Friday, August 8, 2014

Day 5, going to be a long weekend

Brothers and Sisters:



Subject: IAM&AW/WYMAN GORDON Update



From your Negotiating Committee Hector Herrera, Kenneth Jackson, Henry Ray Edwards, Jason Calhoun, Local Lodge President Keith Stanberry, and your chief negotiators Grand Lodge Representative Brother James Parker and DBR Brother Byron Williams.

The Union negotiating committee met with the company today, and we have given the company our economic proposal. Your committee will continue to negotiate thru the weekend. We expect to see the company’s economic counter proposal, and your committee will respond on behalf of the membership accordingly. We have listened to your voice, your surveys, and your committee has let the company know what you expect out of these negotiations. Please continue to monitor the website for updated information concerning these negotiations.