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Salutations, fellow Brothers and Sisters of the IAMAW Local Lodge 24!

It’s 7:22 PM at the IAMAW Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. Your contract bargaining committee is still hard at work evaluating economic proposals. Since 7:30 this morning, we continued to engage with the Amentum Team as both teams presented proposals and counters. Sometimes it takes several passes before an agreement is reached. More often than not, common ground is found. However, there are some hard walls where one side or the other is not willing to budge, so negotiations have become more difficult with a few impasses. We are still fighting strong for our members! We plan on bargaining on more economic issues that require compromise so we will meet again tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Please check back again tomorrow for a new update!

In solidarity,

Joe Paneck and your negotiating team

President, IAMAW Local Lodge 24

Good evening, fellow Brothers and Sisters of the IAMAW Local Lodge 24!

Day 2 of the contract negotiations ended at 6:15 P.M.this evening. The atmosphere remains cordial between your negotiating team and the Amentum team. Prior to beginning proposals on economic items, both teams tentatively agreed to several non-economic items. While we do have differences of opinion with some economic issues, we hope to be able to bridge them in the coming days. Both teams are scheduled to meet again tomorrow. Your negotiating team will prepare counter-proposals starting at 7:30 AM. Tune in tomorrow for a new update!

In solidarity,

Joe Paneck and your negotiating team

President, IAMAW Local Lodge 24

Good evening, fellow Brothers and Sisters of the IAMAW Local Lodge 24!

It’s 6:00 PM at the IAMAW Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. Your contract bargaining committee wrapped up day 1 of negotiations with Amentum. Since 9:00 AM this morning, we have cordially engaged with the Amentum Team. Our team presented all of our proposals to Amentum, and received some proposals and counter proposals in return from Amentum. Both teams are scheduled to meet tomorrow to continue negotiations at 8:00 AM. Check back again tomorrow for a new update!

In solidarity,

Joe Paneck and your negotiating team

President, IAMAW Local Lodge 24

Winpisinger Center to Offer Basic Training for Word and Excel in June

IAM representatives use Microsoft Word and Excel to help us do our jobs. While many have extensive working knowledge of these programs, others have limited, or no, experience with these programs. There are tips and shortcuts that can help complete work faster and devote more time to advocating for members directly.

With this in mind, the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center is conducting virtual basic Word and Excel trainings in June.

Word trainings will cover creating automatic populating tables of contents, headers and footers, page numbers and more. Excel trainings will cover the very basics of Excel, focusing on those who have little to no working knowledge of the program. Both classes will cover basic keyboard shortcuts that make using these and many other programs easier.

More advanced classes will follow, which will give us the tools to bargain the best contracts for our members.

Please register for the trainings below:

Microsoft Word Training
Monday, June 24, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
Monday, June 24, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET
Tuesday, June 25, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
Tuesday, June 25, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET

Microsoft Excel Training
Thursday, June 27, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
Thursday, June 27, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET
Friday, June 28, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET
Friday, June 28, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET

Questions about the program should be directed to Education Representative Jeff McLeod at (240) 577-3830 or jmcleod@iamaw.org.

Winpisinger Center to Offer Basic Training for Word and Excel in June