IAM Local 2006 members at PKL, a Service Contract company at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, recently attended a negotiations prep program at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center.
The base sits just outside Boise, Idaho, where IAM members service aircraft and train Singapore Air Force members.
In 2018, there was a low bid, and the workers’ pay was cut substantially. As a result, the unit voted for the IAM. In 2019, they secured their first contract and earned everything back, along with additional wage increases.
They are now working on their third agreement. The committee spent a week together at the Winpisinger Center to build their strength for their upcoming negotiations. The five-person team discussed and built language that protects our members and builds on previous gains.
The committee, as part of their coursework, developed a statement to stay focused on their overall mission: “Prioritizing the needs of our union family by increasing our wages, improving our time off, growing our retirement benefit, and ensuring affordable health coverage.”
The committee members are Tony Duncan, Brandon Gilbert, Andrew Morris, Travis Palmer and Blake Young. Western Territory International Representative Melissa Morgan is the group’s lead negotiator.
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