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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Machinists Union Members Approve New Three-Year Contract for Fort Worth and Related Sites
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Machinists Union Members Approve New Three-Year Contract for Fort Worth and Related Sites FORT WORTH, Texas, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), District 776, have ratified a new labor agreement with Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) Aeronautics. The new agreement is effective April 20, 2009, and extends to April 22, 2012. The agreement covers three IAM bargaining units - production and maintenance employees, firefighters and nurses - and includes Lockheed Martin employees in Fort Worth, Texas; at Edwards AFB, Calif.; and at NAS Patuxent River, Md. The union has more than 3,500 total members. "We're pleased the Machinists union members ratified this new contract. It rewards our excellent workforce with fair and equitable wages, benefits and other provisions. Our employees perform a critical task for our customers and the nation through their work on the F-35, F-16, F-22 and other programs, and this new contract will help keep them on the job for the next three years," said June Shrewsbury, executive vice president of Company Integration for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.
Source: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
CONTACT: Joe Stout, Director of Communications of Lockheed Martin,
+1-817-308-5520, joe.w.stout@lmco.com Web Site: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/117281.html
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Judge's Ruling in FMC Lawsuit Has No Effect on ATA Lawsuit Against Ports
Judge's Ruling in FMC Lawsuit Has No Effect on ATA Lawsuit Against Ports ARLINGTON, Va., April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ATA Vice President of Public Affairs issued the following advisory in response to reporters' questions about the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) lawsuit against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach: A judge's denial on Wednesday of an injunction in the case of FMC vs. City of Los Angeles et al has absolutely no effect on the American Trucking Associations' lawsuit against the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Concession Plans. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other union supporters are using the FMC decision to continue to mislead the public by falsely saying ATA opposes the Clean Truck Program. The FMC lawsuit will have no effect on the ATA's lawsuit because:
-- FMC's lawsuit seeks an injunction against the Clean Truck Program and
Concession Plans.
-- ATA's lawsuit is only against the separate Concession Plan
requirements. ATA supports the Clean Truck Program. ATA was not a
party to the FMC case and actually petitioned FMC, successfully, to
drop their demand that the ports stop collecting the Clean Truck
Program container fee. ATA supports collection of the container fee,
which assists drivers and companies in buying cleaner trucks.
-- The two lawsuits are based on different law. FMC's is based on the
Shipping Act. ATA's is based on the FAAA Act and on the Commerce
Clause of the Constitution.
-- FMC argued that competition would be reduced because the Ports of Los
Angeles and Long Beach cooperated together to create the Clean Truck
Program. -- ATA argued that the industry would be harmed and competition would be
reduced because the Port of Los Angeles bans independent owner
operators and because both ports have many irrelevant, cost-raising
requirements that will do nothing to clean the air, and that the
Concession Plans are an illegal and unconstitutional intrusion into
interstate transportation and commerce. The ban on independent owner operators was instituted by the Mayor of Los Angeles at the request of Teamsters President James Hoffa and is intended to allow the Teamsters to enlist port drivers into the union. Even as the NRDC and other union supporters mislead the public by falsely saying ATA opposes the Clean Truck Program, they have yet to explain why they continue to support efforts that do nothing to clean the air, but trample the rights of thousands of citizens, outlaw small businesses and eliminate an entire profession during the worst recession in decades.
Source: American Trucking Associations
CONTACT: Clayton Boyce of American Trucking Associations,
+1-703-408-3716, 703-838-7902 Web Site: http://www.truckline.com/
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Sentencing of McWane Corp. Executives Expected Monday
Sentencing of McWane Corp. Executives Expected Monday Change to Win Health and Safety Coordinator Eric Frumin Available For Comment TRENTON, N.J., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Change to Win Health and Safety coordinator Eric Frumin will be available for comment before and after the scheduled sentencing hearing. WHAT: Four NJ-based executives of the Birmingham, AL-based McWane Corp. are scheduled for sentencing in Federal District court after a 30-count conviction on conspiracy, obstructing a federal investigation, and environmental violations. Former Plant Manager John Prisque was convicted on four separate counts, including all facets of the conspiracy indictment which alone allows a maximum imprisonment of 5 years. WHO:
Federal District Court Judge Mary L. Cooper McWane Corp. is one of the world's largest manufacturers of steel pipe. A 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of massive OSHA and environmental violations at McWane plants in five states revealed some of the worst examples of criminal employer misconduct in the 35-year history of the OSHAct as well as multiple environmental laws. The resulting federal investigation sparked a 33-count indictment at McWane's Phillipsburg, NJ subsidiary Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe. According to one of DOJ's lead prosecutors, McWane was "one of the worst and most persistent violators of our nation's environmental and worker safety laws." At the time of the verdict, the Justice Department said that "Atlantic States and these defendants committed heinous crimes against workers and New Jersey's environment." WHEN:
Monday, April 20; the sentencing hearing begins at 10am WHERE:
US District Court, 402 East State Street, Trenton, NJ. WHY:
Despite a worker death, massive worker safety and health violations, and corporate obstruction of the investigation by the US Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Justice Department was able to effectively prosecute Atlantic States pipe company and its executives only by using environmental law where applicable, and using general federal criminal law. Severe violations involving employer misconduct, worker deaths and severe injuries remain often unpunished, and employers remain unafraid of sanctions due to the lack of any serious deterrent in the OSHAct itself. The US Congress will soon consider new legislation to close the severe loopholes in the OSHAct.
