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By more than a two-to-one margin, 165 workers at Hytek Finishes in Kent, WA voted to join the IAM. The election capped a four-month organizing effort by Seattle District Lodge 751, initiated by Hytek employees who approached the District for help. The workers specialize in various types of metal finishing and coating for aerospace manufacturers,
Read moreMembers of the IAM Bargaining Committee representing AFSS specialists employed by Lockheed Martin take part in a mock bargaining session during a week of preparations at the William W. Winpisinger Center. A highly-skilled group of technicians known as Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) Specialists met recently at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center
Read moreIf you are unable to attend the 2011 IAM Human Rights Conference, you can follow the conference on Twitter with the hashtag #iamhrc11. Attendees are encouraged to tweet about their experience and use the #iamhrc11 hashtag, as well. The Human Rights Conference, themed Embracing Diversity in the House of Labor, will be held September 1st
Read moreThe enrollment deadline for the IAM Communications Department’s Advanced Web Design Class is September 9, 2011. The class is scheduled for November 13-18, 2011 at the William Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The Advanced Web Class is for lodges who already maintain a website and their Web Steward has completed the Basic
Read moreAs a welder and 10-year member of IAM Local 1297, Melvin Reese knows a thing or two about working when the “heat is on,” but when illness kept him off the job, his stress level hit a boiling point. The costs of his wife’s monthly prescriptions were also adding up. Fortunately, Reese discovered the Union
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