Day 2 - 9/23/2026 - Daily Bargaining Update

Brothers & Sisters

We just finished day two of negotiations with Triumph. Your bargaining committee showed up ready to work through all the non-economic issues proposed by both sides yesterday.

We spent the morning asking the company questions about their proposals and taking them seriously, hoping to make some progress.

The company informed us they were prepared to offer counters on all of the proposals the Union made yesterday. Unfortunately what that meant was the company outright rejected a whopping 23 Union proposals, nearly all of them.

Here was what the company actually countered today:

Company partially agrees to Union proposal to provide Union with monthly dues info.

Company partially agrees to Union discipline article, but added its own language that our members could not agree to.

Company agreed to increase the Union orientation time for new hires from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.

If our contract looked like what the company proposed today, honestly it would look like a non-union shop. The company would transfer people whenever and wherever they wanted to. They could layoff when and who they wanted to. It would give the company free reign to make all decisions affecting our work and lives, regardless of employee consent.

And the punchline? The Company aggressively rejected any discussion of job security at our site. We told the company the job security language we proposed comes from other UAW aerospace contracts. We told them real job security is what our members need to get to a deal this year. The company responded they do not intend to accept or even discuss job security language. This alarms all of us brothers and sisters. Ask yourself: does the company intend to outsource our work? Why won’t the company agree to maintain a minimum head count? Why is the company refusing to discuss product and investment commitments to our site?

This is what we are up against this year, and this is just the beginning. This is the year we show the company what solidarity looks like. The company saw the plant covered in red shirts today! But they aren’t getting the message yet – we have to keep the pressure up!

What’s next? Our next bargaining date with the company October 6. In the meantime, wear your red shirt again next Wednesday. We’re not backing down. We will be out at the gates next week with more information and to answer questions.

In Solidarity

Your Bargaining Committee