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PAGE 1<br />
OCTOBER 2008<br />
International Association of Machinists and<br />
Aerospace Workers<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong><br />
3917 E. MacArthur Rd.<br />
Get Registered and Vote<br />
By Larry Stafford, Editor<br />
Everyone has been telling us for<br />
months that this is the most important<br />
election of our lifetimes. Our economy<br />
is in a mess, our Country is in a mess.<br />
Our future as a Country, as a people and<br />
as a Union hangs in the balance.<br />
This election, we as a Union and as a workforce,<br />
need to put aside the single position points that have divided<br />
us in the past. We need to look at the candidates in<br />
the presidential election, and vote as a cohesive unit for<br />
the candidates who support labor. We have to get people<br />
elected from all parties who support the middle class and<br />
will keep our jobs here at home. We have to get people<br />
elected from all parties who will not force our kids and<br />
grand kids to pay for the greed and corruption that has<br />
been going on way too long from both parties. We have<br />
to get people elected from all parties who will listen to<br />
their constituents and do what is best for them and not<br />
cower to big business so they will have a cushy job when<br />
they finally leave office.<br />
The first thing you need to do is to register to<br />
vote or at least check to see if you are registered. If you<br />
live in Sedgwick County go to<br />
http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/elections/ and see if you<br />
are registered by clicking on that link. If you are not, you<br />
can link to the registration form. Here is some of that information<br />
from the site:<br />
Registration is open now! Click this Voter Registration<br />
link to download a form that you can fill out,<br />
print, sign, and mail, fax or drop by the Election Office at<br />
your convenience.<br />
You should register if you:<br />
• Just moved into Sedgwick County<br />
• Just turned 18 years old or will be 18 before the next<br />
election<br />
• Just became a United States citizen<br />
• Have never voted before in Sedgwick County<br />
If you are already registered, you should reregister<br />
if you:<br />
• Moved within Sedgwick County<br />
• Changed your name<br />
• Want to change your party affiliation<br />
Now that you are registered, you can find your polling<br />
place from that site also. If you do not live in Sedgwick<br />
County, contact your county’s election office. Do it now, do<br />
it today.<br />
To save a lot of study of the candidates and their<br />
position, the Wichita/Hutchison Labor Federation has done<br />
the homework for you. They put together a COPE Team to<br />
vet the candidates on labor issues. They sent<br />
all of the local candidates a survey and invited<br />
them to a COPE interview meeting<br />
where they could explain their views. The<br />
National candidates were also vetted by using<br />
their voting record. You will find all of<br />
these recommendations by reading the <strong>October</strong> issue of the<br />
Plain Dealer or logging onto http://www.ksworkbeat.org<br />
where you will find a special voter guide to study.<br />
These COPE members took a great deal of time to<br />
interview these candidates<br />
and there are<br />
KEY VOTING DATES<br />
some explanations<br />
for those decisions.<br />
The candidates they<br />
have recommended<br />
are the ones we, as a<br />
Union, should be<br />
voting for. Put aside<br />
all of the single issue<br />
positions that have<br />
divided us and this<br />
Advance Voting Begins Oct. 15<br />
Absentee Ballots Available Oct. 16<br />
Registration Deadline Oct. 20<br />
Election Day Nov. 4<br />
www.aflcio.org/politics/KS.cfm<br />
www.sedgwickcounty.org/elections<br />
country, and vote for the best interests of Labor. Your jobs<br />
and your family’s jobs are at stake.<br />
Phone Bank efforts are underway! The phone bank is<br />
located at District 70. The phones will be operated from 6:30 to<br />
8:30 each of the nights listed below. There are 20 phones and each<br />
local needs to recruit enough members to man all of them. As you<br />
can see LL<strong>839</strong> will be banking on Oct. 21 st . If you can help on the<br />
21 st , call the office. If any group would like to handle an open<br />
night please call Jake Lowen, COPE Director at 316-941-4061.<br />
Oct 7 - <strong>IAM</strong> 639<br />
Oct 8 - APWU<br />
Oct 9 -<br />
