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2002 Archived District 725 Events
Help Needed in District 26 / Pratt & Whitney Brain
Tumor Study District Lodge 26 representing IAM Members at Pratt & Whitney is requesting information from past and present workers from the Pratt & Whitney Connecticut Operations. The District and Pratt & Whitney have started a study as a result of a high incident of Glioblastoma brain tumors. Two separate studies are being conducted with help from Dr. Esmen from University of Oklahoma and Dr. Gary Marsh from the University of Pittsburgh. On-going meetings are conducted with Dr. Mary Lou Fleissner from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. A workgroup meets regularly to share information, ideas and ways to communicate to the workers and the public. This group includes representatives from IAM District 26, the IAMAW Safety and Health Department, the University of Connecticut Health Center, Industrial hygienists, the Connecticut Department of Public Health, physicians, facilities site managers, human resource representatives and health and safety representatives from Pratt and Whitney. Two members of the workgroup are widows, Carol Shea and Kate Greco who after the death of their husbands started the Worked to Death group. They represent families of Glioblastoma victims and have started an informational and support web site at www.workedtodeath.net If you worked at any of these sites or know someone who worked at these sites and have information that may be helpful, or if you need assistance contact one the following: For District 26 and the former Local lodge 707 For the Middletown facility For the East Hartford Facility For the Cheshire Facility District 725 Delegate Body Meeting Saturday October 19, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 11:00 a.m. The fourth regularly scheduled District Lodge 725 Delegate Body meeting will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. District 725 Executive Board Meeting Monday October 14, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 10:30 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Executive Board meeting will be held on Monday October 14, 2002 at the Area 3 Office in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. IAM&AW Safety & Health Conference The Annual IAM&AW Safety and Health Conference was held at William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center on August 18 through 23, 2002. IAM&AW International President, R. Thomas Buffenbarger closed the conference addressing the participants in general session at IAM Headquarters about the important work done by the delegates.
In attendance were 81 IAM members from the U.S. and Canada who serve as safety committee reps, shop stewards, local and district lodge representatives. The training focused on Making the Link Between Occupational Disease and the Workplace, Performing Accident Investigation, OSHA and Conadian Recordkeeping Requirements, what to expect and what to do in a Government Safety Inspection, Biological Threat Training, Workplace Violence, Basic Computer training and how to use the Internet for Researching Safety and Health. Speakers included representatives from Canada and the IAM Legislative Department. They discussed current issues in safety and health and the importance of political involvement to protect workers on the job. Speakers demonstrated how to usethe IAM's web page as a resource to identify voting records of legislators and how to contact them for suport on safety and health issues. At the end of the week the participants developed model safety and health contract language that can be added to a data base and accessed through IAM's V-Lodge. Safety and Health training provided at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland, is just part of the vision of President, Buffenbarger and the IAM's Executive Council, to better prepare our representatives to serve our members. For more information on health and safety training available to IAM members and their employers through IAM CREST, contact the IAM Safety and Health Department. District 725 Organizing Election Thursday August 8, 2002 San Diego, CA Employees from Future Design & Engineering Inc. at NAS North Island voted 80% "Union Yes" for IAM representation in their National Labor Relations Board election on Thursday August 8, 2002 in Area 1. The Service Contract Act bargaining unit members support and perform hardware and software modifications on the S-3B Flight & Weapons Simulators for the U.S. Navy in San Diego, CA. The bargaining unit is in high spirits following this victory and a meeting will be scheduled in the near future to elect a negotiating committee member. District 725 Delegate Body Meeting Saturday July 20, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 10:00 a.m. The Third regularly scheduled District Lodge 725 Delegate Body meeting will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. District 725 Executive Board Meeting Friday July 12, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 10:30 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Executive Board meeting will be held on Friday July 12, 2002 at the Area 3 Office in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. IAM Members Can Speak Out on Blue Ribbon Commission Online Survey Tuesday July 2, 2002 For the next 30 days, the IAM will conduct an online survey at
