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District 751 is offering free commemorative tees to members. To ensure you get yours ordered, contact your union steward who will be taking orders. Pick up and delivery is scheduled for the Local Lodge meetings in April.

If your area does not have a steward, please use this form to capture the sizes for members in your area and give the completed form to any union steward to drop off for you. Make sure you note the contact person on the form.

Historic Boeing pact will benefit more from education investment
Seattle Times - Guest columnist

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh writes that the recent agreement between the company and the Machinists union puts the company in better stead going forward. He calls on elected leaders and industry to invest in and reform education to ensure educated workers going forward. read more...

Boeing, Machinists, collaborate to boost competitiveness
from - Puget Sound Business Journal

The holidays are fast approaching. But never fear. American Rights at Work and the National Football League Players Association have put together a handy gift guide of union-made products made in the USA. Find great gift ideas like Play-Doh, All-Clad, Omaha Steaks, Louisville Sluggers, Snap-On tools, American Greeting cards, including a host of products made by your fellow IAM brothers and sisters.

The National Retail Federation estimates the average American will spend $700 on holiday gifts and goodies this year, totaling more than $465 billion. “If that money was spent entirely on U.S. made products, it would create 4.6 million jobs,” reports ABC World News. “But it doesn't even have to be that big. If each of us spent just $64 on American-made goods during our holiday shopping, the result would be 200,000 new jobs.”

In an effort to spur job growth, ABC World News is asking viewers to embark on a “Made in America Challenge” while shopping this holiday season. The network has put together dozens of stories on viewers across America taking on the buy American challenge, including this clip about a home in Bozeman, MT, created of 100 percent American-made goods – everything from the paint down to the screws. Builders, contractors, architects and do-it-yourselfers can find a list of the products used to make the home here. A map of where to find other American-made products is also available here.

The IAM is very proud to announce an overwhelming turnout and vote by our Hytek members on Tuesday. By a margin of 99 percent, the members stood strong in their preliminary strike authorization.

"Negotiations with Hytek have not produced adequate attention to their concerns" said Kevin Cummings, IAM Grand Lodge Representative. "These workers perform a highly skilled and critical function in a toxic and carcinogenic atmosphere, and deserve better respect and compensation than they are getting. Let's hope Hytek comes to their senses and quits talking about how much they care, and starts acting like they care. We aren't asking for the moon, just a fair contract that recognizes the sacrifices of their workers."

Congratulations. You have voted for jobs and ratified a four-year contract extension with the Boeing Co. by a vote of 74% to accept.

This agreement represents a historic moment in changing the relationship between this union and the Boeing Co. For the first time, company executives are committing to you to keep work in Puget Sound. They’re telling you that you, and the Machinists who come after you, will build the 737 MAX. You’ll build the P-8 Poseidon for the Navy, and the KC-46 tanker for the Air Force. And Boeing is committed to building twin-aisle jets in Everett, well into the future.

As a result of this vote, we have the strongest commitment to the future of aerospace jobs in Washington state that we’ve ever had.

We’ve also preserved retiree medical and pensions for new hires. Those are things that very few working people in America have today.

And just as important, this contract extension is the start of a new chapter in the IAM-Boeing relationship. We’re going to form a joint council of representatives from the top level of both the company and the union, which will meet monthly to pursue opportunities and work together to solve problems.

This committee has agreed to four mutual objectives, and first among them is this: Creating and sustaining good-paying jobs with benefits. Thanks to your vote on this contract extension, that now is one of the Boeing Co.’s stated goals.

Over the past decade, this union and Boeing have proven that we’re able to fight each other very effectively. Today, as a result of your vote, we’re committing ourselves to working together. It’ll be a big shift that we both need to embrace.

But we must do this. Because it’s obvious that we as union members cannot prosper if the Boeing Co. isn’t successful, and we’ve seen quite clearly that Boeing’s success is tied directly to the skills and experience of Machinists Union members.

Thank you for your support, and congratulations on having secured the future of aerospace manufacturing in Washington state.

Click here to view, tentative agreement regarding the contract extension, the side letter on work placement (job security), as well as be able to view existing language changes affected by the extension. Language not specifically mentioned in these attachments will remain in place with no change through the Sept. 8, 2016.

Machinists Land the 737 MAX; Tentative Agreement Reached on Contract Extension

In late October, senior executives from Boeing approached us to ask if we could get together to talk about issues that were going to come up in the 2012 contract talks. We agreed to meet with them to hear what they had to say. What resulted was an ongoing dialog and a series of meetings that ended with a proposal by the Company to extend the current contract with some changes in certain areas -- but a huge improvement in job security, which was your No. 1 issue in our first survey for the 2012 contract negotiations. Read More....

The new current quarterly adjustment amount for the period August, September and October is $0.04 effective December 2nd 2011.

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Washington Advantage in Aerospace

The union aerospace workers in Washington state are the highest skilled workforce in the nation. They love what they do, are great at it and are proud of all their accomplishments. This video will be featured in the Washington State booth at the 2011 Paris Air Show to show the world how Washington has all the advantages for any aerospace company.

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