# Skilled Trades Crisis, Lockheed Contract Win and a School District Fight

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Podcast: [America’s Work Force Union Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-s-work-force-union-podcast-367664)
Published: 2026-06-26T20:25:46+00:00
Episode link: https://AmericasWorkForceRadioPodcast.podbean.com/e/skilled-trades-crisis-lockheed-contract-win-and-a-school-district-fight/
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Duration seconds: 2794

## Resource

Two segments. IAM Union retired International President Tom Buffenbarger covers the $9 billion skilled trades investment gap, the Lockheed Martin District 776 contract win for 5,000 defense workers and the Faster Labor Contracts Act passing the House. Then SEIU Local 1021’s Barbra Lynn Hamilton and Shelly Martin discuss a Vacaville school district contract win secured through a strike vote — alongside a workplace violence crisis that jumped from 67 to 266 reports in one year, a CalOSHA investigation and chronic understaffing affecting special needs students and classified staff safety.

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