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The February “Special Edition” issue of the IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. The “Special Edition” reports the results of nominations of Grand Lodge Officers, the Committee on Law, and Delegates to the AFL-CIO and Canadian Labour Congress. Download the IAM Journal via the free IAM app on an iPhone, iPad, Android
Read moreIAM President Buffenbarger and Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner spoke with members of newly-chartered Local 350 in Kinston, NC following the signing of a first contract with Spirit. Freshly-chartered Local 350 in Kinston, NC is kicking into high gear with a ground-breaking contract between the IAM and Spirit AeroSystems that includes language allowing for changes
Read moreNFFE/IAM National President William Dougan appeared on Washington DC-area television station WUSA 9 to discuss the negative impacts of sequestration and urge federal workers, on their non-work time, to contact Congress. “Federal employees need to understand that they’re citizens just like every other citizen in this country, and they have the right to speak out
Read moreLobstermen from Vinalhaven, ME, met at the IAM’s Winpisinger Center to plan an organizing effort to preserve their way of life. A unique group of workers, Lobstermen from Maine, met at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center to plan organizing not only themselves, but potentially thousands of Lobstermen up and down the
Read moreU.S. lawmakers are rapidly approaching the onset of a “fiscal doomsday” scenario, known as sequestration, which promises, among many other things, to sacrifice more than a million U.S. jobs and hinder military readiness. President Obama is expected to meet with the top four Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate on March 1
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