IAM Local 774

August 2020

District 70’s Assistant Directing Business Representative (ADBR), Shaun Junkins with the current status on negotiations, lodge, and community news.

Members who would like to receive text message updates during the contract negotiations with Textron Aviation can fill out an authorization card and return it to the Shop Steward. Plant Chairs began receiving the authorization cards on August 3, 2020, for distribution to Shop Stewards. *Membership will be verified before receiving text messages.

Please Note: District Lodge 70 is an “Early Vote Center” in the 2020 Primary Election being held on Thursday and Friday, July 30 & 31 (10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) and on Saturday, August 1, 2020, (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.).

Exclusively and ONLY to all Medicare-eligible IAMAW retirees, their spouses, surviving spouses and Medicare-eligible dependents.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” ~ Nelson Mandela

We are and will be a united front as we represent this membership at the negotiating table, and members are a united front on the shop floor every day. Together we are the Union. Together, we will stand in support of good wages and benefits for ourselves and our community.

District Lodge 70 President, Cornell Beard, and District 70 Business Representative, Tyson Kelly address some of the current events within the District.

For your convenience, we are providing the “Letter of Agreement” (LOA) to the amended “Seniority” language in Article’s 10, 11, and 14.

The “Amendments” are not printed in your current contract (CBA – collective bargaining agreement).