|
|
|
|
![]() This page features news from the local, district, and the IAM, as well as other union news and industry updates. |
|
News
Contacts
LL 1005 Web
Steward
Newsletter
Editor,
|
Headlines Presidential Primary Washington State Caucus. What's going on in Washington. Check it out here, Washington Is the Contest du Jour - New York Times Join in on the Washington State Caucus Blog here, |
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
T-uesday, March 11, 2008 • The Sacramento Bee D5 Boeing to protest rivW's Pentagon contractByPeterPae Air Force officials have not yet and Space Co., and is currently asBelote said the new estimates Los Angeles Times detailed how Northrop won the sembled there. But Northrop were based on revised data from contract, but Northrop officials plans to assemble the tanker verits suppliers, about 230 of which said it was told in a briefing Monsion in Mobile, Ala. are U.S.-based, and new Labor day that its tanker was selected On Monday, Northrop shot Departme~t figures. As such, its because it was "more advantaback and said that its tanker is tanker program would create geous" than Boeing's offer in four just as "American" as Boeing's 14,000 direct jobs and another of the five key measures. Those proposal, which would have 34,000 indirect ones, which inincluded cost, the company's been assembled in Everett, clude such jobs as janitors and past performance with other deWash., and Wichita, Kan. . truck drivers. fense contracts and mission capaNorthrop spokesman Randy Boeing's challenge would bility. Belote said that its tanker procome as the award heads for aThe decision has prompted a gram is now expected to create showdown in Congress, where flurry of outcries, particularly 48,000 jobs, a vast majority of Pentagon officials are expected from lawmakers from states with them in the United States. to be grilled over the next several big Boeing payrolls who say that The new estimate would be days as lawmakers consider withthe contract would send U.S. jobs nearly double the initial projecholding funds to buy the planes. overseas and hurt the nation's detions of 25,000 jobs made two A pivotal meeting is scheduled fense industry. years ago, before the competition Tuesday, when a House defense Northrop's tanker is based on a began. The latest figures would subcommittee is expected to re-passenger jet that was developed top Boeing's projections that its ceive a detailed but confidential in France by Airbus, a subsidiary tanker program would have crebriefing from Air Force officials of European Aeronautic Defense ated 45,000 jobs. on how they chose Northrop. • Escalating the fight over the bigge&t defense contract in years, Boeing Co. said Monday it would challenge the Pentagon's decision to place an aircraft order potentially worth $40 billion with rival Northrop Grumman Corp. and its European partner, Airbus. Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, plans to file a formal protest today to overturn what is likely to be the nation's last big new weapons contract for at least a decade. "Our team has taken a very close look at the tanker decision and found serious flaws in the process that we believe warrant appeal," said Jim McNerney, Boeing's chief executive. "This is an extraordinary step rarely taken by our company, and one we take chose Northrop and Airbus 9ver very seriously." Boeing to build 179 aerial refuel Northrop Grumman f..orp. Apillustration showsaKC-45Arefuelingan F-22 Raptor.Northrop Grumman haswonacontractto build AirForceaerial refuelingtankers. In one of the more intense coming tankers for the Air F~rce. petitions whose outcome has They would replace the E~enriled "buy AmerIcan" propohower-era tankers that were ~uilt nents, the Air Force on Feb. 29 in the late 1950s and ~arly I%Os.
Brothers and Sisters, |
|||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
|
List of Officers and Delegates for Local
Lodge 1005 for 2007-2010 President : Frank Rouse
Vice President : Ray Simonis
Recording Secretary : Fred MacKenzie
Secretary-Treasure : Gene McGlothlin
Conductor-Sentinel : Mike White
Auditors Jose Canul Marcia Keck Shellia Dedmon
Trustees Ray Simonis Cheryl Rouse Richard Brandt
NOLC Delegates Britt Cornman Frank Rouse Joe Kear . Joe Estes Gene McGlothlin Cheryl Rouse
OMC Delegates Britt Cornman Joe Kear Fred MacKenzie Frank Rouse
District 24 Delegates Joe Estes Marcia Keck Fred MacKenzie Gene McGlothlin Joan Miller Tony Mims Gil Robles Chris Taylor |