IAM leadership today countered false numbers posted on the Hawker Beechcraft negotiations website. The company website touted “well over 1,000 hourly employees are now working on our production lines and the numbers are growing every day.”

“This is absolutely why we’re on strike,” said Union spokesman Bob Wood. “Company negotiators, led by lead company negotiator Dan Dymarkowski, lied repeatedly to union negotiators at the table, and they are now lying to the public.”

“It’s nowhere near one thousand workers,” said Wood. “We have enough friends on the inside to know they are not building new aircraft, just pushing things around.”

“Our strike is strong, and it’s clear that HBC Management is in a panic mode, and resorting to false claims,” said Wood.

The Local has a blog, www.beechworkersblog.blogspot.com, and the website for Local Lodge 733 in Wichita, www.ll733iam.com, and Local Lodge 2328 in Salina is www.ll2328.org.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, CLC, is one of the nation's largest trade unions, representing more than 720,000 active and retired members. For additional information about the IAM, visit their website at www.goiam.org, or District Lodge 70 at www.d70iam.org.