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January 2, 2007 - Nearly 4,500 IAM members of Local 733 in Wichita, KS will continue working under terms of their existing contract with Raytheon Aircraft Co. following the Dec. 21 sale of the company to a partnership formed by Toronto-based Onex and Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Read moreNovember 30, 2006 - Nearly 19,000 IAM members employed by the Boeing Co., in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS are receiving $3,000 lump sum checks as part of the contract ratified by members following a 28-day strike in 2005.
Read moreNovember 8, 2006 - The IAM is charging Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ, with spying on union officials and illegally threatening employees during recent contract negotiations.
Read moreWashington, D.C., November 06, 2006 –“A massive transformation of the nation’s political landscape is in the making,” declared Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). “If working families turn out as expected tomorrow, we could see a landslide victory in the thirty-six gubernatorial races. “Governors directly affect the lives and
Read moreNovember 6, 2006 - Local 933 workers at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ voted on Sunday to reject the company’s contract proposal. As a result of the vote, nearly two thousand IAM-represented workers went on strike at one minute after midnight Sunday night.
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