Please follow this link to the Local Lodge 15 Blog for more information
http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Sunday, September 3, 2017
IAM local lodge 15 rejects contract, Again
A second pass at ratifying a contract with Wyman-Gordon was rejected, back to the picket lines. Contact your committee member to help with the picket duties.
Local 15, Don't forget to vote today
Don't forget to vote today
The vote will take place at the VFW CYPRESS POST 8905. 21902 Northwest Frwy Cypress, TX 77429 (where we have Union Meetings) Sunday September 3, 2017 from 2pm until 6pm.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Local Lodge 15 Voting on latest offering from Wyman-Gordon
Go to the link below to see all the information regarding the member vote this Sunday September 3rd, 2017
http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/
http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/
Monday, August 28, 2017
No Good News in site for the SE Texas Floods of 2017
Find Below the available forms for assistance from the IAM
Brother Byron Williams DBR District 37 email bwilliams@iamawdl37.org
District website www.iamawdl37.org for forms and further information
Monday, August 21, 2017
Local Lodge 15 ON STRIKE!!!
For all the latest information regarding the Strike, check with the internationals IMAIL, www.GOIAM.org, and the Local Lodge site http://iamawll15.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
Local Lodge 15 Contract Negotiations Status Letter
August
14, 2017
News Letter #1
IAM&AW
Your Negotiating Team
Brothers and
Sisters:
Subject:
IAM&AW/WYMAN GORDON UPDATE
Your elected contract
negotiating team, Tim Stutts, Abel Nuncio, Marcus Grimes, Darrell Bonney
District Lodge 37 Rep Byron Williams and your chief negotiator, Grand Lodge
Representatives Brother James Parker, met for negotiations with Wyman Gordon.
The Union and Company have exchanged and discussed several issues and
proposals. The parties have discussed several issues relating to Non-Economic
and Economic issues. Your negotiating team has heard your concerns regarding the
issues that are important to the membership “Those Issues such as job security,
outsourcing, benefits, and wages”. The
parties are continuing to exchange ideals related to proposals in an effort of
reaching resolution to the issues you brought forward in the membership
surveys, meetings, and with your negotiating team members.
We have reviewed
your surveys and furthermore your comments from the surveys. As anticipated,
the top issues were established and have been formulated into contract
proposals. We are asking for our members support throughout these negotiations.
Please remember, if we have not addressed the issues here, they are rumors.
Some of the
proposals brought forth by the company is to reduce short-term disability benefits
from 70% to 55% of employee’s salary. In addition, employees on short-term
(6months) and long-term disability (6months) for a total of one year, then be
terminated from the company. The Company wants to implement a change from 20
minute to 15 minute breaks during the overtime period. Temporary assignment
proposals are still being exchanged. The company is also holding to not
allowing employees who attend funeral such as a (friend), receive premium pay
for 6th and 7th. Day.
The company
presented a wage scale with a much-reduced starting range of ($7.50) Lg6, to Labor grade 16 ($14.00) with
no salary increases for the 3yr contract. For any current employees in addition
to any employees hired or re-called after ratifications. We will continue
exchanging proposals throughout the week and will update the membership as the
negotiations continue.
Please check your
District Lodge No. 37 web site and link to your Local Lodge 15 link, for future
updates. Additionally, further updates will be forthcoming as negotiations move
forward.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Lobstermen Moving up with the commerce
Here is your shortcut to the above link, take advantage of this great offer from your Union Brothers and Sisters.
Monday, June 5, 2017
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips
Southern
Region
Like
the FaceBook Page- Boeing Workers at South Carolina –
BSC https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/
Forbes
By
Ted Reed
February
1, 2017
South
Carolina may be the least unionized state in the union, but its most prominent
labor leader – and it does have a few – says Boeing workers in Charleston are
ready to join the International Association of Machinists.
AFL-CIO
President Richard Trumka gives testimony on "Building a 21st Century
Infrastructure for America" at the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee.
Seattle
Times
By
Dominic Gates
February
1, 2017
Boeing
is taking the gloves off to fight the Machinists union with everything it’s
got.
IAM
News
February
1, 2017
Washington,
DC – Robert Martinez, Jr., International President of the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), made the following
statement about the introduction of national right-to-work legislation:
“So-called
right-to-work has done enough harm to working people in the states where it is
law. Forcing it upon every state in the country would be a national disaster.
