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IAM Local Lodge 778 is a united Lodge representing workers in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. We are located in south Kansas City just 1/2 mile west of 71 Highway or 1 mile west of I-435 at 9404 Grandview Road. Meeting on the 2nd Saturday of each month. |
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Mailing address is: Local Lodge 778 9404 Grandview Road Kansas City, MO. 64132 |
Telephone is (816) 363-7070 Directing Business Representative - Claude Harris, ext. #15 Business Representative - Joe Capra, ext. #14 Secretary-Treasurer - Don Long, ext. #10 |
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This Web Page last updated on Thursday, July 02, 2009 08:23 PM |
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OSHA, MSHA Move on Bush-Stalled Health and Safety Rules More... 5/12/2009 ‘Keep It Made in America’ Bus Tour Kicks Off More... 5,300 Employees at Southwest Airlines Reach Tentative Pact, and More Bargaining News More... 5/11/2009 Leaders in Investment Community Speak Out for Employee Free Choice More... Bill Now in the Senate Addresses Credit Card Abuse More... 5/8/2009 Labor Department Budget Strengthens Worker Protection Enforcement More... Parental Leave Bill for Fed Workers Advances More... 5/7/2009 Boston Globe Workers Reach Tentative Pact; Unions Offer Options for Media Jobs Crisis More... Gov. Nixon’s statement on the Missouri House’s refusal to expand health care to 35,000 at no cost to taxpayers JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today released the following statement on the Missouri House’s failure to adopt the conference committee report for House Bill 11: “Missouri has a 25-year high in unemployment and a little more than one week remaining in the legislative session, yet the Republican-led legislature has done virtually nothing to improve our state’s economy. By voting today against providing health care to 35,000 Missourians at no extra cost to the state, House Republicans rejected a plan that would have pumped $145 million in new money into our economy at no cost to taxpayers. While this proposal to spur economic growth through health care expansion enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the Missouri Senate, the Missouri House let flawed ideology stand in the way of progress. House Republicans should explain to Missourians immediately why they allowed politics to interfere with our state’s opportunity to make health care more affordable and accessible. Turning down health care is not the way to turn around Missouri’s economy.” More... 5/6/2009 Colombian Workers Pay High Price for Flowers More... Video: Here’s How Labor Law Is Failing Workers More... Act Now to Stop Chrysler Jobs from Going to Mexico More... 5/5/2009 New Project to Combat Unconscious Racism More... Millions Lose Health Coverage Since Recession and Job-Based Health Care Declines More... 5/4/2009 Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger More... In Radio Ad, Sheen Asks Senators to Support Employee Free Choice Act More... AT&T Shareholders Face Crowd of CWA Members, and More Bargaining News More... USW Tells China: Lay off U.S. Trade Cases More... Obama Puts Air Safety Back in the Passenger Seat More... 4/29/2009 May Day: Fight for Workers’ Values More... 4/29/2009 HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE TARGETING UNION ELECTIONS The House of Representatives on April 28 gave first-round approval to a proposed constitutional amendment to require secret votes in union elections. HJR 37 seeks to circumvent proposed federal legislation that would streamline the process of establishing employee unions. The measure passed 83-74 on a largely party-line vote with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed. The Employee Free Choice Act currently under consideration in Congress would allow employees to form a union if a majority of bargaining unit submits cards supporting unionization and end the current practice under which an employer can demand a secret-ballot election. HJR 37 foes say it is designed to make it harder for employees to unionize. A second vote is needed to send the measure to the Senate. That Action Here Hearing Highlights Need for Tougher Penalties for Job Safety and Health Violations More... Congress Passes Obama’s ‘Transformational’ Budget More... Get the Latest on Pulte Homes More... World Bank Scuttles Anti-Worker Index More... 4/29/2009 Call Congress and Tell Lawmakers to Support the Budget More... 