{"id":804,"date":"2024-10-07T08:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/?p=804"},"modified":"2024-10-07T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:44:35","slug":"kentucky-lockheed-martin-members-win-strong-first-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Lockheed Martin Members Win Strong First Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 300 IAM Local 219 (District 1888) members at Lockheed Martin at Bluegrass Station near Lexington, Ky., voted to ratify their first agreement recently. The new four-year deal comes on the heels of their recent successful organizing campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed Martin employees\u2019 decision to join the IAM highlights the growing momentum at Bluegrass Station among workers seeking fair treatment and security under the Service Contract Act (SCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new agreement features wage increases of 4%, 3%, 3.5% and 3.5% over the agreement\u2019s life and a more than $1 increase for health and welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy coming together, our new members at Bluegrass Station have secured a future of fair wages, better benefits, and a stronger voice in their workplace,\u201d said IAM Southern Territory General Vice President Craig Martin. \u201cThis new contract is a testament to the power of unity and the importance of standing up for what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese new members understood that an IAM contract was a step toward ensuring fair wages, better benefits, and a stronger voice in their workplace,\u201d said IAM District 1888 Business Representative and Organizer Ryan McCarthy. \u201cThe new agreement features a true company cost share for medical plans of 50% paid by Lockheed Martin, which will put hundreds of dollars back in the pocket of the employees each month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members of IAM Local 219 stationed at Bluegrass Station are an integral part of ensuring the seamless functioning of base operations, with a focus on providing essential supplies for U.S. Army Special Forces units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 300 IAM Local 219 (District 1888) members at Lockheed Martin at Bluegrass Station near Lexington, Ky., voted to ratify their first agreement recently. The new four-year deal comes on the heels of their recent successful organizing campaign. Lockheed Martin employees\u2019 decision to join the IAM highlights the growing momentum at Bluegrass Station among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iamaw1857.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}