Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Negotiation preparations for members of IAM Local 912 in Evendale, Ohio are well underway. The 11 members of the negotiating committee recently met in Hollywood, Md., to train at the IAM's Winpisinger Education and Technology Center.
"Our team is ready," said IAM Collective Bargaining Director Craig Norman, the lead negotiator for the talks. "Our membership has captured the spirit of coordinated bargaining. The UAW and IAM have been working closely together. We have a diverse committee representing the membership, with senior and new members ready to negotiate. This committee will represent solidarity with the membership now and in the future."
Norman and the negotiating committee spent the week focusing on strategy, working on proposals, and conducting simulated bargaining talks with Winpisinger Center instructors.
"Some of the committees have been through three or four negotiations, and some this being their first," said IAM Local 912 President Mark Goodhart, a 16-year member.
When the team begins its talks with GE, they will be at the bargaining table alongside the UAW, whose members do assembly work at the facility. IAM members at GE Aerospace do maintenance and test cells.
Negotiation preparations for members of IAM Local 912 in Evendale, Ohio are well underway. The 11 members of the negotiating committee recently met in Hollywood, Md., to train at the IAM's Winpisinger Education and Technology Center.
"Our team is ready," said IAM Collective Bargaining Director Craig Norman, the lead negotiator for the talks. "Our membership has captured the spirit of coordinated bargaining. The UAW and IAM have been working closely together. We have a diverse committee representing the membership, with senior and new members ready to negotiate. This committee will represent solidarity with the membership now and in the future."
Norman and the negotiating committee spent the week focusing on strategy, working on proposals, and conducting simulated bargaining talks with Winpisinger Center instructors.
"Some of the committees have been through three or four negotiations, and some this being their first," said IAM Local 912 President Mark Goodhart, a 16-year member.
When the team begins its talks with GE, they will be at the bargaining table alongside the UAW, whose members do assembly work at the facility. IAM members at GE Aerospace do maintenance and test cells.
