Machinists Ratify Lockheed-Martin Contract at Fort Worth Facility District Lodge 776 Machinists ratified a three-year agreement with Lockheed-Martin Sunday, April 9, in Fort Worth Texas. The new agreement covers about 3,700 Machinists working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 programs. Highlights of the agreement include raises of four percent the first year, and three percent
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Read moreAnne Walsh was appointed as a Special Representative assigned to the IAM Organizing Department in March 2006.
Read moreApril 6, 2006 – A coalition of civil rights groups is calling for satellite voting locations to be established in states that continue to house evacuees displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The evacuation and destruction of poor and predominantly black neighborhoods in New Orleans is leading to concern that many African Americans will be unable to
Read moreApril 6, 2006 – The GOP’s Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan has been a disaster since it took effect on January 1. In its first weeks alone, six million poor, elderly and disabled patients were denied prescription drug coverage. More than 20 states were forced to provide emergency coverage to their low-income seniors. Five
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