Funds to help build aerospace training center
A proposed new aerospace training center for Spokane is one step closer, thanks to a $275,000 grant secured by a state agency that’s supported by Machinists Union District Lodge 751. The grant will help build a new Inland Northwest Aerospace Technology Center in conjunction with Spokane Community College. It’s planned for a site near Spokane International Airport. … Read more
Work with unions to benefit company, community
SEATTLE — Machinists Union District Lodge 751 President Tom Wroblewski issued this statement, which was published March 24 in the Renton Reporter: “Freelance writer Tish Gregory’s recent Renton Reporter column was right about one thing: next year’s contract talks between Boeing, the Machinists Union and SPEEA will be important. “But she’s got two things dead … Read more
Unions: Working together brought tanker win
SEATTLE – Leaders of the unions representing Boeing workers around Puget Sound – Tom McCarty of SPEEA and Tom Wroblewski of the Machinists Union – issued this statement last week, congratulating elected officials, Boeing management and the company’s skilled union workers for their recent win in the KC-46A tanker contract. It was published March 12 in The … Read more
Machinists plan fun run to raise money for charity
EVERETT — The 10th annual Flight for Sight Fun Run & Walk will be June 4 in Everett. The event includes 5- and 10-kilometer timed races on courses certified by U.S.A. Track & Field. There will also be a non-competitive one-mile walk. The race day sign-in will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the courses’ start/finish … Read more
Machinists Union plans charity golf tournament
REDMOND — The 20th annual Guide Dogs of America Charity Golf Tournament will be July 17 at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond. The annual event is sponsored by Machinists Union District Lodge 751, and is a fundraiser for Guide Dogs of America, a California-based charity that provides service dogs to people across North America … Read more
White House honors Machinists for service
SEATTLE — Machinists Union District Lodge 751 and eight of its individual members have been honored by the White House for outstanding community service in 2010. The union was awarded a gold-level President’s Volunteer Service Award for the community service work done by members of its Machinists Volunteer Program. As a group, 684 volunteers from … Read more
Machinists honored for South Park Bridge efforts
SEATTLE — A Machinists Union staff member and two retired union activists were among those honored Monday night as Seattle’s South Park community celebrated the announcement that King County is set to open the bids for replacing the now-closed South Park Bridge. The county plans a groundbreaking ceremony for the new bridge project on May … Read more
Tanker win shows value of experienced workforce
SEATTLE — Tom Wroblewski, the president of Machinists Union District Lodge 751, issued the following statement after executives of EADS North America said Friday that they would not protest a Pentagon decision to award a contract to build Air Force refueling tankers to Boeing: “Today’s announcement by EADS means that – at long last – … Read more
Union: Teamwork delivers a tanker triumph
District 751 Machinists say that a winning bid from Boeing to provide aerial refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force will allow them to start planning for their futures. “I can plan for retirement,” said Mike Carp, a 767 assembly worker in Everett. “I can plan for my kids going to school. I can be … Read more
