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Wheeling, WV Local 818 Secretary-Treasurer Jack Williams, Jr. (middle) and member Jim Ferda (right) team up with IBEW Local 56 member Edward Foll to take home the top team prize at the USA’s 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Area Sporting Clays Shoot. Wheeling, WV Local 818 Secretary-Treasurer Jack Williams, Jr. and member Jim Ferda took home the
Read moreThe IAM filed for a representation election for hourly workers at Swedwood, an IKEA supplier in Danville, VA. Workers at Swedwood have endured harsh working conditions and an anti-union campaign that violates IKEA’s own code of conduct. IKEA, based in Sweden, prides itself on maintaining practices in its own business and its suppliers that “shall
Read moreThe rampant increase in outsourcing and the explosive growth of the vendor supply chain in the aerospace industry were key issues for more than 50 delegates at the 2011 meeting of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF). The 2011 IMF Conference is in conjunction with the annual air show, which is held alternately in Farnborough, England
Read moreIAMAW Local Lodge 692 bargaining team members, Phil Miles of Prince George and Laura Tetreau of Kelowna, hold their picket signs outside the Finning International location in Surrey, BC, minutes after the strike became official. The strike began late Wednesday afternoon when it became clear that Finning was not going to move off its final
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed new union representation rules that ensure workers can freely exercise one basic right we hold dear in this country – the right to vote. The new rules would make union representation elections fairer by simplifying procedures, deferring litigation and setting shorter deadlines for hearings and filings. Currently
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