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The IAM hosted the International Metalworkers’ Federation’s (IMF) Mechanical Engineering Conference, which met this week in Cincinnati, OH. Taking part in the conference were tool and die-makers from over 14 countries, including Australia; Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Italy; Spain and Switzerland. Also taking part in the IMF conference
Read more“Management threw everything but the kitchen sink at these people trying to convince them not to join the Machinists, but it didn’t work,” explained District 140 Organizer Ian Morland. Morland was referring to the successful organizing campaign of 50 workers at Colortech Incorporated in Brampton, ON. Prior to the vote, the company hired union-busting lawyers
Read moreRight-wing lawmakers and conservative commentators continue to promote the notion that the Boeing Company and certain southern states should not be required to observe federal labor law, and that the federal agency charged with enforcing that law should be defunded and dismantled. What began as a straightforward and well-documented case of illegal retaliation by Boeing
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) is mailing voting instructions this week to more than 24,000 United, Continental and Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants, who will have until June 29 to choose the union that can best produce a single contract for the combined group. Flight Attendants can vote by phone by dialing 1-877-NMB-VOTE or online at
Read moreIAM representatives from the United States who are assigned to the 2011 National Staff Conference scheduled for June 12-16, Toronto, Ontario, are reminded that they need a valid U.S. passport to enter Canada. If you do not have a current passport, you should apply for, or update, your passport as soon as possible. Click here
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