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.

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.
 

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.

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.
 

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