NIBWC

The National Industrial Base Workforce Coalition is a multi-state, multi-union, multi-company, and multi-industry organization of workers in 25 states. It includes scientists, engineers, technicians, and the entire range of the touch-labor workforce. Its members represent union locals and employee associations in the prime, subcontractor and supplier base in the defense and aerospace industries. Coalition members design, engineer and build everything from satellites to submarines, and everything in between... Following the Carter presidency, the Reagan administration launched a long overdue defense modernization program that included a massive buildup of ships, tanks, bombers, fighters, and tactical missiles along with R&D funding for the next generation defense systems. Reagan's program produced unprecedented prosperity for aerospace and defense workers in the major aerospace states and created tens of thousands of jobs in the subcontractor and supplier base throughout the country.....

Also known as: National Industrial Base Workforce Coalition