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Obama Calls for Credit Card Protections More... 3/21/2009 Set the Record Straight: Republicans are distorting the facts about Obama's tax plan, and we need to set the record straight: Obama's budget asks far less of the rich than President Reagan or Nixon did More... 3/20/2009 Some Anti-Worker CEOs Not Working with a Full Deck More... Sunoco Workers First to Ratify Oil Industry Pattern Pacts More... Obama: We Should Make It Easier for Workers to Organize More... 3/19/2009 Contracts Can’t Be Broken—Unless They Involve Union Workers More... Trade Experts: Renegotiate NAFTA More... Here’s Why U.S. Job Loss Worse, Wider Than Previous Recessions More... 3/18/2009 Gallup: Strong Support for Freedom to Form Unions More... On the Hill, Fire Fighters Push for Bargaining Bill More... Small Business Leaders Show Support for Employee Free Choice More... 3/17/2009 Must Watch Video Union Unleashes Brutal Video Tying Anti-EFCA Blue Dog Dem To Dead Worker More... 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Union Heroes Save Passengers on US Airways Flight More.... 1/15/2009 ‘Berman Exposed’—the Facts Behind the Smoke and Mirrors More... Global Unions Will Help Push Employee Free Choice More... 1/14/2009 On Fox News, Acuff Cuts Through the Spin About Employee Free Choice More... 1/13/2009 Machinists in St. Louis Authorize Strike, and More Bargaining News More... 1/12/2009 House Passes Two Major Working Family Bills: Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act More...1/9/2009 Dues Increase or Not! or Hello District 9! New Speak Out opinion from a member More... Machinist Give over $20,000 IAM Local Lodge 778 members raised $22,105.35 for Kansas City’s local food pantry, Harvesters. Plant collections are held 6 times a year. Even with the economic down turn the Christmas collection for 2008 surpassed the previous year by over $990. The Local’s members have rallied all workers at Honeywell including employees for DOE. Management stands side-by-side with union members seeking donations as employees enter the plant. LL 778 members have supported Harvesters for over 10 years, with yearly donation increases even as head count decreased. Lodge President Leo Berroteran said, “My thanks also go out to all the employees here at FM&T for their kind contributions that help our community to be one of the best in helping each other.” 1/9/2009 Disaster: Unemployment at 7.2 Percent. Real Rate 13.5 Percent More... 1/8/2009 Don’t Be Fooled: ‘SOS Ballot’ Another Corporate Front Group "this is going on in Missouri" More... 1/7/2009 Ignoring Murders of Colombian Unionists, Bush Set to Honor Uribe More... Owner of N.Y. Crane Rigging Co. Indicted on Manslaughter More... 1/6/2009 Smithfield, Republic Wins Signal New Era—If We Act More...Tyson Foods To Pay $500,000 For Violating Worker Safety Rules More... 1/5/2009 Back to School to Learn Labor History More... 1/4/2009
Retires elect New E-Board More... 12/22/2008 Go for the Grinch Bah, humbug More... 12/19/2008 Is Retired UAW Autoworker Dad Public Enemy No. 1? More... Bush’s Auto Industry Loans Come With Unfair Conditions for Workers More... Russian Free Trade Unions Under Attack More... 12/18/2008 Kim Bobo on NPR: Protecting Workers’ Rights Will Help the Economy More... Most Workers Lose in Global Economy Apparel workers lose their jobs because of imports. As the apparel workers go into other jobs, they compete with workers with similar qualifications and pull the wages down in those occupations. More... 12/17/2008 Grim State Budgets Could Mean $100 Billion Shortfall The nation’s crashing economy and deepening recession is slamming states. More... 12/16/2008 740 Research Assistants Join CWA Research assistants at the State University of New York Research Foundation at Stony Brook overcame management’s strong anti-union effort More... 12/15/2008 Job-Killing Republicans "first shot against organized labor" More... 12/11/2008
