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  • Press releases June 6, 2007

    Machinists Seek U.S. Manufacturing Policy

    Washington, D.C., June 06, 2007  – The president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today urged Senate Democratic leaders to treat the nation’s manufacturing crisis like an economic epidemic. “We cannot afford to be anesthetized by incremental improvements in one index or another,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. “Since 1999, we

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  • Press releases May 30, 2007

    Machinists Ratify Three-Year Contract at Boeing St. Louis(1)

    IAM members of District 837 voted late last week to ratify a new three-year contract with the Boeing Co. in St. Louis, MO, that includes a 9.5 percent wage increase over the life of the accord and lump sum payments in the first and second years of the contract.

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  • Press releases May 29, 2007

    Negotiations Open with United Space Alliance

    May 29, 2007 - The Bargaining Committee for Local 2061 in Cocoa, FL, resumed negotiations today with representatives of United Space Alliance (USA) on behalf of nearly 600 members who work on Space Shuttle Operations at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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  • Press releases May 22, 2007

    Machinists Ratify Three-Year Contract at Boeing St. Louis

    May 22, 2007 - IAM members of District 837 voted late last week to ratify a new three-year contract with the Boeing Co. in St. Louis, MO, that includes a 9.5 percent wage increase over the life of the accord and lump sum payments in the first and second years of the contract

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  • Press releases April 19, 2007

    Boeing Members in St. Louis to Vote on Strike Authorization

    April 19, 2007 - District 837 members employed at Boeing in St. Louis, MO will vote April 22, 2007 on whether they’re ready and willing to strike in the event the final contract proposal is not accepted by the membership.

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