May 22, 2025

Fellow UAW Members,

Late last night, May 21, your UAW Lockheed Martin negotiating committee received a meaningful proposal from the company that you deserve to vote on. The progress made in this offer is entirely thanks to the sacrifices that you’ve made on the picket line every day for over two weeks. This new offer includes:

• General Wage Increases (GWI) of 19.3% over the life of the agreement, compounded.
• Substantially higher starting pay. Under this deal, the lowest starting rate in our contract immediately comes up from $15 to $20 an hour in 2025. At the end of our contract, the lowest starting rate found anywhere in the agreement will be $22.95. That’s an increase of almost $8 over the life of our contract, for the lowest starting rate in the agreement. Other starting rates will be substantially higher.
• A shorter progression to top pay through regular increases to the minimum rate and increases to the automatic rate progression (ARP). For the first time ever, our GWIs are applied across the wage scale, including to the starting rate. The ARP
• The rate at which we advance through the progression each year—has increased from 60 cents per year to $1.25 in the first year, and $1 for the remaining years. That means that all our members are moving through the progression around 40% faster.
• A number of other benefits including improved retirement security and parental leave.
• The agreement includes substantial lump sum payments, including $3,000 upon ratification and $1,000 per year in lump sums.

Your Bargaining Committee strongly believes this offer deserves consideration and we will be bringing this offer to a vote in the coming weeks. You will have an opportunity to read more detailed highlights and also the entire proposal before voting. Informational meetings will be held next week, before the final vote. Dates will be announced shortly. At the end of the day, it is up to you to decide whether this offer is strong enough to end our strike.

Again, we want to be very clear. The higher starting wages were not on the table before our strike began—you have made progress on these demands by walking the picket line and standing united as a membership. We are proud of the fight that we have waged together, and we are seeing the results of our solidarity.

March 15, 2025 - Local 788: Orlando

After a week of local bargaining in Orlando, our members showed solidarity and unity on Saturday, March 15 at our Bargaining Kickoff! Members gathered to hear about what their bargaining committee has done locally in negotiations and how they will continue to fight for the member demands at National bargaining is Charlotte, North Carolina. It was an event filled with excitement and hope. Brothers and sisters from other unions like UniteHere, LiUNA, APWU, IUPAT joined in solidarity. Congressman Maxwell Frost and Representative, Tom Keen, were also in attendance and encouraged membership to stay strong! Together, we can win a record contract that will impact our future! Stay engaged and united!