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Kansas Machinists Strike Hawker Beechcraft IAM members at Hawker Beechcraft voted overwhelmingly to reject the company’s offer and strike the Wichita, Kansas plane maker. Picket lines went up at 12:01 am on August 4, 2008, at Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita and Salina, KS, after thousands of IAM members cast ballots to reject the company’s offer
Read moreAugust 2008 Sister of the Month Nettie Hall IAM Sister Nettie Hall is a 30 year veteran with the IAM. Twenty of those years have been dedicated to serving the on the executive board for Local Lodge 1165 in Lincoln, IL. Currently, she is serving as the Recording Secretary, but has previously served as Trustee. Employed
Read moreBoeing Gets an Earful IAM leaders urged Boeing Company officials to think twice before proposing a substandard contract offer for 26,000 Machinists in Washington, Kansas and Oregon, who assemble the company’s commercial aircraft, including the next generation 787 Dreamliner. Speaking on a conference call for investors and journalists that was co-sponsored by the IAM and
Read moreIAM to Defend Airline Pensions at Merger Hearing Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. will testify on July 30, before the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, about the proposed Delta Air Lines – Northwest Airlines merger and its potential impact on workers and their pensions. “The Machinists Union strongly
Read moreClinton Backs U.S Workers in Tanker Debate New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton took a strong stand on behalf of U.S. aerospace workers this week when she challenged Air Force officials to follow the law governing major procurement decisions, such as the aerial refueling tanker, and to consider the impact on the U.S. industrial base.
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