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Boeing Talks Stall Over Outsourcing The latest round of contract talks between the IAM and Boeing broke down over Boeing’s insistence on contract language that could lead to the elimination of more than 2,000 IAM members’ jobs. Despite record profits and hundreds of aircraft on back order, Boeing continues to claim its future “competitiveness” depends
Read moreBoeing Strikers Determined to Prevail International President Tom Buffenbarger joined IAM members this weekend on picket lines outside Boeing facilities in Everett, WA, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS, where the strike over wages, pensions, health care and job security is entering its second month. “This strike matters to every IAM member in North America,” said
Read moreIAM Supports NASA Space-suit Decision When Neil Armstrong stepped off the lunar module in 1969 and became the first man to walk on the moon, he was wearing a space-suit made by IAM workers at Hamilton Standard in Windsor Locks, CT. The company is now known as Hamilton Sunstrand, a division of United Technologies (UTC).
Read moreIAM Sister of the Month October 2008 Victoria A. Cheek IAM Sister Victoria (Vickie) Cheek is a 12 year member of the IAM in local lodge 846, which is affiliated with Transportation District Lodge 143. She is the Recording Secretary for her local and Trustee for her District. Other E-Board positions she’s held include: Communicator,
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