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! A n d t h e W i n n e r s A r e . . . 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: E x e c u t i v e B o a r d T r u s t e e Kirk Church S a f e t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Trent Bible D i s t r i c t 7 0 D e l e g a t e 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 UPCOMING EVENTS • 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, I SSUE 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