News Tag: district 70

iMail , News October 14, 2010

‘Survival’ Vote Looms at Hawker Beechcraft

IAM members at Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita, KS, will vote this week on a seven-year tentative agreement that preserves two-thirds of the 2,600 bargaining unit jobs that were threatened with elimination. Prior to the tentative agreement, Hawker Beechcraft was considering a $400 million offer from the state of Louisiana to relocate its entire manufacturing operation

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iMail , News October 14, 2010

IAM Pressure Cancels Outsourcing Conference, Again

For the second time, Mexican aerospace officials have cancelled a conference in Wichita, KS, designed to lure more aircraft jobs to Mexico. Last April, the magazine Mexico Now cancelled the conference after District Lodge 70 announced plans to picket the conference. This time the conference wasn’t publicly announced, but the Machinists and the Wichita Eagle

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