International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers : Local Lodge 2003: IAM Southern Territory Southern Territory Notches Two Organizing Victories ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on December 18, 2008 08:53am Supply Technicians at Shaw Air Force base voted 100% for the IAM. New members include front row, from left, Bess Divindo, Art Nerheim, Cindy Martin, Machinists at Vought Focused on Pensions ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on November 14, 2008 07:54am Federal mediators in Nashville, TN, met separately for several hours on Wednesday with representatives of Vought Aircraft Industries and IAM Local 735 before determining that Machinists Ratify Accord with United Launch Alliance ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on November 12, 2008 09:43am Nearly 900 IAM members in five different local lodges in Alabama, Florida and California will benefit from a newly ratified master agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint rocket-building and launch venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Negotiations Herald New Era at Hawker Beechcraft ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 11:52am Negotiations opened May 29th for 4,600 members at LL 733 and LL 2328 in Wichita and Salina, KS at Hawker Beechcraft. The contract expires Aug. Florida Auto Techs Torqued Off ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 11:56am Florida Auto Technicians protest unfair labor practices as they continue their quest for a union. Kentucky Local Wins Big in Overtime ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 06:01pm Persistence and attention to detail paid off for 57 members of Local 681 in Louisville, KY, who recently shared a six-figure arbitration settlement over a company policy that unfairly restricted overtime in their workplace. Southern Territory ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 07:40pm The Southern Territory has nearly 100,000 IAM members in 21 District Lodges and more than 200 Local Lodges. Fourteen states make up the territory; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Negotiations Herald New Era at Hawker Beechcraft ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 01:52pm The IAM marked an historic occasion this week with the opening round of contract talks between Locals 733 and 2328 and Hawker Beechcraft, the newly-formed company that resulted from last year’s sale of Raytheon’s aircraft division to Onex Corporation. Florida Auto Techs Torqued Off ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 11:56am Anti-union activities by a Florida auto dealership drew a formal complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a stiff penalty from an Administrative Law Judge for wrongful discharge of a union supporter. Kentucky Local Wins Big in Overtime ================================================================================ IAM&AW International on June 19, 2008 12:01pm Persistence and attention to detail paid off for 57 members of Local 681 in Louisville, KY, who recently shared a six-figure arbitration settlement over a company policy that unfairly restricted overtime in their workplace.