Unions at U.S. Defense Contractors

• United Auto Workers (UAW)
• United Steelworkers (USW)
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
• Communications Workers of America (CWA)
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
• International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)

In a letter to members of Congress, the unions call on legislators to “stand with America’s defense workers and seize this opportunity to enshrine” the provision called Section 815 into law, following on an executive order by the Trump administration enacted in January. Section 815 would implement legislation introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) by imposing a blanket ban on Wall Street payouts to incentivize investment in the facilities and workers that make the industry run, instead of short-term stock market paydays.