Texas
Edinburgh
Politics
By
DAVID A. DÍAZ
February
1, 2017
On
Thursday, January 12, 2017, in the Speaker’s Committee Room at the Texas
Capitol, the Texas AFL-CIO, led by its president, John Patrick and who
was joined by other key lawmakers, hosted a news conference on raising the
minimum wage in Texas.
KGNS
By
Yocelin Gallardo
February
1, 2017
Union
supporters and business advocates clash over the use of payroll deductions to
collect union dues, as two bills look to do away with payroll deduction.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips
Southern
Region
Like
the FaceBook Page- Boeing Workers at South Carolina –
BSC https://www.facebook.com/boeingworkers/
Georgia
AFL-CIO is providing help to people who have been affected by the devastating
storms that hit the Albany area. We are working with some area churches, State
Representative Winfred Dukes and the United Way of Southwest Georgia. We are
asking for your assistance so that we can provide as much as we can to as many
as we can. Your donations can be dropped off on the first floor of the IBEW Local
613 Building (501 Pulliam Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30312) by 5:00 PM on 2/2/17.
On
Labor
By
Hannah Belitz
January
31, 2017
The
following provides an overview of Judge Gorsuch’s opinions in cases involving
the NLRB and employment discrimination.
Littler
By
ILYSE SCHUMAN AND MICHAEL J. LOTITO
January
31, 2017
On
the whole, Judge Gorsuch’s written opinions on labor and employment issues do
not appear to contain any unpleasant surprises for employers. His
opinions—which, by and large, are clear and easy to read—have not expressed any
new interpretations of existing law that would disadvantage employers.
Washington
Post
By
Drew Harwell and Jonathan O'Connell
January
31, 2017
About
40 housekeepers and guest-room workers at the Trump International Hotel
Washington voted last week to join Unite Here Local 25, a chapter that
represents 6,500 hospitality workers across the Washington area, a union
executive said.
Texas
Corsicana
Daily Sun
By
John Austin
January
31, 2017
Following
a call for ethics reform, Abbott urged lawmakers to end the practice of
automatic deduction of union dues from the paychecks of government workers,
saying “taxpayer money shouldn’t be used to support the collection of union
dues.”
Rick
Levy, secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO, said he’d rather
have heard Abbott talking about issues that families discuss around the dinner
table.
“He
seemed to throw a bone to those who are on an ideological crusade,” Levy said.
“It was misguided.”
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips
Southern
Region
Huffington
Post
By
Dave Jamieson and Sam Stein
January
25, 2017
Sean
McGarvey joined other labor union leaders Monday in a visit with President
Donald Trump at his new digs in the White House. As head of North America’s
Building Trades Unions, McGarvey wasn’t accustomed to such meetings, least of
all during a president’s first full weekday in office. Neither he nor his
predecessor had ever received such an invitation from President Barack Obama.
Bloomberg
By
Lauren Etter and Shannon Pettypiece
January
26, 2017
President
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall faces many obstacles. One of the tallest:
building it without undocumented workers.
PayDay
Report
By
Mike Elk
January
25, 2017
Today,
the Trump Administration announced a series of moves designed to crack down on
undocumented workers living in the country, promising in immigration-related
executive orders to target and deport immigrants who have entered the United
States illegally and foreign guestworkers that overstay their work visas.
Texas
Yahoo
By
Staff
January
25, 2017
Mr.
Corgey is a trustee for the Seafarers Pension Plan, Seafarers Health and
Benefits Plan, Joint Employment Fund, Training/Safety Fund and Transportation
Institute. He serves as a vice president of the Texas AFL-CIO; as secretary-treasurer
of the West Gulf Ports Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department;
and on the executive board of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation,
AFL-CIO. He is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association,
American Maritime Partnership and the Navy League of the United States. He is a
past member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Area Maritime
Security Committee for the Port of Houston/Galveston and served as chairman of
the City of Houston Ethics Committee. He served on the U.S. Coast Guard Towing
Safety Advisory Committee and the board of the Houston Maritime Association.
Mr. Corgey is also active in other civic and humanitarian pursuits.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips 1/25/2017
CNN
Money
By
Aaron Smith
January
24, 2017
Kroger
says it plans to hire 10,000 workers.
