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April 9, 2006 - District Lodge 776 Machinists ratified a three-year agreement with Lockheed-Martin Sunday, April 9, in Fort Worth Texas. The new agreement covers about 3700 Machinists working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 programs.
Read moreApril 4, 2006 - Negotiations are coming down to the wire for 3700 members of District 776 employed at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX. IAM members there build the F-16 fighter jet and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as well as a major portion of the F-22.
Read moreWashington, D.C., March 17, 2006 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, AL are engaged in an all-out effort to win collective bargaining rights for nearly 3,000 production and maintenance workers at Mercedes’ first U.S.-based facility. “This industry is undergoing extraordinary changes,” said Don
Read moreWashington, D.C., March 15, 2006 –The IAM Journal, the quarterly magazine of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), details parents, grandparents and their children being plunged into poverty by a cabal of drug companies, politicians and corporate CEO’s taking full advantage of this nation’s health care crisis. “Mugged” is available online at
Read moreFebruary 23, 2006 - Job security, affordable healthcare and a secure retirement are among the top concerns for nearly 4,400 manufacturing and aircraft assembly workers who are geared up for contract talks at the Ft. Worth, TX unit of Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Co.
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