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The registered nurses at the Golden Living Center in Springfield, TN, are standing up to company officials who are preventing an IAM contract the nurses say will make their jobs better and improve life for the residents at the assisted-care facility. Company representatives are refusing to negotiate a first contract for the registered nurses, who
Read moreA delegation of IAM members attended The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s “Black Women’s Roundtable” (BWR) to take part in a panel discussion with special guest Heather Foster, the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Speaking at the National Council of Negro Women in Washington, DC, just three days after
Read moreThe IAM Government Employees Department is conducting two programs in the first half of 2012 at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Southern Maryland, and the enrollment deadline for both classes is approaching. First up is the “Federal Employees Collective Bargaining Program” scheduled for March 25-30, 2012. Second is the “Federal Employees
Read moreThe president of the powerful IF Metall union, Stefan Lofven, is poised to take over Sweden’s Social Democratic Party in a move that would elevate a highly-respected union representative to the top tier of Swedish national politics. Lofven has led the powerful IF Metall union since 2005 when the federation was created through a merger
Read moreIAM members in Newcomerstown, OH, who were left jobless when a fire destroyed Janesville Acoustics, are getting some much needed help from the IAM Disaster Relief Fund. Nearly 100 full-time and probationary employees received $250 checks this week from District 54 Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Espy, who noted in a local newspaper article that the fund is
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