CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 15, 2025 — The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), the largest defense and aerospace union in the United States, is calling on Texas U.S. Senators and U.S. Reps. Michael Cloud and Vincente Gonzalez to act immediately to stop the planned layoffs of nearly 900 workers at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD).
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The IAM represents 200 civilian defense contractors at CCAD who have received notices that their jobs will end Sept. 30, 2025. In addition, about 200 of the 2,300 federal employees at CCAD, also represented by the IAM, have been told they are among the 600 federal positions slated for elimination, with further cuts possible.
“CCAD is the world’s largest rotary-wing repair facility and is considered a Department of Defense (DoD) Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for rotary-wing aircraft,” wrote IAM Union International President Brian Bryant. “The depot employs more than 2,500 highly skilled workers. The workforce and repair capacity at CCAD is vitally important to our military readiness and national security. To begin to disassemble this workforce and squander this capacity would be both imprudent and inefficient. CCAD is also a major economic driver for southern Texas. With CCAD pouring over $1.6 billion into the regional economy annually, job reductions on the scale proposed will have major implications for the surrounding communities
CCAD contributes more than $1.6 billion annually to the regional economy, supporting thousands of jobs across the community. The IAM warns that the proposed layoffs will not only reduce vital defense capacity but will ripple across local businesses and neighborhoods.
The IAM urges Texas lawmakers to demand the Department of Defense and U.S. Army reverse the downsizing plan and protect the depot’s mission, workforce, and economic contributions.
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The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse industrial trade unions, representing approximately 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries across the United States and Canada.
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