AL.com
By
Associated Press
January
24, 2017
These
are a handful of examples from across the U.S. of mostly male public officials
who have been reprimanded, called out or disciplined over social media postings
about the women's marches around the globe last weekend.
NBC
News
By
Ben Popken
January
24, 2017
Build,
baby, build.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON MARCH 4th PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in Canton, Mississippi (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: (601)
859-2931
Texas
Dallas
Morning News
By
Dagney Pruner
January
23, 2017
Texas
taxpayers are footing the bill to support welfare programs for thousands of
state workers and their children, a union representing the employees said
Monday, urging lawmakers to raise wages.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter:
@delane392
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips 1/24/2017
Southern
Region
USA
TODAY
By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO
January
24, 2017
On
Monday, the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
President Trump may have signed the TPP’s death certificate, but it was working
people and our progressive allies who killed this unfair agreement. For years,
we have mobilized and organized in opposition to the TPP, winning the debate in
Congress and on the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON
POST
By
Danielle Paquette
January
23, 2017
Amid
tension with the organized labor community, President Trump met with a dozen
union leaders and members Monday afternoon at the White House for a “listening
session” about American jobs.
Federal
Times
By
Carten Cordell
January
23, 2017
Many
anticipated that President Trump would keep to his campaign promise of
instituting a hiring freeze for the federal government.
The
Hill
By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO
January
24, 2017
Much
has been made of President Trump’s sweeping comments and random tweets. But now
that he’s been officially sworn in, the consequences for American workers are
much more tangible.
Los
Angeles Times
By
Richard Trumka, president, AFL-CIO
January
24, 2017
“We
appreciate that Donald Trump laid it in its grave,” said Thea Lee, deputy
chief of staff at the AFL-CIO, referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
“But that’s only a first and small step.”
While
there are signs of more aggressive trade actions on the part of Trump, Lee said
it wasn’t clear how Trump’s approach — one of his popular refrains is “buy
American” — would manifest itself in actual trade policies.
“The
incoming administration has a narrower vision of America first,” she said. “It
could be negotiated and be worse for working people.”
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON MARCH 4th PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in Canton, Mississippi (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: (601)
859-2931
Texas
Houston
Chronicle
By
L.M. Sixel
January
20, 2017
"It
is completely unfair," said Rick Levy, secretary of the Texas AFL-CIO.
Over
the past few years, NFL players and their union have tried to fend off efforts
by the league to reduce workers' compensation benefits. In California in 2013,
the National Football League led a successful lobbying effort to bar
professional athletes from filing workers' compensation claims in California if
they spent most of their careers outside the state.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter:
@delane392
Monday, January 23, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips 1/23/2017
Southern
Region
New
York Times
By
SUSAN CHIRA and JONATHAN MARTIN
January
22, 2017
More
than a million people who turned out on Saturday for women’s marches in all 50
states have put down their placards, taken off their pink hats and ended their
chants after what was an extraordinary display of dissent against the Trump
presidency.
AFL-CIO
NOW
By
Kenneth Quinnell
January
22, 2017
Every
week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and
events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly
List.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! ON MARCH 4th PLEASE JOIN THE
MARCH ON MISSISSIPPI! March 4, 2017 @ 1pm in Canton, Mississippi (Canton
Multipurpose Sportsplex). Help us fight for the rights of Nissan Workers and
all Workers in Mississippi to vote freely for Union representation without
intimidation by their employers. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: (601)
859-2931
Texas
Houston
Public Media
By
Al Ortiz
January
20, 2017
“We
are worried about attacks on both workers’ rights and the workplace, the
ability to form unions. We are worried that the new Secretary of Labor is not a
supporter of the federal minimum wage,” said Hany Khalil, executive director
of the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO.
KVUE
By
Erin Jones
January
21, 2017
APD
estimated between 40,000 and 50,000 people attended the march in front of the
Texas State Capitol Saturday afternoon, many with a message to share.
Houston
Chronicle
By
Brooke A. Lewis and Keri Blakinger
January
22, 2017
More
than 20,000 singing, sign-waving protesters packed Hermann Square to roar their
opposition to newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and show their
solidarity with marching women across the nation Saturday.
Dallas
Morning News
By
Claire Ballor
January
22, 2017
Thousands
of women of all ages, colors and creeds turned out Saturday morning for the
Dallas Women's March through downtown, a day after President Donald Trump took
office.