12/11/2008 Barnacles of Class War Around Our Necks I’m not trying to get rid of the unions but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today’s economy More... 12/10/2008 Wal-Mart in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada officially unionized More... 12/09/2008 Worker Sit-In Highlights the Shift in the Political Winds250 workers in Chicago have staged a peaceful sit-in at the factory they worked at after it closed without paying them their salaries More... 12/07/2008 Tomato Workers Win Agreement with Subway The campaign to bring better wages and improve working conditions to Florida’s tomato fields took a big step More... 12/05/2008 Bleeding Jobs: U.S. Loses 533,000 Jobs in November More...Here’s Why We Need Employee Free Choice More... 12/02/2008 Russia: Stop attacks on auto workers union More... 12/01/2008 91 Trade Unionists MurderedA total of 91 trade unionists were murdered for fighting for workers’ rights worldwide More.... Labor Department Liesrevelations about how U.S. workers and taxpayers have been deceived More... 11/28/2008 Iran: Save the life of Farzad KamangarPlease join with the thousands of trade unionists and human rights defenders around the world who are mobilizing in defense of Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and trade unionist who is at risk of execution. More.... 11/25/2008 CNN Ordered to Rehire 110 Workers Fired for Belonging to a Union More...11/24/2008 Corporate Class War: Pit Worker Against WorkerQ. Why is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds OK if the recipients are Wall Street corporations but not OK if they are Midwest automakers? A. Automakers are unionized. More.... 11/20/2008 California Wildfire Threaten Guide Dogs of America FacilityClick here to watch Rescue story 11/19/2008 Already, over 165,000 people have watched "Your New Job." It's all over the Internet. It would be funny if it wasn't so realistic. You may like the following video below Click here to watch Keith Olbermann report on the intimidation of employees 11/18/2008 SEIU: Rebirth of a Blog SEIU has re-launched its blog with new writing staff, news bulletins, action items, a clean new design, and, of course, embedded video. Bookmark it and be sure to check in regularly, as content is being updated several times per week. 11/18/2008 Act Now! Turkey: DESA leather workers fight for the right to have a unionIn April 2008, hundreds of workers at Turkish leather manufacturer, DESA, which produces for Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Samsonite, Aspinal of London, Nicole Farhi and Luella, decided to join Deri Is, the Turkish leather workers union. Since then 44 workers have been dismissed and a further 50 have been forced to resign from the union. read more "Meet the Staff | Rod Hoffman" anew article on the Speak Out page. Trumka Speech Sets Records on YouTube A passionate speech by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Rich Trumka on the issue of race in the U.S. presidential election is catching fire on the Internet and triggering a national debate among union members about the choices and the challenges in the upcoming election. Click here to view a seven-minute clip of Trumka’s speech. Grand Convention Report New Procedures for Winpisinger Center Airport Pick-Up 2008 Picnic was Great! for pictures of picnic click here Convention Delegates Approve New Financial Plan New Dues Structure Coming! Thanks to Blue Springs Harley-Davidson
David Worth of Blue Springs Harley-Davidson 2nd Annual Ride for Guide Dogs of America is a success. Check out the video here for more Here's a video clip of how companies like Ford are successfully going out of the country to make their products, and, simultaneously blaming unions for not allowing similar expansion in the US. The video doesn't mention the low labor costs of construction or staffing, health care, taxes, pensions, etc. http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189
Nice Song: "We Can't Make It Here Anymore"
We Can't Make It Here Anymore by James Mcmurtry "American Pride" A video about how we can maintain middle class in America Attention Veterans and Patriots A member e-mailed the following web site to the Communicator with this note. Whether a person believes the war is right or wrong, the below video is being played out daily in our country. I don't know that I've ever seen a clearer definition of the term "tear jerker". PS: "tear jerker" is the right term. A salute to a brave young Marine Did you ever wonder about old Soldiers? The following web site should give you something to remember. You may want to get a Kleenex first. http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/PASSINGOFGENERATION.HTML The Cost of War In Iraq Click here to see an interesting web site. |
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