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When IAM Local 112 (District 19) members suddenly lost their long-standing shift breaks, they knew they needed to get their union involved. Members at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC) diesel maintenance shop in St. Paul, Minn., had for decades received a 20-minute shift break, in addition to their lunch break. Suddenly, management ended
Read moreIAM Rail Division Local Chairmen, also known as lead or first stewards, recently attended the Basic Local Chairman Class at IAM Union’s William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. Helping to lead the class from District 19 were: Reece Murtagh, President/Directing General Chairman Marty Rosato, Secretary-Treasurer John Denny, General Chairman and Assistant President/Directing General Chairman
Read moreThe 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
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