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Pictured left to right are: Dale Hartford, GDA President; Gift of Sight award winners Local 2003 GDA volunteer Adam Beasley, McMorgan & Company President Brian Morton, IAM Southern Territory GVP Robert Martinez, Jr. and IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, who presided over the event. More than 1,000 people gathered to support Guide Dogs of America
Read moreThe winner of the 2011 Harley-Davidson Tri-Glide Ultra Classic motorcycle raffled off by Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is Tim Tietz of Huntington Beach, CA, a 29-year member of IAM Local Lodge 1484. Tietz, a journeyman refrigeration mechanic at International Transportation Service in the Port of Long Beach, said he usually doesn’t buy raffle tickets.
Read moreGrand Rapids, MI Local 475 members and their employer, Anderson Global, were honored recently with the Harold Workman Labor-Management Cooperation Award, presented at the Muskegon Area Labor-Management Committee (MALMAC) annual tribute to labor. Pete Jazdzyk, IAM District 60 Assistant Directing Business Representative and the servicing rep for Local 475 members at Anderson, nominated them. “I
Read moreIAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Labour Congress. Ritchie was elected by members of the CLC Canadian Council, which consists of the top officers from all of the affiliated unions to the CLC. The Executive Committee, which meets at least four times a year,
Read moreAfter several months of negotiations, mediation and a presentation to a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) appointed by President Obama, IAM District Lodge 19 has reached a tentative agreement with the National Freight Carriers represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC). The tentative agreement mirrors the PEB recommendations, except negotiators were able to maintain the
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