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And the Winner Is?
LL839’S Community Services Committee recently had the drawing for the 32” Color TV. Congratulations to the winner.

An Open Letter To The President
The Great Recession lingers like a severe case of poison ivy. Its rash of joblessness has spread to every part of the body politics. And in many communities, its toxic oils have formed large, weeping blisters. View the latest UCubed for July 16th, 2010.

IMPORTANT UNION NOTICE
Your IAM Leadership is meeting Wednesday morning, July 14th with HBC Management concerning the future of business and employment in the Wichita area. We are committed to keeping our membership informed concerning these very important talks. After the meeting, we will be posting a release on the Local Lodge website, and we will also be speaking to the press. Read the rest of the flyer.

Should Onex Sell Off - Hawker Beechcraft???
Read a recent article posted on July 9th by the Gerson Lehrman Group. The full article explores the reasoning why the owners of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Onex & GS Capital Partners) should turn their attention to selling the company by parting it out instead of attempting to rehabilitate its dwindling market position.

Congressional Bills
View several bills and their descriptions that are currently before the House and Senate and being supported by the IAM and TCU.

You Asked The Question? We Have The Answer!
At one of the recent all-hands meeting, CEO Bill Boisture fielded a question from a non-hourly employee who was upset that the hourly (Union-represented) employees paid less in insurance costs than the non-hourly employees. Read the answer that was given by Boisture as well as the rest of the flyer. Then fill out the form at the bottom of the page and become a member today.

This is From the Union Leaders!
Tuesday May 18th, HBC CEO Bill Boisture had several meetings where he suggested that your Union Leadership was refusing to meet with HBC Management. This is simply not true. Read the flyer that was just released to the shop floor.

AFL-CIO Good Jobs Now - Will you join us?  
Our first step is to hold Wall Street accountable and ensure the Big Banks pay to replace the jobs they destroyed. While millions are suffering, the party on Wall Street continues—producing speculation instead of investment, executive bonuses instead of jobs and the sowing of the seeds of another financial crisis even as we continue to suffer the consequences of the current one. This is the legacy of the failed deregulatory economic model of the past 30 years.

UCubed for July 13th, 2010
In a remarkable speech entitled Beyond Vietnam, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gently and patiently explained why he opposed the war. His seven major reasons ran almost seven thousand words. UCubed for July 13th.

CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY?
Of course you are! America turns 234 years old this weekend and what better way to celebrate than with a NEW song! Proud To Be Born Again American. by Phoenix Stone

View the U-Cubed Newsletter for July 7, 2010
Last week, 40 Republican Senators and one Democrat blocked action on extended unemployment benefits. This week, three GOP Senators were absent for the roll call but the end result was the same—no relief for the long-term unemployed. By the time those 41 lawmakers return from their 4th of July recess, 2 million Americans will have spent their final unemployment check.

The Results Are In
LL839 voted 57% to reject the contract. And voted 58% to go on strike. By our constitution a simple majority 50% + 1 to reject the contract and a 66 2/3's% vote is needed to sanction a strike. There will be no strike. The new agreement goes into effect at 12:01am Saturday June 26th, 2010.

LL839"s Contract Proposal
View a copy of the contract proposal that the members of LL839 will be voting on this Friday.

LL839 and Spirit AeroSystems Reach Tentative Accord
The Union has not released details of the agreement. It will release them to the membership today. Your Negotiating Team has sent it to the printer and as soon as it has been printed it will be in the shops for distribution. Read a story by Molly McMillin in the Wichita Eagle. Read what KWCH and KAKE both have to say.

Spirit AeroSystems, Machinists union negotiations: A new kind of contract
Read the story in the Wichita Eagle Thursday March 25th, 2010. Plus view the videos.

LL839 and Spirit Aerosystems

Open negotiations Tuesday March 23rd. Read the story by Molly McMillin in the Wichita Eagle. Watch a video and read what KWCH channel 12 had to say.

City Wide Aerospace Rally!!!
Aviation workers rally to protest outsourcing. On Wednesday June 16th aerospace workers from around this area gathered to protest the outsourcing by companies like Hawker,  Cessna and Learjet. Plus Spirit members came to listen to updates on the negotiations as their contract expires June 25th. Read the story in the June 17th Wichita Eagle written by Molly McMillin. Watch a short video also posted by the Wichita Eagle. Watch a video posted on KAKE's website. View a slideshow of pictures taken by Larry Stafford of LL839.

American Heart Walk
Saturday June 12th was a great day for a walk to bring awareness of Cardiovascular diseases and to raise money. View a slide show from this year's event.

