[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





         RECOGNIZING IAM DISTRICT 751'S NEW EVERETT UNION HALL

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                            HON. RICK LARSEN

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 3, 2025

  Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) 
District 751 on the opening of the new Everett Union Hall.
  The new union hall replaces a previous hall that was dedicated in 
1996 and provided space for meetings, town halls, solidarity barbecues, 
celebrations and other union business.
  While the old hall served IAM for nearly 30 years, the building was 
not suitable to meet the needs of the nearly 16,000 IAM members working 
at Boeing's Everett facility. In particular, the old hall did not have 
the capacity to support training for new and future aerospace workers. 
The new Everett Union Hall will house business representatives, support 
staff, classrooms, shops, labs and a full training area that will allow 
IAM to offer certification programs and training in conjunction with 
Boeing and other organizations.
  One of the hardest things in high tech industries is finding a 
workforce that has the skills and training required to do the work.
  This new hall will allow the union to provide hands-on training for 
generations of aerospace workers, allowing current workers to learn new 
skills and providing an opportunity for future aerospace workers to get 
the training they need to find family-wage aerospace manufacturing 
jobs.
  This new union hall is not just a building--it is an investment that 
will benefit the entire region by building the workforce in Washington 
state and incentivizing aerospace businesses to keep their work in the 
region.
  Congratulations to IAM, and I look forward to visiting the new hall.

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