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Employees of a Philips Luminaires plant in Sparta, TN, are fighting to keep the corporation from shutting down their plant and using stimulus funds to ship their jobs across the border. Philips informed more than 270 employees in November that they would be shutting down the nearly 40-year-old lighting fixture factory and moving most of
Read moreMembers of the Spanish Working Group prepare course materials for upcoming Spanish Leadership Classes at the WWW Center. Don’t miss the opportunity to send Spanish-speaking members to the 2011 line-up of Spanish Leadership programs at the William W. Winpisinger Center, located in Hollywood, MD. Early in March, the members of the Spanish Working Group met
Read moreAproveche la oportunidad y mande miembros que hablan Español a los programas de Liderazgo en Español en el Centro William W. Winpisinger, localizado en Hollywood, MD. A principios de marzo, los miembros del grupo de programación en Español se reunieron en el Centro Winpisinger para planear las actividades para el año 2011, repasar métodos de
Read moreInternational President Tom Buffenbarger called on delegates at the 2011 MNPL Planning Committee meeting to meet with members, face-to-face, and explain the scope of the right wing’s anti-union and anti-middle class agenda currently underway in the United States. International President Tom Buffenbarger addressed the 2011 MNPL National Planning Committee this week and described the midterm
Read moreIAM Midwest Territory GVP Phil Gruber, along with a delegation of IAM members, joined others in Madison, WI, to protest Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s legislation to strip public-sector workers of their collective bargaining rights. As reported by Workers Independent News, Gruber told the crowd gathered for the city’s fifth weekend of protests that the Machinists
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