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Frank Larkin International President Tom Buffenbarger has tapped Communications Representative Frank Larkin to take the helm at the IAM Communications Department upon the retirement of current Communications Director Rick Sloan. The appointment is effective January 1, 2013. A 37-year IAM member who initiated as a United Airlines Ramp Serviceman in 1975, Larkin served in numerous
Read moreIAM members at Spirit AeroSystems in Kinston, NC recently ratified an historic first agreement that aims to help grow the new facility with a ground-breaking partnership. The contract is a 12-year accord, which will continue year-to-year thereafter unless one party or the other asks to negotiate anew. A Joint Partnership Committee will be established to
Read moreWashington politicians are at it again. If they don’t find a way to avoid the “fiscal cliff” by year’s end, federal workers could see devastating cuts to their pay, retirement, health care and jobs. Congress may have created this problem, but it is up to you to fix it. On Federal Employee Day of Action
Read moreFinding that perfect gift this holiday season doesn’t have to be a headache. Check out Labor 411’s Made in America, union-made gift guide. Gifts include those made by the IAM, as well as UNITE HERE, Boilermakers; Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers; United Steelworkers; United Autoworkers; United Food and Commercial Workers; the Retail, Wholesale
Read more(left to right) IAM Bargaining Committee for members of Local 845: GLR Don Gresham, Thomas O’Bryant, Aerospace Coordinator Jody Bennett, Bob Simoni, Robert Sumlin, Thomas Coons and Fernando Ledesma. Members of Local 845 in Las Vegas, NV who are employed by CSC at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) have ratified their second contract with significant
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