www.goiam.org to give members an
opportunity to connect with the The Commission recently completed Town Hall meetings in 40 locations across North America where thousands of IAM members participated and responded to three important questions: What is working well with our Union; What is not working well with our Union and What changes need to be made in our Union? As in previous Blue Ribbon Commission meetings in 1995 and 1998, IAM
members’ responses will guide policy changes, program The anonymous survey is brief and takes only minutes to complete. Start
by clicking on to www.goiam.org and then
follow the simple Support Our Everyday Heroes Thursday June 27, 2002 The story of our brothers and sisters, and how they responded to the September 11 attacks, is an epic one. Now, you can hear that story in a powerful documentary: EveryDay Heroes. Buy EveryDay Heroes, and all profits from the sale will be donated to the Everyday Heroes Rescue and Recovery Workers Fund. The funds help care for those who worked at the cleanup sites. Everyday Heroes Video:$19.95 To order over the web To order by mail form on GoIAM.org Everyday Heroes tries to capture America's workers epic response to the attacks of September 11th. These men and women don't think of themselves as heroes. But what these
working men and women did - and continue to do - in Listen to them tell their own stories, and see for yourself. All profits from the film will go to a special fund to provide medical
care for workers who toiled at the World Trade Center in the days To preview the video go to edh.goiam.org District 725 Organizing Election Friday June 14, 2002 San Diego, CA Employees from Cubic Worldwide Technical Services at Naval Submarine Base San Diego voted 80% "Union Yes" for IAM representation in their National Labor Relations Board election on Friday June 14, 2002 in Area 1. The Service Contract Act bargaining unit members maintain the submarine simulators for the U.S. Navy. The bargaining unit is in high spirits and meetings will be scheduled to elect a negotiating committee member and prepare for negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement. Rare Brain Tumor Cluster Stalks Workers at Pratt & Whitney Sites More than 60 employees from Pratt & Whitney's Connecticut sites have died from brain tumors, specifically glioblastoma multiforma, a rare and aggressive cancer that strikes fewer than three in 100,000, according to medical studies. IAM Local Lodge 707 Safety Representatives are working with the IAM Safety & Health Department to find the cause and prevent others from suffering the same fate. Click here to read more. VIDEO: Brain Cancer Cases VIDEO: Brain Cancer Study
District 725 Delegate Body Meeting Rescheduled Saturday April 27, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 11:00 a.m. The second regularly scheduled District Lodge 725 Delegate Body meeting has been rescheduled due to a conflict with the IAM Western Territory Staff Conference. The rescheduled meeting will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. District 725 Executive Board Meeting Tuesday April 23, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 11:00 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Executive Board meeting meeting has been rescheduled from Monday April 22, 2002 to Tuesday April 23, 2002. The rescheduled meeting will be held in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. District 725 Organizing Election Friday April 5, 2002 San Diego, CA Employees from CAE U.S.A. Inc. at NAS North Island voted 100% "Union Yes" for IAM representation in their National Labor Relations Board election on Friday April 5, 2002 in Area 1. The Service Contract Act bargaining unit members maintain the SH-60F Flight Simulators for the U.S. Navy at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA. The bargaining unit is in high spirits and meetings will be scheduled to elect a negotiating committee member and prepare for negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement. HR Textron Strike Update April 2, 2002 Strike Check Distribution Schedule Strike Checks for IAM Local Lodge 727-N members on strike against HR Textron will be available Monday April 8 and Tuesday April 9, 2002 after 1 p.m. Checks will be available at the picket lines at Valencia, CA and Pacoima, CA from your picket captains. You must pick up your own check. The check cannot be issued to anyone else. If you do not pick up your check, it will be returned to IAM headquarters and re-issued the following week. Please bring a photo i.d. - HR Textron badge, or Drivers License. Click here for more information Grand Lodge Education Representative Helps Local Lodge 946 March 28, 2002 Preparation for Upcoming Negotiations at AeroJet Western Territory Education Representative Marie Box conducted two
