IAM District 70 members at Spirit AeroSystems will receive a profit sharing payout significantly higher than previous years thanks to forward-looking negotiations and company earnings that exceeded expectations. The payout will occur on February 26, 2015 and covers 7,324 hourly employees in Wichita, KS; Chanute, KS and Kinston, NC. The average employee in the Wichita […]
Month: February 2015
West Virginia Machinists ‘Thinking Outside the Locomotive’
When CSX Railroad served notice to outsource the rebuilding of hundreds of locomotives, IAM Local 104 members in Hungtington, WV, where CSX is one of the largest employers, knew they had to do something to save these jobs. A new Machinists News Network video, “Thinking Outside the Locomotive,” chronicles how the Machinists Union and CSX […]
New Local Lodge President, E-board Members, Delegates Elected
Local Lodge 610 has a new president and other new members on the executive board! Steve Mosley was elected president on December 17, and took his new position along with other members on the executive board and delegates who were uncontested. New elected positions are: Secretary-Treasurer Tony Dickson Recording Secretary Don Pierce (formerly Secretary-Treasurer) Trustee […]