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 more“Our federal government is rolling the dice with the safety of the travelling public in this country by reducing the number of airport security screeners across Canada,” said Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. “The lineups at airport security check-ins across the country are already too long because there aren’t enough screeners and to cut that number
Read moreThe Union of Unemployed (UCubed) is not the least bit flattered by a copycat attack ad released by a Republican super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF). The ad targeting Ohio Democrat Betty Sutton borrows heavily from UCubed’s revolutionary social media campaign, BEE MAD @ THE GOP, which has recently gone viral with over two
Read moreDarryl Holloway General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., announced the appointments of Darryl Holloway to Assistant Building Facilitator, Lisa Hyde to Pension Administrator and Cecilia Murphy to Assistant Kitchen Supervisor at the William W. Winpisinger Center. “The GST Department is always re-evaluating and exploring new ways to better serve the membership,” said GST Roach. “Collectively, Holloway,
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