United Way Of the Plains
Monthly Volunteer Connection Newsletter for April is available to view. To volunteer you can call 2-1-1 or visit them on line at United Way.

Take Action for COBRA Subsidy Extension
Laid-off workers struggling financially to make ends meet should not have to worry about health insurance premiums that exceed 80 percent of their unemployment income. Click here to demand Congress acts now to extend eligibility for the COBRA subsidy.

Letter Carriers Food Drive Tops 1 Billion Pounds
I want to extend my thanks to all the volunteers who graciously spent their Saturday volunteering for the National Food Drive on May 8th. Read the full letter by Mario Cervantes. Also view a slideshow of pictures taken by Mario at the Delano Station.

NEWS RELEASE
Area residents being asked to give input on social needs for United Way. The assessment helps United Way to identify unmet needs in the community. Read the rest of the article.

UCubed
April newsletter is now available to view. It's full of useful information.

Partner With Union
Robert Martinez Jr. GVP of the IAM&AW of the Southern Territory has an article in the February 28th Wichita Eagle in response to will Wichita Be The Next Detroit. The Machinists union supports a real and sustained partnership between our companies, the community, city and state government, and the work force in Wichita. We have the most experienced aviation work force in America, generations of hardworking Kansans who have airplanes in their blood. Click here to read the entire article.

Will Our Children Have To Cross The Rio Grande???
To all aircraft workers in Wichita and Salina Kansas. Will good high-skilled, high-wage aircraft jobs be in Wichita in 10 years? In 5 years? Will the aircraft companies abandon the city and community that birthed and supported them for all these years for the cheap labor south of the border? View the flyer.

Startling Look At Unemployment
This is really a good illustration of why we need to focus on jobs.This is an eye opener. Take a look at this map. It shows how the unemployment rate has changed over the past several months. 

Have They No Shame?
Bob Martinez GVP of the Southern Territory along with the negotiating committee for Local Lodge 733 met with the managers from Hawker Beechcraft to negotiate the effects of the decision By Hawker to close the Salina Plant. Read what Bob had to say.

Check It Out
The Plaindealer the newsletter has now added The Plaindealer the website. Check it out.

Leadership I
Shelly Smith attended Leadership I at the Winpisinger Education Center in Placid Harbor, Maryland during the week of April 19th thru April 23rd, 2010. View her class picture.

United Way's Response To The Chile Earthquake
The United Way system in Latin America has mobilized to respond to the catastrophic earthquake that hit Chile on the morning of February 27. United Way’s local organization in Chile and other United Way members in the Latin American region have mobilized their staff, volunteer leaders and resources in response, and will work together to determine the most pressing long-term recovery needs.

2010 Union Label Chili Feed and Bingo
Saturday evening February 13th was filled with good food and a lot of fun playing Bingo and winning some great prizes. View a slide show from this years fundraiser.

United Way World View Newsletter
This update is a snapshot of the work United Way organizations around the world continue to do to support Haiti. Click here to view the newsletter.

Take The Whirlpool Poll
There is a poll being taken in the Evansville, IN Courier Press on the Whirlpool situation and a letter that management sent to workers discouraging their participation in the rally planned for tomorrow.  Please take just a minute to go online at the site listed below and vote your support for workers rights!  It only takes a minute, so please do it right now!  Thanks for your help! 

Whirlpool: Keep It Made in America
The Whirlpool Corp. plans to start closing its refrigerator plant in Evansville, Ind., on March 26. The refrigerators now manufactured at this plant will be produced in Mexico, eliminating 1,100 local jobs. Meanwhile, Whirlpool--the world's largest home appliance maker--enjoys healthy profits and has received a $19 million economic matching grant that should be creating jobs here in America. Sign the petition today and tell Whirlpool: Keep It Made in America.

Born Again American
Is committed to the rebirth and re-expression of citizenship through informed and thoughtful activism. View the website, listen and watch the video. Sign the Pledge and see your name added to the online Declaration of Independence along with a lot of others.

United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund
On the evening of January 12, 2010, a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. It is the most powerful quake to hit the impoverished country in more than 200 years. The tremor struck 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince, and was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. Reports describe the destruction to affect as much as 70 percent of the buildings, with debris filling the roads making emergency response difficult.  The Prime Minister reported on January 13 that hundreds of thousands of lives may have been lost. Contributions to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund support recovery and long-term rebuilding needs of the devastated Haitian communities, as well as to meet the needs of Haitians affected by the disaster who have relocated to the USA and throughout the Caribbean. United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund.

