At the top! important announcements!!!
THERE ARE NO NEGOTIATIONS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.
Strike Desk Hotline 817-246-0927
Let's be clear: As soon as the strike vote was taken, your leadership called Lockheed and informed them of the results of the vote. We told them that we would be ready and willing to negotiate at any time, as long as Lockheed was willing to address the issues that caused this strike. We remain ready and willing to negotiate over the issues, including health care and pensions.
Fort Worth Strike Check Info:
Our checks to Fort Worth had been
sent to the hall with a Saturday delivery, but because of a
shipping snafu, the checks were not delivered. We expect them
Monday morning before 10, and then the secretaries will sort and
prepare for distribution. It will likely be some time after lunch
when they are handed out. We will have extended hours both Monday
and Tuesday so that everyone can get their checks.
Watch this website,
www.goiamtexas.com
we will update as we have more info. Also, we will post all
updates on our Twitter feed. You can sign up for the Twitter
feed, and it will send the latest straight to your phones.
PAX River update: Checks at PAX
River will be distributed Tuesday afternoon. Further updates will
be posted as information becomes available.
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1888: 19 machinists meeting in
locomotive pit at Atlanta, GA, vote to form a trade union.
Machinists earn 20 to 25 cents an hour for 10-hour day.
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1898:
IAM Local 52, Pittsburgh, conducts first successful strike for
9-hour day.
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1903:
Drive begins for 8-hour day.
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1915:
IAM wins 8-hour day in many shops and factories.
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1920:
Machinists earn 72 to 90 cents an hour
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1927:
IAM urges ratification of Child Labor Amendments to U.S.
Constitution
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1937:
IAM negotiates paid vacations in 26% of its agreements.
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1946:
88% of IAM agreements now provide for paid vacations.
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1947:
Machinists average $1.56 an hour.
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1949:
Railroad machinists win 40 hour week.
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1952:
92% of IAM contracts provide for paid holidays.
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1955:
70% of IAM contracts now have health and welfare provisions.
Machinists average $2.33 an hour
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1966:
IAM members strike five major airlines and finally break through
unfair limits on wage increases. First dental care plan
negotiated.
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1968:
Machinists average $3.44 an hour.
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1971:
IAM wins biggest back pay award in history, more than $54,500,00
for 1,000 members locked out illegally by National Airlines.
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1973:
Machinists average $4.71 an hour.
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1988:
IAM celebrates 100th anniversary in Atlanta, GA, on May 5.
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2012:
3,650 Proud IAM members from Edwards AFB, Fort Worth and PAX/NAS
say Enough is Enough to Lockheed Martin and vote 93% to take
Strke Action!
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Just a glimpse of a
few of the mile stones in the 1st one hundred year history of the
IAM&AW will tell you real quick, it took those that came before
us a long time to win, through the collective bargaining process,
the benefits we have come to enjoy today. I am proud of this
membership for taking a stand against coorporate greed and
fighting the good fight to maintain those benefits for which our
forefathers have fought.
New IAM Video-"Ain't No Way" from 776
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unions, their families, or for other educational or
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