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General Vice President Lynn D. Tucker, Jr.
The Eastern Territory is led by General Vice President Lynn D. Tucker Jr, and his staff. The Eastern Territory represents members in 14 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
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This year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance is taking place in Detroit, MI, a city with a rich civil rights history.
IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President Lynn D. Tucker, Jr., announced the appointment of District Lodge 1 Organizer Gary Anthony to the staff of the Eastern Territory as a Special Representative, effective January 1, 2012.
A fire at the Janesville Acoustics factory in Newcomerstown, OH destroyed the facility and left members of Local 1285, District 54 and the local community facing an uncertain future. The facility, which manufactures automobile insulation, provided employment for nearly 60 IAM members and was poised to triple in size in the near future.
As a welder and 10-year member of IAM Local 1297, Melvin Reese knows a thing or two about working when the “heat is on,” but when illness kept him off the job, his stress level hit a boiling point. The costs of his wife’s monthly prescriptions were also adding up. Fortunately, Reese discovered the Union Plus Disability Grant and the Union Plus Prescription Discount Card to lessen the financial stress of illness.
Donald "Don" Gadley, a 20-year member of IAM Local 1580, died from injuries sustained while at work last week. He was employed by Dresser-Rand in Wellsville, NY.
The IAM joins with the Pennsylvania Labor History Society in honoring men and women of the early labor movement who courageously fought to make life better for workers everywhere.
Members of IAM Local 2159 loaded into a van in the early morning hours to travel to the headquarters of industrial chain-maker U.S. Tsubaki in Wheeling, IL. The workers, who have been on strike at the Tsubaki facility in Sandusky, OH, since January 31, 2011, decided to take their picket line on the road to call attention to the company’s refusal to engage in good faith efforts to settle the strike.
Democratic Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a Republican attempt to make New Hampshire a right-to-work (for less) state, citing a lack of evidence that the legislation would actually benefit New Hampshire workers.
Members of the Ohio State Council of Machinists met on April 30 in Cleveland, OH, to coordinate their efforts on behalf of members in the Buckeye State and to review the unprecedented assault on collective bargaining taking place in Ohio and elsewhere.
Members of Local 1943 in Middletown, OH, employed by AK Steel ratified a three-year agreement that was set to expire in September of this year.
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is now threatening to lay off
thousands of state workers if he is unable to ram through legislation
that would terminate collective bargaining rights for nearly all
Wisconsin state workers.
District 26 Organizer John Harrity was recently chosen by both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly to serve on a pair of commissions aimed at creating and preserving Connecticut jobs.
In an effort to help their neighbors in need in the Greater Springfield, MA, and Hartford, CT, communities, members of Local 743
in Windsor Locks, CT, reached into their pockets and donated a total of
$5,685 to two well-merited organizations. The money was divided
equally among Open Pantry of Springfield, MA and the Connecticut United
Labor Agency.
IAM members employed by DynCorp at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in
Southern MD, voted overwhelming Sunday to ratify a new three year
accord. The new deal features wage increases of 4 percent, 3.5 percent
and 3.5 percent over the life of the agreement. IAM negotiators also
made improvements to the IAM National Pension Plan and substantial
enhancements to employee medical coverage. The bargaining committee
also increased vacation accrual, bereavement leave and job
classification pay premiums as well as adding a new classification.
Pratt & Whitney has informed IAM District 26 in Kensington, CT that
the company plans to cut 129 hourly jobs at their Overhaul & Repair
center in Cheshire, CT.
John "Jack" McLaughlin, longtime Secretary Treasurer of IAM Local 648,
and Secretary Treasurer of the PA State Council Machinist sadly passed
away August 20, 2010. He was a machinist for the Philadelphia Inquirer
and Daily News.
IAM Eastern Territory GVP Lynn Tucker speaks with The Solidarity Effect about misappropriation of monies set aside for cleaning of seaways and creating
union jobs through the Joint Seaway Task Force.
The first orientation for the IAM District 15/CREST (Corporation for
Re-Employment and Safety Training) incoming class of diesel and auto
tech apprentices was held at the Hudson Nissan dealership in Jersey
City, NJ. The students also toured Hudson Toyota next door, one of
several employers who have hired IAM apprentices.
Legislation in the House and Senate could jump-start investment in the
nation’s maritime infrastructure and create thousands of good-paying
jobs.
Several hundred members and families of Local 1746-A in Southington, CT,
used their annual union picnic to celebrate the court victory that
barred Pratt & Whitney (P&W) from closing the Cheshire Engine
Center and another plant in East Hartford.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lawsuit brought by IAM
District 26 against United Technologies Corporation (UTC), parent
company of Pratt & Whitney. The court upheld a U.S. District
Court’s injunction that barred Pratt from closing plants in Cheshire
and East Hartford, CT.
Members of Local 1297 in Ashland, OH, held their 19th annual “Ride for
the Guide” to benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA). Nearly 550 riders,
members and friends participated in the 100-mile poker run.
District 15 won a hard-fought organizing victory for diesel mechanics
at Hermann Leasing Company facilities in Paterson and South Brunswick,
New Jersey locations. The mechanics’ strong solidarity overcame a
significant anti-union campaign by the company to secure the victory.
Taking the “whatever-it-takes” cue expressed by IAM President Tom
Buffenbarger at the 2010 National Staff Conference, District Lodge 54
in Cleveland, OH conducted an organizing seminar at the Local 1297
union hall in Ashland.
Retired IAM National Pension Fund Coordinator Jim Lautar recently
received the 2010 “Legacy Award” from the Maryland State & District
of Columbia AFL-CIO.
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