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The GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to raise the nation’s debt ceiling until May, staving off one of three quickly-approaching deadlines, each of which threaten to put the country back into recession. Right now, the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit by mid-February. The House bill, if passed in the Senate, would suspend
Read moreMock bargaining sessions that prepare IAM Bargaining Committees for the real thing are a feature of the popular Negotiation Prep Program offered by the Winpisinger Center. Among the uninformed, it’s fashionable to suggest that unions spend a disproportionate amount of time, money and resources defending the small percentage of members who face disciplinary problems at
Read moreAmong the IAM members taking part in the 2013 MLK Holiday Observance in Philadelphia were: Bottom row (left to right) Pam Sanders, District 837; Carline Lang, District 837; R. Jean Banks, District 837; Diane Babineaux, Chief of Staff, IAM Headquarters; Patsy Reddick, District 837; Karen Peek, IAM Headquarters; Dave Porter, Southern Territory GLR. Top row
Read moreThe inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden was rightly given wall-to-wall media coverage around the world, but each one of the nearly one million spectators who filled the National Mall had their own story to tell and their own reason for being there. Among the IAM members in Washington, D.C., for the historic occasion
Read moreParticipants in the last Spanish Leadership 1 course in 2012 capped off a successful year for the William W. Winpisinger Center’s Spanish Leadership Program. The Spanish Leadership Programs offered at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center are set for even more growth in 2013. The courses are designed for IAM officers, activists, and
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