...contractor's Marietta plant since March 11. The talks will be April 10 in Atlanta. About 2,700 members of International Association of Machinists Local 709 have picketed the Cobb County plant since rejecting a contract proposal Lockheed Martin has called...

...to work after approving a new contract Tuesday. The company struck a tentative agreement with the International Association of Machinists Local 709 on Sunday. On Tuesday, union members voted 1,532 to 573 for the new contract, union officials...

...constructive. A vote on the agreement is scheduled for Tuesday, said Cornell Stevens, the president of the International Association of Machinists Local 709, and workers could return to the Marietta plant by Wednesday. Both sides are refraining from...

...are deeply divided over the prospect of another strike. Cornell "Slim" Stevens, the president of International Association of Machinists Local 709, in Marietta, said the 2,800 blue-collar workers who build F/A-22 Raptor fighters and...

...contract, local President Cornell "Slim" Stevens said. The current contract ends today, and the International Association of Machinists Local 709 will begin striking March 8, Mr. Stevens said. Officials consider flu as cause of deaths NASHVILLE...

...Job security was also a concern at the plant, which has been under pressure to cut costs. The International Association of Machinists Local 709 covers a range of employees, including clerical, firefighters and aircraft mechanics. The Machinists...