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The week-long Bargaining Prep class at the Winpisinger Center is a signature advantage of IAM membership, providing first-time bargaining committees with the training, skills and practice needed to get the best contract possible. Members of an IAM Negotiating Committee representing more than 350 employees with defense contractor URS Federal Services Corp. at Joint Base Lewis
Read moreTwo members of IAM Local 340 who are employed at the Port Authority Marine Division in the U.S. Virgin Islands, are being hailed as heroes for actions that saved the lives of several swimmers. The swimmers had misjudged the distance of an incoming cruise ship, and were in position to be pulled into the ship’s
Read moreA sweeping series of takeaway proposals from the Boeing Company led to a unanimous strike vote by the highly-skilled members of Local 2296 in Havelock, NC. The striking Machinists maintain F15 flight simulators used for training at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC. The rejected contract included deletion of the vision plan, takeaways on the
Read moreWednesday, April 4, 2012 marked the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was in Memphis supporting a strike by black sanitation workers when he was fatally shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. In an op-ed published on Slate.com, Senior Fellow for The Century Foundation
Read more(Left to right around the table) District 4 ADBR Dave Sullivan, District 4 BR John Stillwell, Committee Members Bill Shrewsbery, Joshua Shuler, George Miller, John Jackson, Jeff Corker and Justin Berrell, District 4 ADBR Rick Compher and District 4 DBR Joe Flanders. Members of the IAM bargaining committee at the recently organized IKEA facility in
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