Oct 14-<br />
Oct 15 - SPEEA<br />
Oct 16 - UTW<br />
Oct 21- <strong>IAM</strong> <strong>839</strong><br />
Oct 22 -<br />
Oct 23 - NALC<br />
Oct 28 - <strong>IAM</strong> 733<br />
Oct 29 -<br />
Oct 30 - UTW
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 2 OCTOBER 2008<br />
Letter of Support from LL<strong>839</strong><br />
To LL735<br />
To the Sisters and Brothers at <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> 735;<br />
Tennessee Machinists<br />
On Strike at Vought<br />
From: www.iam735.blogspot.com<br />
Nearly 1,000 Machinists are on strike at<br />
Vought Aircraft Industries in Nashville, TN, after<br />
voting to reject a company offer that would replace<br />
the existing pension plan for many employees with a<br />
risky 401(k) plan.<br />
“It is beyond irresponsible for a successful<br />
company like Vought to insist on a 401(k) plan in<br />
lieu of a secure defined benefit pension plan,” said<br />
IP Tom Buffenbarger. “It is this kind of arrogance<br />
and blind faith in Wall Street that is costing millions<br />
of employees their retirement security at this very<br />
moment.”<br />
Members of <strong>Local</strong> 735 in Nashville, TN,<br />
assemble wing and tail structures for commercial<br />
and military aircraft customers, including Airbus,<br />
Gulfstream, Cessna and Lockheed Martin.<br />
“The contract offer is riddled with takeaways,”<br />
said Southern Territory GVP Bob Martinez.<br />
“Besides the pension, the offer erodes seniority<br />
rights, has substandard pay increases, and increases<br />
out-of-pocket expenses for health care. The workers<br />
are right to reject it and the <strong>IAM</strong> stands with them.”<br />
Not unlike Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita,<br />
KS, where Machinists recently concluded a successful<br />
strike, Vought is a highly profitable aerospace<br />
company, with numerous contracts and additional<br />
work on the way.<br />
Despite Tennessee’s status as a right-towork<br />
(for less) state, the bargaining unit at Vought<br />
is keenly aware of the value of full membership,<br />
with more than 90 percent taking full advantage of<br />
their collective bargaining rights.<br />
“This <strong>Local</strong> is very strong, with great leadership<br />
from their Negotiating Committee,” said<br />
Aerospace Coordinator Ron Eldridge. “They understand<br />
they’re fighting for their future.”<br />
I am Kathy Petersen, President of <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong> in Wichita,<br />
KS at Spirit AeroSystems. I write to forward the support of the<br />
members of our <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong>. We have received information<br />
that Vought Aircraft is demanding to freeze the pensions for<br />
employees with less than 16 years of service, and we urge you<br />
to reject these demands in the strongest terms possible. Every<br />
contract we fight to keep and improve our pensions, and Machinists<br />
in the aerospace industry have NOT been giving up<br />
pensions, and we should not start now.<br />
Like your facility, we are a subcontractor, and we are in the<br />
same market as you are. Good wages and benefits at our facility<br />
and dependent upon BOTH contracts are strong contracts<br />
with good wages and benefits. We can lift each other up, on<br />
successive contracts. Our companies may be competitors, but<br />
we are in the boat together; we are sisters and brothers.<br />
We went through a painful time three years ago when the<br />
Commercial Aircraft portion of Wichita's Boeing facility (was<br />
sold). During the sale, our <strong>Local</strong> fought hard for our pensions,<br />
and while our Boeing pensions were frozen, our Solidarity<br />
won us the <strong>IAM</strong> Pension Plan for the future, at $60 per month<br />
per year of service. We had a five-year contract with a economic<br />
opener this year, where we couldn't strike. The company<br />
essentially gave us nothing, and this was a valuable lesson,<br />
one we hope you will take to heart.<br />
Companies will GIVE you nothing. You get ONLY what you<br />
are strong enough to TAKE. We are gearing up for what we<br />
consider will be a likely strike in 2010, and our local WILL<br />
NOT roll over for corporate greed.<br />
If they are trying to sell you a 401(k) for giving away your<br />
pension, IT IS A SCAM, one that you shouldn't accept. We are<br />
all the Fighting Machinists, and if you need to fight, we will<br />
be standing with you. Good luck to you all.<br />
