11 July 2005 - On July 7, 2005 DynCorp 20 employees at DynCorp Inc. in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico, voted to join the IAM. The workers rebuild rotor wings for helicopters returning from war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. The workers will become members of Local Lodge 2725 “I would like to thank our organizing committee for all the hard work they contributed to this campaign,” said Southern Territory Organizing Leader Bobby Sapp.
“Local Lodge 2725 Business Agent John Vigueras has done and outstanding job with organizing and servicing,” said Southern Territory General Vice President Bob Martinez. “This is the first election won in nearly nine years in Puerto Rico by the IAM and I’m sure this will be the first of many more to come. In the Southern Territory, we will leave no stone unturned, and we will leave no worker who wishes union representation high and dry. Our new commitment to organizing in Puerto Rico is reflective of the IAM’s dedication to organizing.”
