospace Coordinator Mark Blondin. Elected officials who took part in this celebration of American workmanship included Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon, Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, Missouri Republican Senator Kit Bond and others.
Wed. November 24, 2010
I would sell those planes to the oil companies, so they could protect their own so called oil rites. They end up with the land grab wars, and let them fight for it with their money and their freedom fighters ( soldiers of Fortune ).. Either way we pay for it at the pumps, but not with our blood and money.Wed. November 24, 2010
I thought the first srike terrorist attacks on 911, that caused all this terror crap, costing over a trilion dollars, and rising us to bankruptcy, and the Patriot Act, taking away OUR freedom, step by step was born in Saudi Arabia. Now we sell them Offencesive wepons to use on us later? Just like our government did with Iraq. Do us Machinists have to only rely on making wepons of mass destruction for the world, or can we make durable, usefull things for Peace? When are we ever going to be in charge of what our government is up to next. We never have a vote on anything, and the Morons are in charge. God Save Us.