training sessions for Local Lodge 946 in Rancho Cordova, California, HR Textron Negotiations Update March 13, 2002 District Lodge 725 Members Strike at HR Textron IAM Local Lodge 727-N members employed by HR Textron in Valencia, CA and Pacoima, CA began picketing the plants at 12:01 a.m. on March 11, 2002. The primary issues behind the strike are as follows: A hotline has been established to provide our members with information around the clock. Check back for more information from the picket line. Show your support by walking the picket lines with your Brothers and Sisters. Contact the Area 4 Union Hall at (661) 273-1433 to find out how you can help. Click here for more information (661) 273-0091 Lockheed Strikers Win Public Support Polling by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows overwhelming public support for IAM members and their crusade for job security. The poll shows that 67 percent of the public believes the strikers’ demands for job security are “reasonable.” Less than half that tally, 33 percent, see the demands as “unreasonable”, despite an anti-union editorial stance by the newspaper. Striking IAM members at Lockheed’s facility in Marietta, GA, clearly did a magnificent job of telling their story. The workers took to the picket lines in a determined attempt to keep Lockheed from exporting their jobs to low-wage areas around the world. “This strike is about our community and our families,” declared Jim Carroll, IAM Local 709 president. “For many years, the employees working for Lockheed Martin have been identified as being the most loyal workers in America. We want the best for Lockheed Martin, as many of us have spent our lives building the company. “We pray that our friends and neighbors continue to support us in our efforts,” Caroll said. He urged interested IAM members, and others, to visit the newspaper website at: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/opinion/0302/0313equal.html Don’t forget to vote. For information regarding the ongoing strike, visit the Local Lodge 709 web site. Workers Memorial Day 2002 
On April 28th the IAM will have a memorial service at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center located in Hollywood, Maryland. This service will be held honor and remember those members who lost their lives while on the job during 2001. The IAM Workers’ Memorial Lighthouse was dedicated during last years Annual Safety and Health Conference and has a special place on the grounds at WWW’s newly created Memorial Park. Names of IAM fallen workers are immortalized in a brick bearing their name and date of death around its base. On Workers Memorial Day 2002, as we remember those who lost their lives on September 11th and all those killed and injured on the job, IAM District and Local Lodges will organize and mobilize for better working conditions. We will demand a strong ergonomics standard, stronger enforcement of the law and protections from known workplace hazards and from new safety and security threats. We will demand OSHA coverage for all workers and the freedom of workers to organize, and speak out and bargain for safe jobs, respect and a better future. Here are some materials and information from the AFL-CIO to help you participate in Workers Memorial Day: Workers Memorial Day 2002 Materials Lockheed Negotiations Update March 10, 2002 DL 725 Members Vote to Accept Contract Proposal Through some very hard work, and long hours, IAM negotiating teams from Palmdale, Sunnyvale, Cape Canaveral, FL and Vandenberg AFB were able to improve the Lockheed Martin contract proposals enough that the membership voted to accept the offers on Sunday March 10, 2002 just hours before they were due to go on strike. Click here for more information. Lockheed Negotiations Update March 8, 2002 Lockheed Martin Makes Last, Best & Final Proposal for Conclusion of 2002 Contract Negotiations After many hours at the bargaining table, Your Union Negotiating Committees in Palmdale and Sunnyvale received Lockheed's Last, Best & Final offer for a new labor agreement. Click here for more information. Lockheed Negotiations Update March 4, 2002 10:00 a.m. The following are the results of contract and strike
vote at the various locations:
Our cause is just. We are only asking for a fair contract for our membership. Your continued support is appreciated. In Solidarity, Lockheed Negotiations Update March 3, 2002 LOCKHEED CONTRACT REJECTED Thousands of IAM members voted March 3, 2002 at Georgia, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz, Vandenberg AFB, Palmdale, Cape Canaveral, Meridian Mississippi, and Clarkesburg West Virgina to reject Lockheed's contract offer andvoted to strike. In accordance with the contract, a letter will be mailed to the Company terminating the current contract. PICKET LINES WILL GO UP AROUND THE COMPANY AT 12:01 A.M. ON MARCH 11, 2002. YOUR STRIKE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CALLED OUT AND IS WORKING ON THE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE STRIKE. IF WE DON’T STAND UP AND FIGHT TOGETHER, THEN LOCKHEED WILL BELIEVE WE WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING! Click here for the latest updates. In Solidarity, IAM Press Release Lockheed Contract Talks with Machinists Stall over Job Security, Pensions Washington D.C., February 25, 2002 - There is little progress to report in the contract talks between Lockheed Martin and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), according