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Welcome to the IAM’s Midwest Territory. Led by GVP Philip J. Gruber, the Midwest Territory represents more than 117,000 active and retired members in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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Ivory Leathers Inc. Clothing
(IAM Represented Local 2525)
http://www.iliclothing.com
ILI Clothing is a new division of Ivory Leathers, Inc. located in West Fargo, North Dakota. Ivory Leathers, Inc. is owned by Ruth Schepp who currently employs six highly skilled individuals that take great pride in their jobs. Recently, Ruth granted recognition to the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to represent her employees. Not only are all ILI Clothing products proudly made by union members in the USA but, we make every effort to ensure that they are made with Union or US made raw materials.
Working families in Wisconsin have until tomorrow, Friday, January 13, 2012, to sign and deliver recall petitions to recall offices and union halls. Petitions to recall union-busting Gov. Scott Walker, along with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state Senators, will be submitted to the state Government Accountability Board on Tuesday, January 17th.
Machinist Union members on strike at Manitowoc Cranes overwhelmingly rejected a new company offer that contains union busting language. The message is clear. Our members believe that if you receive the benefits of a union contract you need to join the union and pay union dues just like everyone else.
IAM District 6, Local 31 in Omaha, NE rang in the holiday season for the 10th year straight in support of the Salvation Army at the HyVee in Omaha recently. They raised approximately $1,000 for the charity.
More than 2,500 union members from across Wisconsin rallied in the small town of Manitowoc, WI, to support striking Machinists at Manitowoc Cranes. IAM Local 516 members have been on strike since mid-November because of the company’s last minute “Scott Walker” style union busting proposals.
Contract negotiations are set to resume for members of District 165, Local 623 who are employed at Polar Tank in Opole, MN. The members voted overwhelmingly last week to strike after the company proposed contract language that would increase outsourcing, compromise seniority provisions and job security.
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, IAM members Adam Butler and Rick Smith were working on an overhead sign at an intersection in Fort Wayne, IN. While working on the sign, Adam Butler was stung on the back of the neck by a bee and the reaction that followed almost killed him.
Contract negotiations are set to resume for members of District 165, Local 623 who are employed at Polar Tank in Opole, MN. The members voted overwhelmingly last week to strike after the company proposed contract language that would increase outsourcing, compromise seniority provisions and job security.
Manitowoc, WI, November 16, 2011 – Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 10, Local 516 in Manitowoc, WI, are citing a last-minute proposal from the company as a key reason for an overwhelming vote to reject the contract and authorize a strike
Kansas City, MO, November 16, 2011 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately release all information related to the recent water main break at the Honeywell FM&T plant and the subsequent handling of the waste from the extensive spill.
IAM Lodge 778 sponsored a commemorative event to honor the nuclear weapons workers at the Honeywell FM&T plant in Kansas City, MO. Approximately 500 former and present workers and/or their family members, as well as Federal, State and City officials and delegations were in attendance.
IAM District 10 in Milwaukee, WI successfully negotiated a new 6 year agreement with Ladish Company located in Cudahy, WI recently that demonstrates what can be achieved when all sides honor the requirement to bargain in good faith. Assistant Directing Business Representative Scott Parr and Business Representative Pat O'Connor led the negotiations for the IAM and the five other unions at the facility.
The 840 members of IAM Local Lodge 778 in Kansas City, MO voted by an overwhelming majority to reject Honeywell's final contract offer with 79% voting the proposal down. Then over 85% of our members voted to strike beginning at midnight on October 10, 2011.
The IAM Midwest Territory was well represented and received several awards at the 2011 Inaugural International Human Rights Conference in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The focus of the IAM Human Rights conference was "Embracing Diversity in the House of Labor."
Recently, IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber, leadership from IAM District 10, members of IAM Local 873 and retirees participated in a historic event celebrating John Deere's 100th year of business in Horicon, Wisconsin.
IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip Gruber is one of 12 members recently appointed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board. The appointments are in response to the recently-passed reform legislation overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system.
Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen easily defeated his Republican challenger in the first of nine recall races sparked by Wisconsin GOP Governor Scott Walker’s attacks on working families.
Governor Pat Quinn today announced 12 appointments to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board including IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber.
The effort to recall six Republican state senators in Wisconsin passed a key test this week when Democratic challengers easily defeated “fake” Democratic opponents in a round of primary elections forced by Republican Party members who filed to run as Democrats. Republicans ran the fake candidates to give the GOP state senators facing recall more time to campaign and raise money.
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.
IAM District 6, Local 31 members working at Omaha Public Power Districts Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Station, Nebraska City and North Omaha Stations are battling to keep the plants from flooding during the great Missouri river flood of 2011.
A narrow conservative majority on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court upheld GOP Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting budget bill and cleared the way for its implementation. The court’s decision to vacate an injunction against the bill by lower court judge Maryann Sumi is highly suspect.
Mechanics Local 701, based in Countryside, IL, racked up two more organizing wins recently at Martin Nissan and Antioch Chrysler Jeep bringing 19 new members into the IAM.
The members of IAM Local 1260 working at Amerequip and the company recently received the prestigious 2010 Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award from the Wisconsin Safety Council.
Leah Ganj-Bakhsh, who is a member of IAM Local 2110 in Milwaukee, WI, has received an invitation to work as a Peace Corp Health Information Communication Technology Advisor in Ethiopia. Leah proudly said, "I'm excited to serve in the Peace Corp as it will complete my personal trifecta of service: Military service, Americorps (I was a Public Ally in 2008-'09) and now Peace Corp service."
Voter backlash against Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker’s unfair campaign against public employees and collective bargaining rights continues with voters electing Democrat Steve Doyle over Republican John Lautz for a seat in the State Assembly that Republicans have held for 16 years.
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