Motor City Lodge 698

9315 Middlebelt Road
Romulus, MI 48174
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• Wichita Striker Killed in Auto Accident
  Public services and private remembrances are taking place in Wichita this week for Jeff Hart, a 45-year old father of two who died shortly after being struck by a vehicle early on Monday morning. A member of Local 733, Hart was on his way to join fellow Hawker Beechcraft workers for a rally in support of IAM-represented workers at Boeing, who are engaged in negotiations for a new contract.
  
• California Jet Techs Win First Contract
  Nearly seven months after voting to join the IAM, employees of L-3 Communications Vertex at the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, CA, won their first contract - but not without a fight.
  
• Pentagon Statements Reignite Tanker Concerns
  
  
• Machinists Win Alaska Outsourcing Decision
  Air Transport District 143 won a major victory by securing an arbitrator ? s decision stating that Alaska Airlines violated the IAM collective bargaining agreement when it improperly furloughed 500 Seattle ramp workers in May 2005.
  
• Major Victory for Raytheon Retirees
  In a potentially precedent-setting decision that could be worth as much as $12 million for Local 933 retirees, a U.S. District Court Judge in Arizona ordered Raytheon Missile Systems to restore health care benefits for retirees and dependants whose benefits were unilaterally terminated by the company.
  
• AFT and IAM Applaud AFL-CIO Skills Resolution
  
  
• Machinists at Hawker Beechcraft Vote to Strike
  
  
• Machinists to Defend Airline Pensions at Mer ger Hearing
  
  
• Clinton Backs U.S Workers in Tanker Debate
  New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton took a strong stand on behalf of U.S. aerospace workers this week when she challenged Air Force officials to follow the law governing major procurement decisions, such as the aerial refueling tanker, and to consider the impact on the U.S. industrial base.
  
• Airlines Lobby for Regulation… of Oil Industry
  In an ironic twist, the CEO ? s of 12 major U.S. airlines are urging their customers to help lobby Congress for government regulation of the oil industry. Meanwhile, the same CEO ? s continue to resist any meaningful government regulation in their own industry.
  

IAM Journal - Winter 2008