They will serve out the remainder

of Becky’s terms.

Please congratulate these Brothers

and thank them for their activity. It

is always very exciting to see how

our election system works. We

had wonderful tellers and every-

thing went very smoothly.

While I’m at it, I would also like

to congratulate the members

of LL839 representing our

Brothers and Sisters at Spirit. The

very same day, they elected an en-

tire group of representatives for a

new term of office. I understand

their election went very well, too.

Please check out their web site

and see who their new officers are

and give them a pat on the back

when you see them as well as Kirk

and Trent. We are all FIGHTING

MACHINISTS!

And the Winners Are... By Denise Harris, Editor

Thanks to all who voted in the elec-

tion on Saturday, December 13th.

There were several seats vacated

when Becky Ledbetter was elected

to her District 70 Representative

position. A few dedicated members

did choose to run and the winners

were as follows:

Executive Board Trustee

Kirk Church

Safety Representative

Trent Bible

District 70 Delegate

Trent Bible

I recently received an e-mail from Presi-dent/Directing Business Representative of District Lodge 70 Steve Rooney in which he congratulated the membership of LL834 for their outstanding win in the battle against corporate greed. Brother Steve is himself a member of Local Lodge 834 and therefore very concerned with our membership and how we are treated by Boeing.

Some of the Business Representatives of District 70 are 834 members as well and I’m sure they join Steve in wishing us all well for another four years of a much bet-

ter contract than we were offered in Sep-tember.

By trusting in our leadership that we could take on the company once again and fight for better benefits we proved that workers’ strength is in Collective Bargaining. Now, please join our International leadership by showing your support of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress that would help level the playing field and give work-ers the freedom to choose a union and en-courage President-elect Barack Obama to support this bill as well. We need more good union jobs in the U.S.A. to survive.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL 834 MEMBERS

U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S

• Boeing announces WARN notices through spring

• Keep in touch with your representatives/stewards concerning layoff activity

• Check the LL834 as well as District Lodge 70 web sites for union updates

• Attend our 834 monthly meetings:

Second Saturday of every month at:

District Lodge 70 3830 S. Meridian

Wichita, KS

E-Board Meeting 8:45 AM Regular Meeting 10:00 AM

A WORD FROM THE DISTRICT

A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PLAINDEALER VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 KEEPING SCORE FOR 834 SEE PAGES 1 & 2 JANUARY 2009

DBR

STEVE

ROONEY

IS ONE

OF OUR

OWN

LL834

MEMBERS

STAY SAFE

AND HAVE A

GREAT YEAR

Happy New Year from all these members of 834 P A G E 2 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5

District 70 BR assigned to Boeing:

Mike Burleigh 316-522-1591

Please call the local 524-1090 if you

have a change of address or tele-

phone number. It is very important

that we have accurate contact in-

formation for you. If you are not

receiving the Plaindealer at home

on a regular basis, let us know. If

you would like to see a topic cov-

ered in the Scoreboard, call Denise.

I would love to hear your sugges-

tions as well as your reports from

committees or local news items.

President: Ralph Stout

Vice President: Craig Schiefelbein

Recording Secretary: Frank Lopez

Treasurer: John Lowe

Conductor/Sentinel: Jo Wood

Trustees:

David Robertson

Wayne Gifford

Scoreboard Editor: Denise Harris

Web Master: Norman

Alexander

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