Kathy Petersen,<br />
President,<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong><br />
Wichita, KS.<br />
Additional information about the strike is available<br />
at www.iam735.blogspot.com
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 3 OCTOBER 2008<br />
Boeing Strike Up-Date<br />
By Becky Ledbetter, Business Representative<br />
To all my LL<strong>839</strong> Brothers and Sisters out there, please stay strong, as this strike<br />
continues. Remain in support of our LL834 Brothers and Sisters across the street who are hanging tough<br />
through this battle. The membership at LL834 is still resilient as the count is 14 members have crossed. This is not their<br />
first rodeo and they know they must stay out just one more day. I want to thank the tooling department who informed<br />
me that Boeing Military had brought a couple of B-52 tools across the street to your shops to work on. I gave the numbers<br />
to my boss and they had them removed immediately. I closed 3 more grievances out and still have 7 open that labor<br />
and I are working. Inspectors please hang in there. I will have to meet with your director to try to get resolution for your<br />
issue. We know things are going to get tuff but hold on and “Get Ready to Fight and Win in 2010.”<br />
Latest from www.goiam.org on Boeing<br />
From: http://www.goiam.org<br />
Ronnie Ketron with International President Tom Buffenbarger<br />
ready to join the picket line, Saturday <strong>October</strong> 4th.<br />
Global Support for Boeing Strikers<br />
From: http://www.goiam.org<br />
International labor federations representing<br />
millions of workers around the world are weighing in<br />
with expressions of support for <strong>IAM</strong> members now in<br />
the third week of a strike at the Boeing Company.<br />
Letters of solidarity and support have poured<br />
in from twenty-two union federations in Europe, Australia,<br />
Denmark, Italy, Spain and elsewhere. Each display<br />
a keen understanding of the battle at Boeing and<br />
the need for international solidarity in a time of unrestrained<br />
outsourcing and rampant globalization.<br />
“We will do everything we can to ensure this<br />
company and others are under no illusions that if you<br />
take on organized labour, wherever that may be, you<br />
take us on internationally,” said Steve Turner, National<br />
Secretary of the London-based Transport<br />
Ground Workers Union.<br />
International President Tom Buffenbarger joined<br />
<strong>IAM</strong> members this weekend on picket lines outside Boeing<br />
facilities in Everett, WA, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS,<br />
where the strike over wages, pensions, health care and job<br />
security is entering its second month.<br />
“This strike matters to every <strong>IAM</strong> member in North<br />
America,” said Buffenbarger. “When a successful company<br />
like Boeing refuses to protect the jobs of the men and<br />
women who made those profits possible, we have no choice<br />
but to take them on.”<br />
In a recent memo to Boeing employees, Boeing<br />
CEO James McNerney complained the strike was undermining<br />
the company’s “reputation for reliability,” a curious<br />
charge given Boeing's recent ethical blunders, outsourcing<br />
woes and delivery snafus.<br />
“The fact is our members have bent over backwards<br />
for this Company to make them profitable,” said Aerospace<br />
Coordinator and lead negotiator Mark Blondin. “We have<br />
participated in every lean program, new initiative and offered<br />
alternative ideas - all to make them successful. It is our<br />
members who step up and get the job done for Boeing every<br />
time. We will continue to do that, but not at the price of our<br />
jobs.”<br />
Despite a standing <strong>IAM</strong> offer to meet with Boeing<br />
negotiators and regular contact with the federal mediator,<br />
Boeing has refused to explore proposals on job security. The<br />
<strong>IAM</strong> is seeking written contract language to ensure that jobs<br />
historically performed by Machinist Union members will<br />
continue to be performed by <strong>IAM</strong> members.<br />
“The <strong>IAM</strong> is not on strike to harm Boeing or its customers,”<br />
said Blondin. “However, we are on strike and our<br />
members have made it clear that protection of <strong>IAM</strong> jobs and<br />
the scope of <strong>IAM</strong> work is critical to getting a ratified agreement.”<br />
Additional information about the strike is available<br />
at www.iam751.org .