UCUBED Goes Live
Today January 15th, 2010. IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announces the launch of Ur Union of Unemployed. Nicknamed UCubed, it links together local jobs activists into a potent force to end this Grave Recession. Check it out at www.unionofunemployed.com. Play the video. Explore UCubed Resources, Legislative Action and Deep Discounts.Then let's start organizing the unemployed -- cube by cube, neighborhood by neighborhood, and power block by power block. View a brochure.

Legisaltive Bulletin - March 1, 2010
A Kansas state legislative committee is discussing a resolution to alter the Kansas Constitution. House Concurrent Resolution No. 5032 would seek to force Kansans to fight for their health care. That's right, in all their wisdom, a Kansas legislative committee is considering a constitutional amendment to force an election in our state on one of the most important issues before congress in decades. Read the rest of the bulletin and find a list of committee members to contact.

Legislative Update #1, January 25, 2010
Your elected officials in Topeka are back in session. Read the latest legislative update.

Hawker Beechcraft's Wichita Facility Won't Get Jobs From Closing Salina Plant
BY Molly McMillin
The Wichita EagleHawker Beechcraft's Wichita facility will not get work from the company's Salina plant, which is closing. Read the full story that appears in the Tuesday February 16th, 2009 Wichita Eagle newspaper.

Send’em A Warn Notice
Ur Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, launched ten days ago. And not a moment too soon. In Massachusetts last Tuesday, Scott Brown won the unemployed vote by five points and the union vote by three percent. He won blue collar males by 27 percent and he won blue collar females by 13 percent. His victory was propelled, in large part, by a statewide unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. 
Jobless Americans are angry. And they have every right to be.
They were last in line when Washington doled out the goodies. Banks, insurance companies, investment firms and government contractors got trillions -- yes, trillions of dollars -- in the last fifteen months. Now the politicians have the gall to say, “Wait! We need to focus on deficit reduction.” What they really mean is “Wall Street got the gold mine; you got the shaft.”
It's time to send those politicians a WARN Notice: Either start putting Americans back to work or start looking for a new line of work yourself. UCubed's jobs activists are sending that message right now from www.unionofunemployed.com.  
And they are building communities all across this country. Over 6,200 folks visited the UCubed website and chalked up 59,200 page views. More important, jobs activists started 46 cubes in 20 states.
So please pass this link along to all your friends: www.unionofunemployed.com. 
 Tell them to send the politicians a WARN Notice. Urge them to start a cube. And ask them to join the fight to end this Grave Recession.
Rick Sloan
IAM Communications Director

Hire Unemployed To Renovate Manufacturing
View the article from IAM President R. Thomas Buffenbarger that appeared in the December 15th, Wichita Eagle on page 11A.

Contact Your Elected Officials
Everyone across our country is experiencing the effects of this economic downturn, but as you are all aware, the aviation industry has been hit especially hard. Due to criticism of business aviation by some politicians and many in the media, the overall demand for our aircraft and services has been reduced and this has led to the loss of tens of thousands of high-paying U.S. jobs. It’s time to fight for your industry. Click here to encourage your elected officials and tell them to take action to help our industry and to save aerospace jobs and to keep those jobs in America.

The Executive Council of the IAM&AW
Has voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. Read the rest of the article.

Unemployment FAQ
Here is some information for the ones that are going to be on furlough.

Food for the Hungry in Wichita
This map shows food pantries and meal sites associated with the Kansas Food Bank and summer meal sites operated by USD 259 Wichita Public Schools. Click on icons for times and dates that food is available. Meal sites are shown with a fork and knife. Pantries are shown with a milk and apple. Summer food sites of children are shown with a sun.
 


Faces Of The Unemployed

While the U. S. Economy struggles through the worst economic recession since the great depression. Many Americans face some of the worse decisions of their lives. In this special report we give you their stories, their struggles for they are the faces of the unemployed.
Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
The need for jobs, good jobs and the benefits that should accompany them - quality health care and retirement security have reached crisis levels in the United States. Jobs are disappearing from the American economy at an alarming rate. Since 2001, America has lost 3.1 million private-sector jobs. Long-term unemployment is at its highest level in a decade.
Tell Congress America Needs JOBS Now!

Important Update for LL733 and LL2328
Read the latest flyer covering meetings with Hawker Beechcraft on a variety of topics. Including jobs, training, outsourcing, the future of Salina, various product lines and what Hawker Beechcraft considers to be their core business.

Mended Hearts
The public health care system in Canada, which provides free care to all its citizens, is the latest target of anti-reform zealots in the United States.Despite reduced costs, higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality, the Canadian system is being vilified as a system plagued with problems, delays and corruption.
These outrageous lies are debunked in Mended Hearts, a compelling new video that features Canadians describing their personal experience with their health care system.
The 10-minute video, introduced by Canadian Vice President Dave Ritchie, click here to view the video which features compelling stories from individuals and health care professionals, who tell the truth about the benefits of universal health care. To view the latest Have You Heard from the IAM with more information click here.

