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On August 16, 96 individuals employed at Bradkens Engineered Products in Centralia, Washington voted to join the IAM. “We welcome them into the IAM,” said Bob Wilson, Directing Business Representative of District Lodge W24. “Special thanks go to Will Lukens, Frank Rouse, the Growth Coordinator of District Lodge W24, ADBR Chip Elliot, as well as
Read moreThe August 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the Journal features articles about the “Bee Mad @ the GOP” campaign, labor rallies in Philadelphia for a Second Bill of Rights and unjust voter suppression tactics target minorities and elderly. You can get the app on iPad, Android
Read moreThe results of the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest are in. The District and Local Lodge first place winners for each category are: In the Newsletter Category – Two districts tied for top honors for General Excellence: NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, DC, for The Federal Employee and District Lodge 141 in Chicago
Read moreMembers of Local 733 in Wichita, KS employed at Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) will have an opportunity to vote this week on a proposal that would prevent termination of their existing defined benefit pension plan. The proposed contract change has the unanimous recommendation of the IAM District 70, Local 733 Bargaining Committee and would require
Read moreLabor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help lift workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” according to Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic
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