The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week notified the IAM that managers at Hytek Finishes in Kent, WA committed nine separate violations of the National Labor Relations Act over the past 14 months during negotiations with the IAM over a contract for hourly workers at the plant. Hytek Finishes is a major supplier to
Read moreThis November marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of the groundbreaking IAM App. And with this milestone comes the much-anticipated IAM App for iPhone users. Download it today to view the new November 2012 IAM Journal. In this month’s issue, working families win on Election Day, the lame duck Congress faces critical deadlines, the
Read moreThe 2013 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Observance will take place January 17-21 in Philadelphia, PA and will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. The Observance will also coincide with the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2013.
Read morefrom left) David Otoya (Local 811), Victoria Schoening (Local 1731), Victor Acosta (Local 914), Suzette Fleischmann (Facilitator), Alberto Herrera (Local 1759), Teri McClendon (IAM CREST, Staff) A quartet of IAM CREST Associate Instructors from IAM District 141 recently took part in a Spanish Development Workshop designed to ensure that Spanish-speaking members will have the same
Read moreThe extraordinary work of Guide Dogs of America (GDA) was summed up by a recent graduate in an IAM video about the annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet in Las Vegas, NV. “He has changed my life,” declared a beaming Luetta Johnson of Lincoln NE, who was paired up with her dog in April at
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