Members Ratify Pact with Lockheed Space Systems

More than 420 IAM members at a pair of Lockheed Martin Space Systems locations voted to accept a new three-year contract. The members are from District 112, Local 2772, in Kings Bay, GA, and District 160, Local 282, in Seattle, WA.

Machinists Fight AFSS Reductions by FAA

December 8, 2009 - The IAM has lodged a protest with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over plans by contractor Lockheed Martin to reduce the number of Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS) in the United States. AFSS Specialists provide preflight weather briefings, in-flight radio services, issue notices to airmen, handle flight plans for general aviation and initiate search and rescue efforts when needed. AFSS Specialists voted for IAM representation last spring and achieved their first contract in August, 2009.

Lockheed Agrees to $1.4 Million Settlement over Firings

It’s no secret that companies frequently discharge workers engaged in organizing drives, confident that the time it takes to resolve an Unfair Labor Charge (ULP) will far exceed a worker’s resolve and financial ability to keep fighting.

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You did it. You braved obstacles and setbacks and persevered. Now it’s time to join your union, build momentum and make a united statement as we go into bargaining. Regardless of what side of the fence you may have been on, the AFSS IAM Union welcomes all.  Let’s move forward together.

**UPDATE** 0.23.2009 - WE WIN!!, click here  for more info.

Freedom of Information Act

FOIA on Consolidation and Personnel Retention

IAM and Lockheed Martin Working Together

The IAM has and continues to urge congress to increase funding for several programs that benefit Lockheed Martin directly and indirectly in the annual Defense Appropriations bill.

NOTEMS, ITN's and Flyers

AFSS - NOTEM - We win, it's official, so what comes next?

Flight Service Pension Recovery Project

One outstanding issue arising from the FAA's 2005 Flight Service outsourcing is that many employees were shorted on crediting their Federal "good time" as it counts towards Air Traffic pensions and benefits.

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Freedom of Information Act

• FOIA on Consolidation and Personnel Retention

 

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• NLRB Certification of Representative (04.23.2009)
• Letter of Support - Canadian FSS Union
• NLRB Exceptions Brief & Exceptions
• NLRB Hearing Officer’s Report
• IAM Objections Brief
• LMT Objections Brief
• NLRB Desicion
• Open Letter to AFSS Employees
• Joint Workplace Employee Participation Program (JWEPP)
• Wage Determination
• Join the IAM and Bring a Union to AFSS
• Are you concerned about the way things are done at AFSS? Take a look at how the IAM helps solve the problem.

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