IAM Local 774

Happy New Year Brothers & Sisters,

We have attached some information for you in regard to Plant 3 employees, per District Lodge 70 President/Directing Business Representative, Cornell Beard.

For your convenience, we have provided a couple of documents that were posted on Textron Aviation’s employee portal, ERIC. In addition, members can call the IAM-Employee Assistance Program Hotline 24/7 at 301-335-0735.

An update on the explosion at Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita, IAM District Lodge 70 President and Directing Business Representative, Cornell Beard said in a statement on site, “The Textron explosion has not claimed any lives although, some are hurt. We have spoken with family members of employees still at the hospital and they are in good spirits, although most of the injured have already been released. We are blessed that our union family is safe and there was no loss of life today.
Textron officials are meeting with the other employees in the activity center on the East Campus, who were working at the time of the explosion to update them on how they will be able to retrieve personal items in the building or parking lot after the Fire Department allows reentry to those areas.
Textron has provided a phone number for employees to check on the status of releasing employees into the building or the parking lot to retrieve personal items, that number is 316-517-5252.”

This Saturday at 11:00 am IAM Local Lodge 774 will join in a wreath-laying ceremony at Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery-Winfield. Some of us will meet at 9:30 am at IAMAW District Lodge 70 (3830 S. Meridian, Wichita KS) and drive out to the Winfield Cemetery…please feel free to join us. Click the link below and follow us on Twitter!

This Saturday at 11:00 am IAM Local Lodge 774 will join in a wreath-laying ceremony at Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery-Winfield. Some of us will meet at 9:30 at IAMAW District Lodge 70 (3830 S. Meridian, Wichita KS) and drive out to the Winfield Cemetery…please feel free to join us! pic.twitter.com/pzxe5rb8ax

— IAMLL774 (@iamll774) December 11, 2019

Local Lodge 774 Meeting Notice for December. Do you realize we have less than 9 months until our current collective bargaining agreement with Textron Aviation expires! ✊?

IAM Local Lodge 774 Veterans Service Program is asking you to help us Remember, Honor, and Teach on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at 11:00 AM by sponsoring a wreath, volunteering, or inviting friends to help. All sponsorships must be turned in by December 2, 2019. https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/162252

There are a little more that 43 weeks until our Collective bargaining agreement with Textron Aviation expires. You Local & District negotiating committee is in engagement mode.

Congratulations to the winners of our 2020 Leadership Class Election! There was a good turn-out of members interested in attending classes, and that’s encouraging! Education is the path to our future! #iam774

Honor belongs with our men and women of the Armed Forces. We would not be the nation we are without the brave souls who raised their hand to defend and protect our freedom! Thank you!