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IAM members of Local Lodge 23, Local Savannah, GA; Local 414, Rome, GA and Local 1002, Hemingway, SC recently ratified a six-year contract extension of the International Paper Mill Master Agreement. Contract negotiations were held the first week of March 2014 in Little, Rock AR and included representatives from 19 separate mill locations. “Representatives of
Read moreWorkers at the Bradken foundry in Chehalis, WA have won their first union contract. They are now the newest members of IAM Woodworkers District W24 and Local W130. There are 96 men and women in the Bradken bargaining unit who make a wide assortment of castings for construction equipment and oil rigs. After nearly two
Read more“RockTenn, based in Norcross, Ga., has signed an agreement to acquire Simpson Tacoma Kraft paper mill located in Tacoma, Wash., from Simpson Lumber Co. LLC, for about $343 million. RockTenn structured the transaction as an asset purchase. “In 2013, the mill produced 465,000 tons on two paper machines and two pulp dryers that made various
Read moreSince the beginning of social media, employers have been concerned about negative postings and comments, issuing social media policies that control, discourage and outright forbid making negative statements online. Thanks to a new ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Georgia-Pacific employees’ social media policy has been overturned and employees are now able to
Read moreBWI affiliate, the IAMAW has reported several violations of ILO labor standards in their North American organizing campaign involving JELD-WEN, the world’s third largest manufacturer of doors and windows. The IAMAW launched a national organizing campaign in responded to calls from JELD-WEN workers from numerous JELD-WEN locations across the US and Canada.
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