PAGE 4 OCTOBER 2008<br />
From: http://action.slatteryforsenate.com<br />
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
In early 2008, the United States Air Force<br />
awarded a multi-billion dollar contract to build refueling<br />
tankers to Boeing's European competitor EADS/Airbus.<br />
There were many opportunities for Pat Roberts to support<br />
Boeing, a huge Wichita employer, and its workers, but<br />
instead he sided with President Bush and Sen. John<br />
McCain opening the door for a European company to<br />
build the United States Air Force refueling tankers. An<br />
article in Defense News from 2005 clearly documents<br />
how a 'Buy American' provision could have saved Boeing<br />
from its recent ordeal.<br />
Instead, Roberts allowed the 'Buy American' provision<br />
to be deleted from the legislation. During the contract<br />
bidding process, Sen. Roberts' son, David Roberts,<br />
was even lobbying on behalf of EADS. Ironically, Sen.<br />
Roberts has started airing campaign ads touting his support<br />
for Boeing and its workers. Kansas deserves a Senator<br />
who puts his constituents in Wichita ahead of his<br />
friends in Washington. Check out the timeline to the right<br />
to learn about Roberts' role in putting Boeing in the position<br />
of having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars<br />
to fight for a contract Sen. Roberts should have helped<br />
them secure long ago.<br />
<strong>October</strong> 2001: Air Force proposes to lease 100 airrefueling<br />
tankers from Boeing at a cost of $20 billion or<br />
more (The Seattle Times, 3/1/2008).<br />
May 2003: Sen. John McCain offers amendment allowing<br />
the Department of Defense to buy equipment and services<br />
from foreign companies, including EADS, undermining<br />
"Buy American" rules. Sen. Roberts votes in favor<br />
of this amendment.<br />
November 2003: Boeing fires CFO Mike Sears and vice<br />
president of missile-defense systems, Darleen Druyun. It<br />
was found that Sears improperly offered Druyun a job<br />
while she was still a top Air Force acquisitions officer<br />
BOEING BLUNDER<br />
Forty years in Washington will change<br />
anyone, even Pat Roberts. When Pat<br />
Roberts had a chance to stand-up for<br />
Kansas jobs, and support Boeing—a<br />
huge Wichita employer—Pat sided<br />
with President Bush, John McCain,<br />
and a European company to build U.S.<br />
Air Force refueling tankers. Kansas<br />
deserved—and deserves—better.<br />
overseeing tanker contract (The<br />
Seattle Times, 3/1/2008).<br />
May 2004: Tanker leasing deal<br />
introduced in <strong>October</strong> 2001 for<br />
Boeing is dropped (The Seattle<br />
Times, 3/1/2008).<br />
January 2005: Roberts' son,<br />
David Roberts, begins lobbying<br />
for EADS on the FY2006 Defense<br />
Authorization Act.<br />
May 2005: A provision in the<br />
FY2006 Defense Authorization Act, HR 1815 was drafted<br />
to ELIMINATE Northrop Grumman/EADS ability to bid<br />
on the Air Force tanker. Two Senate Committees allowed<br />
this specific provision to be deleted. President Bush threatens<br />
to veto the Defense Authorization Act if those provisions<br />
are not deleted. Sen. Roberts was on BOTH committees<br />
and obeyed President Bush's request to have the provisions<br />
deleted.<br />
September 2005: Northrop Grumman teams up with<br />
EADS to bid for the tanker contract.<br />
January 2006: David Roberts again lobbies on behalf of<br />
EADS for the period of January 1, 2006-June 30, 2006.<br />
April 2006: United States Air Force reopens procurement<br />
process for replacing tankers (The Seattle Times,<br />
3/1/2008).<br />
January 2008: Mobile, AL wins contract with Northrop<br />
Grumman/EADs to assemble commercial jets and Air<br />
Force tankers if Northrop Grumman/EADS is awarded the<br />
contract (The Seattle Times, 3/1/2008).<br />
February 2008: The U.S. Air Force awards $35 billion<br />
tanker contract to Northrop Grumman/EADS.<br />
Today: Kansans and especially workers in Wichita are left<br />
watching and waiting while the Air Force rebids the tanker<br />
contract.