About Change to Win Change to Win is a partnership of seven unions and six million members founded in 2005 to organize workers of the new American economy. Change to Win is committed to restoring the American Dream so that all workers have a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure and dignified retirement, and the opportunity for the next generation to be better off. The seven affiliated unions are: Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and United Farm Workers of America.
Source: Change to Win
CONTACT: Eric Frumin of Change to Win, +1-212-352-4720, +1-646-734-2656
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Illinois First Student Workers Choose Teamsters Union
Illinois First Student Workers Choose Teamsters Union School Bus Drivers, Monitors and Mechanics Unite for Change in the Workplace WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- School bus drivers, monitors and mechanics with First Student in Urbana, Illinois, have voted to join Teamsters Local 26, in Bloomington, Illinois, taking the first step toward improvements in their workplace. The workers are seeking fair pay, a grievance procedure and fairness on the job. There are 62 workers in the bargaining unit. "We are some of the lowest paid school bus drivers in this area, and the workers at other First Student locations are paid better than us because they're Teamsters," said Eugene Heath, a four-year driver with First Student in Urbana. "We want to be treated fair and equal to the other locations, and treated fair within our own location. I'm glad we voted Teamsters." According to Tim Donovan, a business agent with Local 26, the Urbana workers contacted the local's offices after hearing about the solid representation the local provided its members at other First Student locations. Local 26 represents First Student workers in Charleston, Danville and Bloomington. "We are reaching out to these workers who need Teamster representation. We are looking to get them all organized so we can do our best to improve their working conditions," said Pat Gleason, President of Local 26. "This is a great victory and we are quite proud of our new members." This victory is the latest in an effort to organize private school bus and transit workers across the country. Drive Up Standards is a national campaign to improve safety, service and work standards in the private school bus and transit industry. Since the campaign began in 2006, more than 16,800 drivers, monitors, aides, mechanics and attendants have become Teamsters. Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
CONTACT: David White of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
+1-202-624-8730, dwhite@teamster.org Web Site: http://www.teamster.org/
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Hoffa Announces Teamster Endorsement of Carnahan for Senate
Hoffa Announces Teamster Endorsement of Carnahan for Senate Popular Missouri Secretary of State Has Proven Record of Leadership KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa joined Teamsters from across Missouri today at a rally to announce the union's endorsement of Robin Carnahan for U.S. Senate. "Missourians deserve better leadership in Washington, and they'll get it from Robin Carnahan," Hoffa told hundreds of Teamsters at the rally held at Joint Council 56. "We can't afford business as usual in these tough economic times. The Teamsters will do what it takes to deliver a victory for Carnahan and the hardworking people of Missouri." Carnahan brings a proven record of serving and protecting Missourians as Secretary of State. Her work fighting investment fraud has earned her national recognition as a leader in securities law enforcement. As Missouri's senator, she will hold Wall Street and Washington accountable by cracking down on fraud, waste and abuse that has created the crisis plaguing the U.S. economy. "Robin Carnahan wants to create opportunities for people to improve their lives, and she will work tirelessly to make our government work by solving problems," said Jim Kabell, President of the Missouri-Kansas-Nebraska Conference of Teamsters. "She is a friend to Missouri's working families the Teamsters are proud to endorse her for U.S. Senate." Carnahan promoted consumer and investor education as a priority during her time as Secretary of State, developing an Investor Bill of Rights to help protect Missouri's citizens from fraud. She is the right leader for hardworking Missourians during this time of economic uncertainty. Carnahan's widespread popularity and her commitment to Missouri led to her re-election in November 2008, when she received more votes than any candidate in the state's history. Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
CONTACT: Leigh Strope of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
+1-202-497-7766, lstrope@teamster.org Web Site: http://www.teamster.org/
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