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The proud and hardworking IAM Local 1293 members at Dexter Laundry in Fairfield, Iowa, build U.S.-made professional laundry machines. The 170-member group recently sent four members to the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Md. The negotiation team prepared a unified approach for upcoming talks with the employer. Over the week,
Read moreMore than a year after voting to organize into the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), the largest union on Amtrak, a group of Drummac employees who work on the Amtrak Auto Train Property in Lorton, Va., are holding an informational picket against Drummac management’s stall tactics during negotiations. “These employees work tirelessly outside, in all weather
Read moreIAM activists are always training. The Advanced Arbitration program, which is designed to improve participants’ skills in writing post-hearing briefs and preparing cases up front, recently took place. Nine Participants wrote a complete post-hearing brief and worked with actual IAM case studies to develop a theory of the case and opening statements for complex contract interpretation
Read moreIAM District 19 has reached a new tentative agreement with CSX covering approximately 750 system mechanical and roadway mechanic members at the carrier. The new agreement builds on a deal reached last fall, with improvements in bereavement leave and the ability to save unused sick days, among other revisions. “We are incredibly proud of District
Read moreFour major commuter rail workers’ unions have ratified new contracts with Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the commuter rail system in the Boston metro area on behalf of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Amtrak. IAM Local 318, representing 175 workers; Transportation Communications Union/IAM (TCU/IAM), representing 130 workers; Brotherhood Railway Carmen, representing more than
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