March 26, 2025
Region 8 Leadership Visit Local 788
On March 5, Assistant Director George Palmer, and International Servicing Representative Craig Stout, and I visited the Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, Florida.

The picture shown includes from left to right: Tim Smith, Region 8 Director, Art Franco, Local 788 President, Dan Dion, Local 788 Bargaining Committee Vice Chair, Craig Stout, International Servicing Representative, Cherrie Bowen, 788 Bargaining Committee Chair, George Palmer Region 8 Assistant Director. They are standing in front of a sniper targeting pod built by the Local 788 members at the Lockheed Martin facility in Orlando, Florida. Other programs they build are Hellfire, Javelin, JAGM, JASM, and LRASM that are used in 50 different countries.

“It was an honor to walk the floor, meet the membership, and shake their hands. UAW and Lockheed Martin opened up their National negotiations Monday, March 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina,” states Region 8 Director Tim Smith.

From left to right: Craig Stout, Servicing Representative, Kendrick Sykes, José Martinez, Dan Dion, Cherrie Bowen (Chairperson), Art Franco (President) & Cathy Dion.