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.
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.