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 5 OCTOBER 2008<br />
AFSCME President Delivers $100,000 for Boeing Strikers<br />
From: http://www.goiam.org<br />
Gerald W. McEntee, the International President<br />
of the 1.4 million-member American Federation of City,<br />
State and Municipal Workers (AFSCME), received a<br />
sustained ovation from convention delegates in Orlando<br />
when he announced a $100,000 donation to an <strong>IAM</strong><br />
strike assistance fund to help 27,000 <strong>IAM</strong> members on<br />
strike at Boeing.<br />
“I want you to know that AFSCME stands in<br />
solidarity with all of you and with the 27,000 aerospace<br />
workers in your struggle with Boeing,” said McEntee,<br />
who noted the long and productive partnership between<br />
the <strong>IAM</strong> and AFSCME.<br />
“We stand with you. We stand beside you. And<br />
let me tell you something, we always put our money<br />
where our mouth is. So I have with me to give to your<br />
President, a check for $100,000 to help you on your<br />
strike at Boeing.”<br />
Gerald McEntee donned the bright orange gear of The November<br />
4th Team (TNT) and announced a $100,000 donation<br />
to a strike assistance fund for <strong>IAM</strong> members at Boeing.<br />
McEntee also addressed labor’s role in the upcoming elections and the importance of electing labor-friendly representatives.<br />
“We have the best grassroots mechanism that the American Labor Movement has ever seen,” declared<br />
McEntee. “And let me tell you this, we are going to be the biggest, baddest and boldest supporters of the Obama-Biden<br />
ticket.”<br />
Few Choice Words for the Next President<br />
From: http://www.goiam.org<br />
To the New President and Congress: “I urge you to enact the Employee Free<br />
Choice Act immediately. This crucial legislation will protect workers’ freedom to choose a<br />
union and bargain without management intimidation. Allowing more workers to freely join<br />
unions and bargain with their employers will help rebuild the middle class by expanding<br />
health care, improving retirement security and raising the standard of living for America’s<br />
working families. My bargaining rights are worth working for and voting for!”<br />
That’s the message on pre-printed postcards that are part of an AFL-CIO effort to<br />
gather at least one million signatures on a petition urging the next president to sign the Employee Free Choice Act<br />
(EFCA) without delay.<br />
The EFCA (H.R. 800, S. 1041) is a top legislative priority for U.S. labor unions and would level the playing field for<br />
workers and employers and help rebuild America’s middle class. It would establish stronger penalties for violation of<br />
employee rights when workers seek to form a union and during first-contract negotiations and provide mediation and<br />
arbitration for first-contract disputes. Most importantly, the Act would allow employees to form unions by signing cards<br />
authorizing union representation.<br />
Go to www.ll<strong>839</strong>.org and download the Free Choice Pledge
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 6 OCTOBER 2008<br />
Nominations For LL<strong>839</strong><br />
in November<br />
By Larry Stafford, Editor<br />
Nominations for the <strong>Lodge</strong> Officers and<br />
<strong>Lodge</strong> Delegates for the Standing Committees<br />
for a three year term, will be held at the November<br />
meeting on November the 8 th . Any member<br />
of LL<strong>839</strong> is eligible to run for these offices if<br />
they qualify per Article X of the LL<strong>839</strong> By-<br />
Laws. An eligible member must have been a<br />
member of the <strong>Lodge</strong> for one year at the time of<br />
nomination. They must be free of delinquency of<br />
any nature to the Grand <strong>Lodge</strong>, District <strong>Lodge</strong><br />
or the <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong>. They must qualify under<br />
applicable provisions of the <strong>IAM</strong> Constitution,<br />
and section 2 of Article XII of the <strong>Local</strong> By-<br />
Laws. They must be present at the time of<br />
nominations to accept said nomination or serve<br />
written notice upon the Recording Secretary<br />
that they would serve if nominated and elected.<br />
They must be nominated by a member in good<br />
standing. The following Officers and Delegates<br />
will be nominated on November 8 th. These are<br />
the openings per the <strong>Local</strong>’s membership:<br />
President<br />
Vice President<br />
