Eighty-five workers at C-Martin, who perform service contract work at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, have voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM. Local Lodge organizing Chairman Randy Rodriguez led the campaign, and brought home the winner. “This is a great example of the talent and dedication that is in our Local Lodges,” said General Vice President Lee Pearson, “He took hold of this campaign and joined with DBR Bud Duryea to win this thing. This is great teamwork.”
The workers are in the maintenance and custodial classifications, and voted to join the IAM by more than a 4-to-1 ratio.
GLR Rod Weigand assisted with the campaign, which was the second time the workers had reached out to the IAM. Weigand said, “During the campaign, the company fired one of our campaign leaders and tried to discourage the workers with threats and other intimidating tactics, but the workers stuck together and the vote came down exactly in line with the yes petition signers. Our program really proved to be accurate, and Randy and Bud worked it perfectly.”