to John Crowdis, IAM Aerospace Coordinator. "Job security and pensions are two of our members' main issues. Good pay and benefits mean nothing if you are laid off or your job is shipped overseas." The IAM is in Florida negotiating contracts covering 6000 members at Lockheed Martin facilities in Sunnyvale/Santa Cruz CA, Palmdale CA, Lompoc CA, Meridian MS, Clarksburg WV, Cape Canaveral FL, as well as the Marietta GA facility. "Lockheed is a successful and highly profitable company. They just won the Joint Strike Fighter contract, the biggest in history," said Crowdis. "They can afford to share those profits with the workers who spent years making Lockheed what it is today." Crowdis added that Lockheed is proposing to dramatically increase insurance premiums for employees. The Union is seeking help for its retirees, whose insurance premiums recently skyrocketed. "I retired six years ago," said Wendell Harper, who worked at the Marietta plant for 32 years. "My insurance premiums have increased fivefold since I retired, with the biggest increase last year. I'm taking care of my wife, who is in bad health, but I may have to go get a job if this continues. I'm afraid for our future." "Some of our members are paying Lockheed every month, instead of getting a pension check," said Crowdis. "The cost of their insurance is greater than the pension they receive from Lockheed." "We're not asking for the moon," said Crowdis. "Our members feel Lockheed needs to treat the workers with dignity and respect, and not demand take aways while Lockheed is very prosperous." The contract between Lockheed Martin and the Machinists Union in Marietta GA expires at midnight, March 1st, 2002. For more information contact: Bob Wood, IAM&AW (214) 755-4207 District 725 Negotiations Deadline Looms Monday February 25, 2002 Negotiations deadline between Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, CA and Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space in Sunnyvale, CA are drawing near. Membership rallies and negotiations support activities are under way at both locations while your Union Negotiating Committee continues to fight for a fair contract. Click here for the latest updates from the bargaining table. Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders Friday February 22, 2002 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) operates an 800-number to provide workers, employers, and organizations with information about various workplace safety and health concerns. Over the past several years, the volume of NIOSH 800-number calls concerning work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) has grown. They are now second only to questions about chemical hazards. WMSD inquiries, exceeding 3,700 in 1996, have come largely from callers associated with small- and medium-sized businesses, which often have limited resources to deal with occupational safety and health issues. This document has been prepared to respond to the needs of this audience. Click here to read more... District 725 Auditing Committee Meeting Friday February 22, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 10:00 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Audit for the last six months of 2001 will be held on Friday, February 22, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The Audit will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. District 725 Delegate Body Meeting Saturday January 19, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 11:00 a.m. The first regularly scheduled District Lodge 725 Delegate Body meeting will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. District 725 Budget & Finance Committee Meeting Thursday January 17, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 10:30 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Budget & Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, January 17, 2002 in Huntington Beach, California. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. District 725 Executive Board Meeting Friday January 11, 2002 Huntington Beach, CA 11:00 a.m. The District Lodge 725 Executive Board Meeting will be held on Friday, January 11, 2002 in preparation for the upcoming Delegate Body Meeting. The Executive Board Meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. Final Call for IAM Scholarship Contest Last call is fast approaching for 2002 IAM Scholarship applications. To obtain an application packet, immediately write or call the IAM Scholarship Office. You must tell them whether you are an IAM member or the high school senior child of an IAM member, and whether you want an application for a College Scholarship or a Vocational/Technical School Scholarship. Completed application packets must be returned and postmarked by February 22. Applicants must be IAM members or the children of IAM members with at least two years continuous membership in the union. Contact the IAM Scholarship Program at (301) 967-4708 or write: IAM Scholarship Program, 9000 Machinists Place, Room 117, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-22687 Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year From District Lodge 725 Staff & Officers |
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