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On this week’s edition of the Activate L!VE webcast, Brian Urban, a member of IAM Local 2379, outlined the fight to save jobs at Alcoa Intalco in Ferndale, WA, where 600 members are scheduled to be laid off by the end of July.
Read moreThe IAM is engaged at all levels to find solutions to save IAM jobs at a Ferndale, WA aluminum smelter, the last remaining such facility in the western U.S. and one of only seven left in the nation. Roughly 600 IAM Local 2379 (District 160) members stand to lose their jobs by the end of
Read moreA coalition of 19 labor unions, including the IAM, wrote a letter urging U.S. Senate leadership to improve and then swiftly pass the HEROES Act(H.R. 6800), legislation that will protect Americans’ health and restore the economy.
Read moreIAM Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization Owen Herrnstadt on Thursday, June 11 will join U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in a webinar to discuss what needs to be done in the U.S. to improve our nation’s manufacturing sector and emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with a more fair economy.
Read moreJune 5, 2020 marked one hundred years since the enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones Act, which ensures the United States is able to maintain a domestic maritime fleet to protect our maritime industry and national defense.
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