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Nearly 300 workers at an IKEA warehouse in Port Wentworth, GA voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation. On the strength of a 95 percent ‘Yes’ vote, 62 warehouse employees in Port Wentworth, GA became the latest IKEA workers to win IAM representation. IAM District 112 Organizer Rick Harris praised organizing committee members Chad Mock and Terry
Read moreThe IAM repeated its warnings that an expedited sale of Hawker Beechcraft could jeopardize jobs, pensions and U.S. national security interests after a bankruptcy judge in New York approved a motion authorizing a 45-day period of exclusive negotiations between Hawker Beechcraft and Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. “We are concerned that the judge did not
Read moreUnion Plus has awarded $7,000 in scholarships to four winners representing the IAM in the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program. This year’s IAM winners include Edwin Park of Federal Way, WA, whose mother Christine Park is a member of IAM Local 2202. Edwin was awarded a $4,000 scholarship. Alexander Anderson of Federal Way, WA, whose
Read moreDelegates elected to represent their local lodges at the IAM’s 38th Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are reminded to send their hotel reservation and travel forms directly to Grand Lodge to be received by July 21, 2012. Forms should be mailed to the Office of the General Secretary-Treasurer, IAM & AW, 9000 Machinists
Read moreThe IAM is calling on members of Congress to put the brakes on the proposed sale of Hawker Beechcraft to a little-known Chinese company, Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. (Superior). In a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court this week, the IAM expressed serious concern that the sale could facilitate the transfer of valuable commercial
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