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(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
Read moreSen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) has introduced new sweeping legislation to restore the U.S. economy, revitalize the middle class, put unemployed and underemployed Americans back to work and help our nation compete globally. The Rebuild America Act includes a litany of pro-worker measures including a provision to save and create jobs, modernize our nation’s infrastructure, create
Read moreWorkers and IAM representatives outside the Spirit AeroSystems facility in Kinston, NC celebrate their winning vote to join the IAM. The IAM racked up a huge organizing win at Spirit AeroSystems in Kinston, NC when 126 Spirit workers voted 2-1 for the IAM. The new facility, where workers build aircraft components for Airbus, could grow
Read moreFirst launched in May 2009, the Seaway Task Force (STF) was formed as a partnership between IAM and the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) to promote and protect the U.S. shipbuilding industry and maritime trades workers. The group strongly supports the Title XI Shipbuilding Building Financing Program, as well as efforts to address the
Read moreFor 44 years, the CBS television news magazine ‘60 Minutes’ has set the bar for high-quality investigative reporting. Continuing the tradition, CBS correspondent Scott Pelley traveled to Bevard County, FL, where more than 7,000 men and women, many of them IAM members, lost their jobs when President Obama and NASA cancelled the manned space program.
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