Tags: tanker

Contract

Mon. April 18, 2011

With nearly 600 collective bargaining agreements to be negotiated this year, never a day goes by when the future isn’t being forged somewhere in our union. And it is a future being forged by IAM members

Department of Defense finally gets it right!

Fri. February 25, 2011
The largest procurement contract in the history of the U.S has finally been awarded - and the winner is the U.S!

The Pentagon has just announced that the $35 billion program to build 179 new refueling tankers, will be awarded to the Boeing Company. This decision has been in the works for ten years, since 2001 when Congress and the Air Force first proposed the tanker replacement program.

Machinists Welcome Tanker Decision

Thu. February 24, 2011
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today hailed the Department of Defense’s decision to award the Boeing Company with a contract to build a new fleet of air-to-air refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.

Machinists Welcome Tanker Decision

Thu. February 24, 2011
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today hailed the Department of Defense’s decision to award the Boeing Company with a contract to build a new fleet of air-to-air refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.

WTO Rules Airbus Got Billions in Illegal Subsidies

Thu. July 01, 2010
In an historic decision that underscores what Machinists have known for years, the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared that every Airbus program for the last 40 years has benefited from billions in illegal subsidies from European governments, causing serious financial harm to the U.S. commercial aircraft industry.

WTO Rules Airbus Got Billions in Illegal Subsidies

Thu. July 01, 2010
In an historic decision that underscores what Machinists have known foryears, the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared that every Airbus program for the last 40 years has benefited from billions in illegal subsidies from European governments, causing serious financial harm to the U.S. commercial aircraft industry.

Tanker Decision in the Wings

Fri. March 05, 2010

March 5, 2010 - If it's a USAF Refueling Tanker that needs to be built, many believe it should be done on United States soil by American workers.