IAM Local 774

For a limited time you can order a Local Lodge 774 Breast Cancer Awareness shirt. Your order must be placed by 11:00 AM, Saturday, July 20, 2019! Call Kim Fedd @ 316-207-2212, or come to the Local 774 membership meeting this Saturday, July 20, 2019, at 10:00 AM to place your order!

Brother Gerald Hill has resigned his position as Assistant Directing Business Representative of District 70.

Games, Food and Fun!
Hot dogs, cotton candy, snow cones, and drinks will be provided!
Food will be served from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please, NO alcohol!
EVENT TIME 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM @
Machinists Hall
3830 S. Meridian
Wichita, KS 67217

IAMAW District 70 presents the 7th Annual Doggie Bowl on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Registration begins at 4:00 PM, Bowling at 5:00 PM. Registration now includes AJ’s Pizza for 1 hour. $30.00 per person entry fee by Tuesday, July 23, or $35.00 per person after July 23, 2019. $300 Lane Sponsor, includes a banner with your name and free registration for a team of four bowlers. For more information, go to www.d70iam.org or please call 316-522-1591. To benefit Guide Dogs of America.

Machinists United for Mammos…A Breast Cancer Awareness Event, Car show, Food Trucks, and Raffle Drawings on Saturday, August 17th 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM at Machinists Hall, 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67217. 10 FREE Raffle tickets will be given to everyone who receives a mammogram at the event on August 17, 2019. For more information, call Teressa @ 316-640-7113

The July 2019 edition of the District Lodge 70 newsletter is available for pick-up at Machinists Hall 3830 S. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67217, or for your convenience, view the publication online @ July 2019 – Staying Connected

We are the Land of the Free
We are the Home of the Brave
Let’s pay tribute
To our brave American Heroes
On this day and forever.
Happy Independence Day!

Please take note: The District Lodge 70 offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4-5, 2019 in observance of Independence Day. Please be safe and enjoy your friends and family!

Negotiator’s from Spirit AeroSystems, Johnson Controls, Inc. and Textron Aviation wrapped up a third day of training with instructor, Chris Wagoner the IAM Director of the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center (W3). Brother Wagoner was brought in to instruct a “Strategic Planning Program – Bargaining” class for negotiators with contracts set to expire within the next 14 months here in District 70. We appreciate the support of the IAM Grand Lodge and Southern Territory as we prepare to negotiate industry-leading agreements in the “Air Capital of the World”!

DISTRICT 70 – STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM – BARGAINING
“The IAM is committed to bringing education to the field to support and assist the negotiating committee’s as they work to bring to the membership industry-leading contracts,”
~ IAM W3 Director, Chris Wagoner…
With multiple collective bargaining agreements set to expire over the course of the next 14 months, Chris Wagoner, IAM Director of the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology center was brought in to instruct a “Strategic Planning Program – Bargaining” class for negotiators in District 70. Brother Wagoner is instructing the three-day class, held June 25-27, 2019 for IAM negotiating committee members from Spirit AeroSystems, Johnson Controls, Inc. and Textron Aviation.
“District 70 with the help of the Grand Lodge will be approaching negotiations differently than we have in the past,” said President and Directing Business Representative Cornell Beard, “Giving the membership a greater voice in the 2020 contract negotiating process.”