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IAM members returning to work at Daimler after a three week strike. Members ratified terms of a new contract on July 22, 2013. In a close vote, IAM members of Local 1005 at Daimler’s Swan Island Truck Plant in Portland, OR ratified new contract terms on July 22, after being on the strike lines since
Read moreIt’s not often a group of workers can save their pensions and protect their seniority by the simple act of casting a ballot, but that’s exactly what’s happening right now as IAM-represented Mechanic and Related workers at US Airways vote in the current representation election. “IAM Mechanic and Related workers at US Airways will lose
Read moreAttendees of the 2012 Regional Retirees Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. Are you ready to have fun with IAM Brothers and Sisters and safeguard hard-won union benefits? If so, join us for the 2013 Retirees Conference at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel. In the past, an average of 750 Brothers and Sisters have gathered to reminisce
Read moreFormer IAM District 9 Directing Business Representative and true trade unionist James M. Bagwell of Florissant, MO, passed away in late June at the age of 79. “Jim Bagwell will be remembered as an outstanding labor leader and friend to all workers,” said IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber. Bagwell, a 61-year
Read moreWorkers at Austal Shipbuilding in Mobile, AL, fabricate and construct high-speed vessel systems, like the USNS Spearhead pictured above, for the U.S. Navy. After years of unfair working conditions, Austal workers have launched an organizing campaign to win union representation with the Mobile Metal Trades Council, of which the IAM is a part. After years
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