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The 221 members of IAM Local 2603 in Winnipeg, MN have a new five-year agreement. The group provides accounting, banking, auditing, cargo, accounts payable and receivable and payroll functions for Air Canada and Jazz. The collective agreement provides for a two percent lump sum wage increase in the first year, wage increases of two per
Read moreAfter three months of negotiations, recently organized members employed by Trailboss at Hill and Nellis AFB ratified their first Collective Bargaining Agreements. IAM Western Territory Grand Lodge Representatives Don Gresham and Mike Wardle, along with Andy Allen, President of Local Lodge 568, as well as the organizing and negotiations committees of Local Lodges 568 and
Read moreThe Union of Unemployed (UCubed) welcomes the drop in unemployment numbers as reported by the U.S. Labor Department, but warns there’s still much more work to be done. “The ‘official’ unemployment numbers underestimate the depth of this crisis,” said UCubed Executive Director Rick Sloan. “Real unemployment is not 7.8 percent but 16.8 percent. And the
Read moreA bankruptcy judge has given Hostess Brands, Inc. permission to reject IAM contracts and to implement unfair changes on nearly 200 IAM members employed by Hostess. Hostess filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2012 and is seeking changes to its current labor contracts. The vehicle and building maintenance workers represented by the IAM
Read moreHealth care costs topped the list yet again as the Machinists of Local Lodge 639 at Bombardier Learjet in Wichita, KS hit the picket lines after voting down the company’s unfair contract offer and voting by a 79 percent margin to strike. Workers in Wichita build the Learjet line of business jets, including the new
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