Welcome to District 837!
Home of the Fighting Aerospace Machinists
The membership of District 837 are employees of The GKN North American Aerospace facility
in St. Louis, of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems facility in St.
Louis, and RTI TRADCO in Washington, MO. Between the three companies,
our members machine, fabricate, assemble, test, and deliver the finest
military aircraft and weapons system in the world today. We also
represent the finest maintenance and housekeeping employees in the
industry. When you visit one of our production locations, you will see
that our members take pride in their work in all that they do.To see the latest SpeedFacts or other news, pop into the News Page. To view information regarding other events, select the link that interests you the most. Other special reports or photo galleries from events will appear from time to time as new links to the left of the web.
On behalf of the entire District Staff, I hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon to see what is new.
Gordon King
President Directing Business Representative
Latest News and Events
May 8, 2008
Retiree Club
Meeting Photos
May 7, 2008
GKN SpeedFacts
concerning new In-Plant Work Team Agreement.
April 25, 2008
District launches new web site design! If you
experience any difficulties navigating the new site, please send an
e-mail to the District Communicator with details of the errors
encountered.
April 24, 2008
Photos from the 2008 Missouri State Council of Machinists Bass
Tournament
April 23, 2008
GKN: Notice: There is a bogus SpeedFacts being posted under the Union
SpeedFacts Letterhead circulating through your buildings. It is dated
April 22 and discusses the restrooms. We want you to know this
SpeedFacts was NOT generated by your District. As a general rule,
Official SpeedFacts will have a full color letterhead and be posted on
Union Bulletin Boards or handed out by your area Shop Stewards.
April 22, 2008
Boeing and GKN SpeedFacts
April 16, 2008
The C-17 is still awaiting funding authority from the U. S Congress.
Click here to see a sample letter you can
send to your Congressional Representatives today!
April 6, 2008
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE APRIL 5, 2008 PRESIDENT/DIRECTING BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVE SPECIAL ELECTION:
KING 1554
- Elected to fill unexpired term of Rick Smith
BROCK 1103
VOID/OTHER 29
April 3, 2008
Some congressional Representatives are opposing
the sale of JDAMS and additional F-15's to Saudi Arabia. Please click
this link and follow the instructions to email your elected officials
telling them to get involved in securing both of these potential job
bases for our members.
F-15
Alert
March 31, 2008
Local Machinists Speak Out on USAF Tanker Raw Deal.
Click here to view
video
March 13, 2008
All Members: The I.A.M. is
asking for your support in letting Congress know how you feel about the
recent decision to award EADS (a foreign consortium) the USAF Tanker
deal. This deal is bad for America, bad for our military, and bad for
the U.S. economy.
Please click here to send your comments via a site set up by a Senator from Kansas or click here to use the IAM link solidifying our concerns. You can use the pre-set words or write your own.
Remember, you have been instrumental in changing the course of military sales in the past. You can do it again! The direct link to the Senator's webmail is:
The Direct link to the IAM webmail
is:
Tanker Alert
To see the KSDK interview video
concerning the Tanker deal, visit the KSDK webiste at:
KSDK Tanker video
To read the transcript of the story,
visit KSDK at:
KSDK Transcript
To see the Fox Channel 2 transcript on the
Tanker deal, visit Fox 2 at:
Fox Tanker Transcript
To view Fox 2 video, you will need to
click the link on their page.
March 10, 2008
There is quite a bit of talk, and rightly so, on the upcoming I.A.M.
Grand Lodge Convention and the possible dues structure change that will
be debated. As many of our members do not attend the Convention, there
is a lot of questions about how a change can be made to your
Constitution. As previously reported in the SpeedFacts, it is the
function of the Local Lodges to elect Delegates to the Convention and
those Delegates are the ONLY people who can accept any changes. The
debate over what you expect of your elected Delegates is healthy for
your Union, however; we want you to know exactly what it takes to make a
change.
We have already posted Article II Section 3 detailing how Delegates are
elected. As further educational opportunity, we are now posting Article
XIX, which spells out exactly how changes are to be made.
To read the Constitution language on making changes, click here. As you can see, the only way to change the Constitution is to properly submit the proposed changes AFTER the Local Lodge has voted to accept the proposals in their respective Local Lodge meeting and followed the proper procedures to have their proposal submitted to the proper committee.
GKN Members: To view the issues your management is addressing as a result of the walk around last week, please click here. I want to thank the membership for being candid and honest during the shop floor visit. Your voice was heard loud and clear! I will be doing a follow-up with the membership in a few weeks to see if there has been any resolution to your issues.