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More than three dozen retirement home workers in Orleans, Ottawa, Canada, ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. The 40 members of IAM Local Lodge 1295 work as guest attendants, cooks, registered practical nurses and receptionists at the Belcourt Manor. Their new four-year agreement provides wage increases of two per cent each year, inclusion in the
Read moreSito Pantoja Sito Pantoja, IAM General Vice President for Transportation, was elected to serve on the Executive Board of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), during its meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pantoja will replace IAM General Secretary-Treasurer (GST) Robert Roach Jr., who has served in that position for over 12 years. Pantoja was unanimously supported
Read moreIn an op-ed published on Politico, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka argues “Americans Don’t Want ‘Grand Bargain.’” “What is the grand bargain?” asks Trumka. “It boils down to lower tax rates for rich people — paid for by benefit cuts for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. These are precisely the issues that are being debated so
Read moreThe Local 933 Negotiating Committee and Western Territory Representatives, standing, from left, Aerospace Coordinator Ron Eldridge; Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen; Local 933 Committeemen Andy Lopez and John Catalano; Local 933 President Leigh Petersen; Local 933 Committeeman Dan Aguirre and Grand Lodge Representative Bud Duryea. Sitting, from left, Local 933 Directing Business Representative
Read moreThe October 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention sets the course for global action, the battle rages on for a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, UCubed’s BEE MAD @ THE GOP campaign shifts into high gear, and retired IAM Local Lodge
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