IAM Local Lodge 774

Junction City, Kansas – On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Local, District, and International Negotiators opened contract negotiations with Valiant Integrated Services.

These Local 774 members are remarkably skilled workers comprised of Service Contract Act (SCA) Simulator Technicians I, II, and Ill, working for Valiant Integrated Services at the Ft. Riley Kansas airfield facility in support of the U.S. Army Helicopter Training Devices and other various programs. (In the group picture below, starting on the left: Shaun Junkins, Jeremy Collette, Jeremy Gorman, Wendy Brooks, Ryan Griffiths, Mark Unruh, & Tony Wirth. #IAM774

Textron Aviation Inc. employees will have an HSA (Health Savings Account) option for the 2022 Pay for Performance Plan payout (Article 22 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement).

Bargaining unit members can log in and elect to use the company’s HSA Election Online Tool at https://ww2.txtav.com/Emploee/InfoHub to have all or part of their pay-for-performance funds deposited into an HSA account. (Employees must have an active HSA account to elect this option). This option will be available from Tuesday, February 7, 2023, through Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (If you’re having login issues, call the IT Help Desk at 316-517-4062 or visit the IT Hanger.)

For those electing partial payments to their HSA, and those not contributing to their HSA account, payments of these funds will be on the February 24, 2023, paycheck.

If you have questions contact the Employee Service Center at 517-5252, option 5.

The Kansas tax incentives provide benefits to newly hired aviation employees beginning with the 2022 tax year through 2026. We have provided the K-26 tax form and instructions below for your convenience.

District Lodge 70 President Cornell Beard has sent the following letter to members who are interested in a full-time organizing position for District 70. The deadline for resume submission is Friday, February 17, 2023.

February 2023 Meeting Notice – Please note the Union Label & Service Trades Chili Feed and Hobo Supper details for Saturday, February 11, 2023.

Here are your local lodge election results for the 2023 IAM Women’s & Human Rights Department Program Classes. Congratulations!

Congratulations to each of the local lodge officers and delegates who were inducted into office during our January membership meeting. This ritual is called the Installation Ceremony. Our elected officers and representatives take an oath to uphold the IAM Constitution and faithfully perform the duties of the office they were elected to.

Congratulations! Local Lodge 774 received an “Honorable Mention” for a photo taken at Textron Aviation and submitted in the 2022 IAM Photo Contest. Winning photo’s from the contest are used in the following year’s IAM Calendar. The 2023 IAM Calendars are sold for $7.00 each to benefit Guide Dogs of America | Tender Loving Canines. If you’d like to order a calendar, go to https://www.goiam.org/iam-calendar-order. #IAM774