IAM News

Media Advisory

Wed. August 12, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY

Machinist Union Leaders to Address Closing

of GE Jet Engine Plant in Albuquerque, NM

 

Albuquerque, NM, August 02, 2009 – Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) will be available to report on the status of their efforts to keep the General Electric jet engine plant in Albuquerque, NM, open.

What:               Local, district and national IAM representatives discuss the future of the GE plant in Albuquerque, NM.

When:              Monday, August 3, 2009 at 11:30 am

Where:             In front of GE plant

                        336 Woodward Ave. SE

                        Albuquerque, NM 87102                       

Contact:           Ernest Dow, IAMAW

                        505-242-9622 (office)

                        505-270-8155 (cell)

The IAM is among the nation’s largest industrial trade unions, representing nearly 700,000 active and retired members under more than 5,000 contracts in aerospace, manufacturing, transportation, shipbuilding and defense-related industries. For more information, visit www.goiam.org.