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Two years ago, against the IAM’s strong opposition, the United States signed a trade agreement with South Korea (KORUS). Like other trade pacts, advocates of the deal said it would create thousands of U.S. jobs as a result of increased exports to South Korea. And, like all other trade pacts, recent government data now indicates
Read moreIAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, recipient of the 2014 “Women Who Move the Nation” award, sits down with MSNBC Disrupt host Karen Finney at the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials award ceremony in Washington, DC. “Women Move the Nation” was the theme of the third annual awards ceremony hosted by the Conference of Minority
Read moreMembers of IAM Local Lodge 99 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently ratified a new one-year collective agreement with the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Limited, an organization that hosts such events as the GMC Rangeland Derby pictured above. (Photo: Calgary Stampede) Members of IAM Local Lodge 99 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, have ratified a new one-year
Read moreMembers of the IAM Maine Lobstering Union work on an organizing strategy at the William W. Winpisinger Center as the union hopes to attract more fishermen along Maine’s 3,500-mile coastline. The IAM Maine Lobstering Union, a union that began with a few members on the island of Vinalhaven, has now grown to include members all
Read moreThe Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is urging the Kellogg Co. to “immediately end” its nearly five-month lockout of more than 220 workers at its Memphis, TN, plant. Click here to read the letter to Kellogg CEO John Bryant. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 252G members were locked out by
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