International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746A (Southington, Conn.)

Chartered as Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746A of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; organized by production workers of United Technology Corporation's Pratt & Whitney plant in Southington, Connecticut. Lodge members also work at the Pratt and Whitney plant in East Hartford, Connecticut. Workers at both plants make jet engines and components for commercial and military aircraft. Lodge 1746A is a member of IAMAW District 91.

From the description of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746A records, 1964-1989. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 53922849

The Industrial Aircraft Lodge 1746A of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ( IAMAW ) is affiliated with the AFL-CIO . The Local represents production workers at United Technologies Corporation 's Pratt and Whitney plant in Southington, Connecticut . Lodge members work at the Pratt and Whitney plant in East Hartford, Connecticut . Workers at both plants make jet engines and components for commercial and military aircraft. Lodge 1746A is a member of IAMAW District 91 . The IAMAW Grand Lodge headquarters are in Washington, D.C.

According to the 1974 and 1977 constitutions of IAMAW, the union is open to both male and female employees. Any machinist, die sinker, die or tool maker, aerospace worker, electronic worker, automobile, heavy duty or aircraft machinist or mechanic, welder, specialist, machinist's helper, production worker, helper-apprentice, or apprentice working in the machine or metal industry can be admitted to the membership upon paying the required fee and by assuming the obligation of the International Association of Machinists . Members cannot advocate or encourage communism, fascism, Nazism, or any other totalitarian philosophy or give support to those philosophies.

From the guide to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Southington Lodge 1746A Records, undated, 1964-1989., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)