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Jim Brown, retired IAM General Vice President for the Midwest Territory, has been elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) Community Advisory Council (CAC). The 13-member CAC serves as a liaison between Missouri’s communities and the MFH Board of Directors. CAC representatives gather community input on health issues and
Read moreThe Panama Free Trade Agreement is one of three pending Bush-negotiated free trade agreements (FTAs) lawmakers are now trying to ram through to final passage. But Congress must vote “No” on the bad trade deal. Panama is one of the world’s worst tax havens, allowing the rich and an estimated 400,000 corporations, including many U.S.
Read moreLocal 733 members in Wichita, KS ratified a new agreement with Hawker Beechcraft by a 69 percent margin. The five-year contract protects jobs and preserves the defined-benefit pension plan for current and future employees. The contract also includes a new partnership agreement and guarantees job classifications will remain in Wichita, while providing training for workers
Read moreThe IAM applauds the Senate leadership for rising above the political games on Capitol Hill and passing a bi-partisan compromise to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As a result, over 4,000 FAA employees and tens of thousands of airport construction workers can go back to work. The short-term extension expires
Read moreWith control of the state Senate in the balance, Wisconsin voters go to the polls today in an unprecedented recall election that could put the brakes on GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-worker agenda. The six Republicans targeted today are Walker’s closest allies; the ones who steered his move to strip collective bargaining rights from public
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