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The IAM repeated its warnings that an expedited sale of Hawker Beechcraft could jeopardize jobs, pensions and U.S. national security interests after a bankruptcy judge in New York approved a motion authorizing a 45-day period of exclusive negotiations between Hawker Beechcraft and Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. “We are concerned that the judge did not
Read more“Meet Mr. 1%” is a new website from the AFL-CIO that cuts through the campaign chatter and provides an interactive, graphic-focused look at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s record—and provides a chilling look at his wrecking plan for America’s working families. The site offers fast facts on how Massachusetts suffered during the years Romney was
Read moreThe best stories often come from people and places where you least expect to find them. In ‘Wheelchairs to Panama,’ the Machinists News Network talks with a group of retirees from Local 1976 in Pittsburgh, PA who collect donated medical equipment, including hundreds of prosthetic arms and legs, to distribute to poor people in Panama.
Read moreIn a recent Huffington Post article that sets the record straight on public employee pensions, Harold Schaitberger, the general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), tackles five of the biggest myths about defined benefit pensions. Schaitberger starts by debunking the claim that most if not all pension plans for state workers are
Read moreUnion Plus has awarded $7,000 in scholarships to four winners representing the IAM in the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program. This year’s IAM winners include Edwin Park of Federal Way, WA, whose mother Christine Park is a member of IAM Local 2202. Edwin was awarded a $4,000 scholarship. Alexander Anderson of Federal Way, WA, whose
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