Recording Secretary Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Conductor-Sentinel Trustees (3)<br />
President of LL<strong>839</strong> Resigns<br />
By Larry Stafford, Editor<br />
As everyone now knows, Gary Cochran, President<br />
of LL<strong>839</strong> has resigned for personal reasons. Brother Gary<br />
has been a force in this <strong>Local</strong>, even when we were part of<br />
Boeing, for many years. He has had a long a distinguished<br />
career with the <strong>IAM</strong>. We all wish Brother Gary well in his<br />
personal life and hope that he remains active in this <strong>Local</strong>.<br />
Below is the E-Mail sent out to the Stewards to<br />
announce this development.<br />
Dear Brothers and Sisters:<br />
Gary Cochran has resigned his position as<br />
President of <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong>. Per the International<br />
Constitution, the Vice President completes the unexpired<br />
term as President; therefore, I am the new President.<br />
I will certainly do my best to fulfill the duties and<br />
responsibilities of the office of the President of our <strong>Local</strong>,<br />
and I would like to invite you to contact me anytime<br />
with any concerns or questions. I will continue to work<br />
toward an atmosphere of positive change and clearer<br />
communication with the membership.<br />
In Solidarity,<br />
Kathy S. Petersen, President<br />
LOCAL LODGE NO. <strong>839</strong><br />
Journeyman Review Board (3)<br />
Safety Committee (to be determined)<br />
District <strong>Lodge</strong> No. 70, <strong>IAM</strong>, AFL-CIO (11)<br />
Wichita Labor Federation, AFL-CIO (9)<br />
Wichita Union Label & Services Trades Council,<br />
AFL-CIO (15)<br />
Kansas State Council of Machinists (3)<br />
Audit Committee (3)<br />
The election of the Officers and Delegates<br />
will be held on December 13 th . The polls<br />
will be open 6:00 am– 6:00 pm and the election<br />
will be held at the District Office.<br />
As usual, Tellers will be needed for that<br />
election and a sign up sheet will be at the office.<br />
No one on the ballot may be a Teller.<br />
No campaigning or campaign literature<br />
will displayed during the balloting and loitering<br />
will not be tolerated.
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 7 OCTOBER 2008<br />
Mark Love Accepts New Position<br />
By Larry Stafford, Editor<br />
Brother Mark Love, Business<br />
Representative for District<br />
lodge 70, has accepted a position<br />
with the Grand <strong>Lodge</strong>. He is now a<br />
Special Representative assigned to<br />
the Southern Territory.<br />
Mark Love hails from <strong>Local</strong><br />
834 in Wichita, KS, where he<br />
served as Shop Steward, Vice<br />
President, Organizer and Strike Coordinator<br />
during the 1995 Boeing<br />
strike. In May of 1997, Love took on the responsibility of<br />
Organizer for District 70 and was elected Business Representative.<br />
Love has also been President of the Wichita/Hutchinson<br />
Labor Federation, and is currently President<br />
of the Kansas State Council of Machinists and the Kansas<br />
AFL-CIO.<br />
Mark left last week and is currently in Tennessee<br />
assisting <strong>Local</strong> 735 with the strike action they have with<br />
Vought. As reported earlier, this strike there seems destined<br />
to be similar to the Boeing strike.<br />
A big thank you goes out to Brother Mark for all of<br />
the hard work he did for <strong>Local</strong> 834, at District 70 and all<br />
of the hard work he will provide the <strong>IAM</strong>&AW in his new<br />
position. Good luck Mark.<br />
In-plant Representative Report<br />
By David Eagle and Howard “HoJo” Johnson<br />
Dear Brothers and Sisters:<br />
We would like to thank everyone who has kept us informed<br />
as to what has been going on since the Boeing Strike. We<br />
have been meeting with the Spirit Company to resolve issues as<br />
we have been notified of problems. Problems and questions have<br />
ranged from the Company not wanting to honor seniority; to why<br />
not just work Monday-Wednesday and shut the lights off, if the<br />
Company really want to save money; why work ANY overtime,<br />
etc.<br />
We received no answers except that “management needs<br />
to be creative to prevent a surplus. The only money that we can<br />
see that the Company saved was from the salaries never paid out<br />
to you.<br />
Short Workweek language contained in Article 6, Section<br />
6.1(b) has been in our <strong>IAM</strong> contracts since 1953, but it was<br />
