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After more than a decade of negotiations, an aluminum smelter plant and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Ferndale, WA, have reached a 10-year deal that will save 625 jobs at IAM Local 2379. The BPA has agreed to provide Alcoa Intalco Works with enough power to keep the facility running through September 2022. Although
Read moreThe third and final debate between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney included a surprise declaration from the president that billions in across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration, will not take place. More than $1.2 trillion in sequestration cuts are called for under last year’s Budget Control Act, which was how congressional lawmakers
Read moreAs a follow-up to a harrowing video shown to delegates of the 38th IAM Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, last month about the life-threatening working conditions of shipbreaking workers in India, the newly-formed union federation, IndustriALL, has some promising news to report. After three years of fighting, the widows and families of six
Read moreWinpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner, standing, second from left, held a special onsite Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committee class for the Local 1998 Negotiating Committee in Hawaii. From left, standing, Maria Santiago Lillis, Chris Wagoner, Josh Elmore, Rex Baccay, Billy Panui, Mario Castro and Don Barlan. Seated from left: Cynthia Gallagher and Oscar Reyes. The
Read moreThe controversial $1.79 billion proposal to sell Wichita, KS-based Hawker Beechcraft to a Beijing-based firm headed by a shadowy figure known as “China’s Helicopter King” has fallen through, according to an announcement today by Hawker CEO Steve Miller. “Despite our best efforts, the proposed transaction with Superior could not be completed on terms acceptable to
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