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In the shadow of plant closing and job cuts, negotiations for a new contract covering nearly 15,000 workers at General Electric got underway in New York this week. The IAM represents approximately 1,500 GE workers at nine locations and is one of 10 unions negotiating with General Electric as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Committee.
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) has authorized a union representation election for the combined group of Ramp/Fleet workers at the newly-merged United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia, all subsidiaries of United Continental Holdings, Inc. No dates have been set, but are expected to be announced within a week. Eligible voters can cast votes either
Read moreIn an op-ed published in The Atlantic, the former first female lieutenant governor of Maryland Kathleen Kennedy Townsend applies lessons learned in the women’s movement to the current fight to preserve state and federal workers’ collective bargaining rights. “Women still have unique challenges, but now it’s public servants who are in danger of being stereotyped
Read morePassion, dedication and the IAM Spanish Leadership classes were ingredients that gave life to an inspiring show of solidarity during an organizing drive in Medford, OR. In trying to organize workers at the fruit and gift basket-making company Harry and David, IAM District W1 organizers realized they needed Spanish-speaking housecallers. They sent out a call
Read moreDrivers at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX, voted unanimously for the IAM, including, from left, Steve Little, Alice Moncada, Roy Hernandez Jr., Sylvia Benavides Ernest Guajardo, Carlos Garza, Ron Hill, Maria Espinoza and Bonnie Thorman . Eighty-two bus drivers and dispatchers at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX, are now proud IAM members. Drivers
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