never used until the divestiture. The intent was not to utilize the<br />
language in the fashion that it is has been being used. You can bet<br />
this language, as well as lots of other language, will be looked at in<br />
2010.<br />
Community Service<br />
We’re Back!<br />
By Kathy Petersen<br />
The members of the Community<br />
Service Committee will be<br />
back in the kitchen at the <strong>October</strong><br />
meeting, after missing the September<br />
meeting due to the Grand<br />
<strong>Lodge</strong> Convention. Be sure and<br />
enter the basket drawing for an<br />
opportunity to win a set of Commemorative<br />
pins from the Convention.<br />
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all<br />
of you that came out and participated at the District 70<br />
Car Show. We were there selling hot dogs, cheeseburgers<br />
and nachos. We were able to make enough money in<br />
the kitchen to give a $100.00 contribution to the Union<br />
Label and Service Trades Council. We want to express<br />
our appreciation to Roger Stamback and David Robertson<br />
- the two Union Label Delegates who cooked the burgers<br />
and hot dogs for us.<br />
On a final note, I would like to once again ask for<br />
volunteers to help on this committee or another committee<br />
of your choice. There will be sign-up sheets for all<br />
the various committees at the <strong>October</strong> and November<br />
meetings. The sign-up sheets will be available over at the<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> in between meetings. Please think seriously<br />
about becoming more active in your local lodge functions.<br />
For just a couple of hours a month, you can really<br />
make a difference in your life, your community and your<br />
union.<br />
Call the <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> at 524-<br />
1090 if you have any questions about<br />
any of the committees. Thank you!<br />
It is time to prepare for 2010. Get your “house” in order!<br />
Get your “Union” in order! Hopefully the last couple of months<br />
has showed people the urgency of getting ready for the 2010 negotiations.<br />
We have been “living” the changes that need to be made<br />
in the 2010 Contract, it has not been fun, fair or rewarding. And<br />
we MUST have changes in 2010.<br />
Good advice is: MAKE YOUR UNION STRONGER<br />
**** ORGANIZE ****<br />
BE PREPARED TO STRIKE<br />
TALK to someone who does not belong to our Union. Challenge<br />
yourself, bring in a new member each month!
MACHINISTS MATTERS<br />
PAGE 8 OCTOBER 2008<br />
Welcome To Our New Union Brothers and Sisters<br />
TERRY ATKINSON<br />
BRUCE A. CLARK<br />
JIMMY D. CLARK<br />
CHAUNCEY LITTLEJOHN<br />
TRAVIS METZINGER<br />
WALLACE S. MILLER<br />
TIMOTHY MOLAND<br />
JANINE MOLZAHN<br />
JESSE J. PEREA<br />
EDWARD J.H. PLIKUHN<br />
JEFF A. QUAID<br />
CHAD WAGES<br />
BRIAN ZIMMERMAN<br />
Monthly Union Meetings<br />
2nd Saturday of the Month<br />
Executive Board meets at 8:00 AM<br />
Regular Meeting at 10:00 AM<br />
Greensburg Project<br />
By Jeff Meis<br />
Attention Union Members:<br />
There’s an opportunity for community service to<br />
participate in an outreach program. The ‘Greensburg<br />
Crusade’ program has scheduled a work day for Saturday,<br />
<strong>October</strong> 25 th . Lunch will be provided for those interested<br />
in joining us on this day.<br />
All volunteers interested are expected to meet at<br />
the <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong> at 8:00 am and we will be leaving<br />
the <strong>Lodge</strong> at 8:30 am.<br />
Carpooling is encouraged.<br />
For more information on this please contact Jeff<br />
Meis @ 316-847-1070.<br />
International Association of Machinists<br />
and Aerospace Workers<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong><br />
3917 E. MacArthur Rd.<br />
Wichita, Kansas 67210<br />
<strong>IAM</strong>&AW THE FIGHTING MACHINISTS!<br />
Phone: (316) 524-1090<br />
The Fighting Machinists<br />
www.ll<strong>839</strong>.org<br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>Lodge</strong> <strong>839</strong><br />
Get Ready to<br />
Fight & Win<br />
In 2010<br />
President - Kathy Petersen<br />
Vice President -<br />
Recording Secretary - Kevin Jamis<br />
Treasurer - Joni Pierce<br />
Conductor/Sentinel - Dennis Williams<br />
Trustees - Roger Stamback, Stan Chapman, Rickey Nelson<br />
Communicator - Dennis Williams<br />
Educator - Roger Stamback<br />
1st Shift In-Plant Rep. - David Eagle<br />
2nd Shift In-Plant Rep. - Howard “HoJo” Johnson<br />
Editor - Larry Stafford