Hawker's Mr. Brown said what?
Read the full Salina Journal article posted 11/16/2009. William Brown didn't exactly make a bunch of friends during his stop in Salina on Friday morning. The executive vice president of global operations for Hawker Beechcraft was in town to meet with employees of Salina's Hawker plant.
"Bill Brown specifically said Salina wasn't offering anything to keep them here,"

Rita Rogers Receives Ronald A. Walters Achievement Award
Rita Rogers ADBR for District Lodge 70 and a member of LL733 received the Ronald A. Walters Achievement Award at the Wichita Branch of the NAACP's Freedom Fund Banquet. Congratulations Rita. View pictures of the banquet. Also read the article that appeared in Tuesday October 20th i-mail.

Hawker Beechcraft Announces Salina Plant Closing
Monday November 9th, Hawker Beechcraft announced that the plant will be closing. The plant currently employs some 240 people. Hawker laid off half its Salina workforce earlier this year. For more information go to the Wichita Eagle. Story 1 - Story 2 or the Salina Journal or LL2328's home page.

 

The New Cutting Edge

The 2009 Communications Conference became the launchsite for the new GoIAM 3.0 website.

“Our goal is to bring IAM communications into the 21st century and better stake our claim in conversations important to our members and working families”

With the increasing popularity of social networking sites, blogs, and ways to interact with content on the web, the IAM Communications Department has introduced the new GoIAM website. Along with the new look you can also share, rank, and comment on stories that are important to you.
Other ways to get information is to start following the IAM Twitter page and become a fan of the IAM on Facebook.

2009 Communicators Conference
The 2009 Communicators Conference was held September 27th thru the 30th, in beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. View a slide show of this years conference.

District 70 Poker Run - Picnic - Car and Bike Show
In celebration of Labor Day 2009. District 70 and LL839 once again hosted their annual Poker Run, Picnic, Car and Bike show at 3830 S. Meridian. The 2009 Labor Day festivities was filled with food, fun and fellowship. View slide shows from this years events.
Poker Run
Picnic
Car and Bike Show


Workers Memorial and the Safety and Health Training

Joe Cook attended the Safety and Health Training Class during the week of August 17th thru 21st at the Winpisinger Education Center. While there he helped dedicate the brick for our fallen Brother Jeff Hart at the Winpisinger Workers Memorial. Click here to view a slide show of Jeff Hart's brick and the Workers Memorial. Click here to view Joe's class photo.

GVP Bob Martinez Editorial in the Wichita Eagle
Brother Bob Martinez GVP of the Southern Territory wrote an article titled This Labor Day, local workers are struggling which appeared in the Wichita Eagle Newspaper Sunday September 6th, on page 15A. View a copy of his article.

2009 American Heart Walk
View a slide show from this years event. It was a beautiful day for a heart healthy walk.

Local Lodge 733's 3rd Annual Spring Classic Golf Tournament
View a slide show from the May 31st, 2009 Golf Tournament held a Hidden Lakes Golf Course in Derby Kansas. Benefiting Guide Dogs of America.

Theron Black:
2009 Charles Duran Award Winner

Theron Black became a member of LL 733 in 1941. Board member with Community Chest. Founding Board member of United Way of Wichita which is now United Way of the Plains. Founding member of KANSEL. Plus a lot more. Read more about him and see his picture.

Letter Carriers Food Drive
View a slide show from the Substation at 2325 Arkansas Avenue. Volunteers help unload the Letter Carriers Vans as they come in for the day from a hard day of delivering mail and picking up food donations for their yearly Food Drive.

Workers Memorial Day 2009
View A Slide Show taken from this years dinner honoring those that have died in the work place.
 

Contract Proposal
2008 Proposed Settlement Agreement
Summary of Agreement

BC/BS

Preferred Health
 

Employee Free Choice Act
It's time our economy worked for everyone again. Watch the video and take action.

 
Convention Delegates Approve New Financial Plan. View the i-mail from September 11th for all the details.
 
Say yes!
I support sharpening America's Edge in the global economy.  America's Edge relies on our skills and our kids' abilities to learn and adapt to the ever-changing demands of tomorrow's workplaces. And it is time public investment flowed in their direction.  Go to www.americasedge.tv and sign the petition. You can also visit www.goiam.org to sign the petition.
 
 

 

 
 
     
 


 
 

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