Your
media report (Houston Trump Protest Clips) has been published. To see the
coverage you selected, please click this link(some are clips from the other
protests):
http://mms.tveyes.com/NetReport.aspx?ReportHash=9c9655b89f3a3469d78e02d2956566bc
http://mms.tveyes.com/NetReport.aspx?ReportHash=9c9655b89f3a3469d78e02d2956566bc
--
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Friday, January 20, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips
The
Atlantic
By
ALANA SEMUELS
January
19, 2017
It
was in the early days of Ronald Reagan’s campaign for president that America
first started frequently hearing the term “job-killing regulations” in response
to an increasing number of environmental laws.
Texas
HOUSTON UNITES FOR ANTI-TRUMP RALLY AND MARCH
As Donald Trump is inaugurated Friday morning in Washington
DC, immigrant, community and labor groups in Houston will unite to jointly declare
our intention to fight for all communities at risk under the incoming Trump
administration.
Hundreds of people are expected to gather at
Sesquicentennial Park at 10 a.m. Friday to mark the start of the resistance
movement that will be needed to keep our communities safe, free and thriving.
We will send the message that Houston Builds Bridges, Not Walls.
WHO: Texas Gulf Coast AFL-CIO, Mi Familia
Vota, SEIU, CAIR Texas, United We Dream, Battleground Texas, Houston Federation
of Teachers, Emerge USA, Fight for 15, New Leaders Council Houston, Planned
Parenthood Gulf Coast, Interfaith Justice Coalition, UNITE HERE Local 23,
Pacifica Radio KPFT 90.1, t.e.j.a.s., Young Active Labor Leaders (YALL),
International Association of Machinists Lodge 811, Houston Gulf Coast Building
and Construction Trades Council, and Texas Organizing Project.
WHAT: Houston Unido March and Rally #EraofResistance
WHERE: Sesquicentennial
Park, 300 Smith Street, next to bayou
WHEN:
Friday, January 20, 2017
Assembly 10 a.m.
Rally 10:30 am
March 11:00 am to 12 noon
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Texas Regional Press Clips
AFL-CIO
NOW
By
Rebecca L. Reindel & Eunice Salcedo
January
18, 2017
The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration held a stakeholder meeting last
week on preventing workplace violence in health care and social
assistance—industries where nurses, social workers, emergency response workers,
home care workers, psychiatric aides and others are on the front line.
LA
Times
By
Don Lee and Jim Puzzanghera
January
19, 2017
Donald
Trump's ascendance to the White House has raised hopes among U.S. businesses
for the most significant rollback of regulations since the Reagan
administration.
Business
Insider
By
David Dayen
January
17, 2017
Millions
of Americans spend every day preoccupied with whether they can make a better
life for themselves than their parents did, and whether they can pass on that
opportunity to their children.
Texas
Texas
Tribune
By
JULIÁN AGUILAR
January
19, 2017
A
North Texas Republican is hell-bent this session on forcing lawmakers to take
an up-or-down vote on repealing a popular state program that allows some
undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges.
DeLane Adams
AFL-CIO Field Communications
Southern Region
Cell: 404-402-9764
Twitter: @delane392
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Texas Region Press Clips
Texas
Star
Telegram
January
17, 2017
In
Dallas, the Women’s March is being expanded to include a rally and “mega” phone
bank.
It
starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St.
Participants
will walk about 1.7 miles to the CWA Hall, 1408 N. Washington Ave.,
during the event, which is hosted by state Rep. Victoria Neave, D-Dallas.
There,
they will have a rally and begin a phone bank, calling women to ask what their
top legislative priorities are and let them know they’ve “got their back,” said
Rebecca Acuna, chief of staff for Neave.
Co-hosts
of the Dallas event include Planned Parenthood, Moms Demand Action,
Battleground Texas, the Dallas AFL-CIO and the Texas Young Democrats.
Houston
Chronicle
By
Lydia Depillis
January
17, 2017
Civic
leaders love to talk about how Houston is a city of opportunity. It's on
banners at the airport. It's been used to sell the General Plan. The Greater
Houston Partnership uses it as a tagline. Mayor Sylvester Turner used the word
"opportunity" five times in his inauguration speech last year.
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