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“The North American Free Trade Agreement is a joke and the recent announcement by Electrolux that it will move manufacturing from Québec to Tennessee is proof,” said a disgusted IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. Shortly before Christmas and without any warning, Electrolux told its L’Assomption, Québec, work force, it would close the facility
Read moreThe application deadline for the 2011 Basic Newsletter Development course at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD, is Friday, January 7, 2011. The course will be held from March 20th through March 25th and is the only Basic Newsletter course for 2011. Local or district lodges who want to
Read moreThey did it! Thanks to your help, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) will receive a check for $25,000 from Explore Dogs/Dog Bless You, a philanthropic multimedia project that showcases the positive work of non-profits. GDA, the IAM charity which breeds, trains and provides guide dogs free-of-charge to sightless individuals, received the grant as part of
Read moreAn arbitrator recently ruled that members of Local 735 in Nashville, TN, were not properly compensated by their employer Vought Aircraft, and awarded them more than $1 million in back vacation pay. In September 2008, after months of negotiations for a new contract, Local 735 members rejected Vought’s final proposal and voted to strike. The
Read moreIncoming GOP governors in Wisconsin and Ohio have refused to accept more than $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money slated for high-speed rail projects, a move that will cost those states thousands of high-skill, high-value jobs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood confirmed that funds originally slated to go to Wisconsin and Ohio will now be
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