VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!

As you had better be aware of, Early Voting is upon us and has been active for the last week.  It will carry on until the Oct. 29th, 2010.
This is probably the most important voting cycle in our generation.  Please read up and make an educated decision, every vote is so very important. The internet is just buzzing with all the information that a person could ask for regarding information on EVERY candidate.
Following is the latest from the International regarding the importance of voting.

I AM VOTING

How many of your friends and neighbors are jobless? How many family members
are working part-time or for lower wages because that’s the only job they
could find? And how many citizens of your state have simply stopped looking?
Nationally, 31 million Americans have been idled by this Grave Recession.
Some have been looking for work for over two years. And some who call
themselves 99ers have run out of unemployment benefits.
From factory floors to office suites and airport tarmacs, management is using the massive pool of unemployed as a “productivity” incentive. Squeezing more work out of fewer workers is the newest strategy. Abusive attitudes proliferate. Even state governments find a silver lining in this jobs crisis. Using stimulus monies and disaster relief funds, states like Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina are waving tons of cash in front of corporations to relocate entire facilities to their states. They promote their states as a union-free, right-to-work (for less) environment.
To battle such state-sponsored greenmail, states like Kansas and Wisconsin
make counter-offers to keep the jobs and facilities. And unions like ours face demands for costly concessions to sweeten those counteroffers in order to save jobs.
If this happened once or twice, it might be a coincidence. But it has also happened in Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Corporations are auctioning our jobs off to the highest bidders.
There’s only one way to stop this pernicious practice: Go Vote on November
2nd. Let us vote for governors who will protect our jobs. Let us vote for Members of Congress who will fight to end this jobs crisis.

NASA Custodians win Labor Board decision for Integrity Intn'l to "PAY UP"

Check the Blog for LL-1786 for details.  Another BAD EGG gets their "Integrity" stepped on!!
http://stll1786.blogspot.com/

Houston We Have A Message

Houston We Have A Message

Click on this to see what you missed at the April 24th, 2010 NASA Jobs Rally.

The Texas AFL-CIO and Democratic Party of Texas Rally Friday May 14th 7pm

Please Print and Post a copy of this flier on your Union/ work/ break room bulletin boards and spread the word to all your NASA Friends and Families about this rally. This is so very important, we have the attention of our local Congressional representatives, they will be there. This is for you and me and all the people we work with and their families and friends. This is for the very existence of our community and the life styles we have come to enjoy.
Please Print and Post a copy of this flier on your Union/ work/ break room bulletin boards and spread the word to all your NASA Friends and Families about this rally. This is so very important, we have the attention of our local Congressional representatives, they will be there. This is for you and me and all the people we work with and their families and friends. This is for the very existence of our community and the life styles we have come to enjoy.

Come out and show your support, it is in your back yard and only a couple of hours out of your day. This is a very worthwhile effort, please make it a point and plan to be there. This is not just for Union members, it is for EVERYONE that works at NASA, Contractors and Civil Servants alike.
Here is how to get there:

 

Galveston Co. AFL-CIO and the Galveston Co. Democratic Party to host "Support NASA Jobs" Rally

In a letter dated April 20th, 2010 from Lloyd Criss, Chair, Galveston County Democratic Party, the following was expressed to IAMAW GVP Bob Martinez:

We have another opportunity to show our solidarity and that the Jobs at the Johnson Space Center are an important, necessary part of the South Houston, Clear Lake, and surrounding communities.
The Space Center has provided jobs for a majority of the inhabitants of this area for more than 35 years.  Enlisting the talents of 3 generations of technical and engineering families to ensure that the space program carries on in the same manner that the world has come to expect.
PLEASE Make Time to come by the sports complex to hear the speakers and make your voices heard, let Washington know that we are a force to be reckoned with.  And we will not tollerate the misinformed decisions dictate the future of this economy that we all have worked so hard to establish and maintain for more than 3 decades.
This gathering is in our own backyard, there is no reason to have the deplorable turnout that was noted at the IAMAW rally last week.  WE ALL NEED TO BE THERE, and bring your families, bring your friends and neighbors too.  This effects EVERYONE in this community, not just those of us that work at NASA.
If you cannot read the details, they are:
"County Judge Jim Yarbrough and Texas AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer John Patrick will be Masters of Ceremonies. Invited guest speakers are US Congressman Gene Green, US Congressman Al Green, US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie, Bill White, Democratic nomine for Texas Governor, Linda Chavez-Thompson for Lt. Governor and Bob Martinez, GVP-Southern Territory IAMAW."
The event will commence at 7:00pm Friday, May 14th, 2010 at the Chester L. Davis Sportsplex, 1251 League City Pkwy (Hwy 96) in League City.  There will be free food and drink, they are expecting a large crowd, Plan ahead.
I look forward to seeing everyone from 1786 there, and meeting your families.

Machinist Union Rally

Preserving Our Space Programs and Saving Our Jobs

Brothers and Sisters,

Last week we saw and heard the President speak from the Kennedy Space Center about the plans for NASA's future, did you also read that there were nearly 4000 people rallied at the IAM Space Rally prior to the speech.  We are facing hard times in the space program all over the country, the primary issues are in the Southern states with sites in Texas, Alabama, and Florida. This is where the jobs are in jeopardy.

For some reason everyone seems to think that NASA is at the Cape.  The forefront of the space program is based out of the Johnson Space Center here in Houston.  All the planning, All the research, all the Training for the Manned space program and that of every other program that NASA is involved with is based out of the Johnson Space Center, We here in Houston are the Heart beat of the space program in all facets of the industry.  We need to show the world, the industry, and the President that Houston is the primary focal point of the space program, WE need to show our solidarity in all areas of the space program.  WE all need to attend the rally at the Hilton Americal Hotel for every one to see, the White House, Senate, Congress, and even our own International.  

Make plans to attend the rally, bring along a working partner that is skeptical about the Union and doesn't really know if they want to join, let them see first hand what the IAM is all about and why they NEED to be a memeber.  

The Future of the Space Program, and the Future of Your Own Employment and Families Future is at Stake.

Come to the Rally, Meet your Union Brothers and Sisters that represent you and your families.

The Entire IAM Staff will be there, Lets show them that Houston is a force to be heard, considered and reckoned with.