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The newly-ratified contract covering nearly 8,500 IAM-represented workers at the nation’s freight rail carriers is worth at least $30,000 in increased pay over the life of the agreement, according to District 19 President and Directing General Chairman Joe Duncan. “The tentative agreement provides 20.1 percent in compounded general wage increases, which will generate about $30,000
Read moreA U.S. District Court Judge rejected an attempt by Delta Airlines CEO Richard Anderson to block the U.S. Export-Import Bank from providing Air India with $3.4 billion in loan guarantees needed to secure the purchase of 30 U.S.-built Boeing aircraft. The ruling is a victory for U.S. aerospace workers, the American economy and the
Read moreWisconsin volunteers turn in more than one million signatures to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and other architects of the GOP attack on collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin. In an unprecedented grassroots campaign, Wisconsin volunteers gathered more than one million signatures in 60 days to recall GOP Governor Scott Walker and other GOP architects of
Read moreWashington Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed IAM District Lodge 751 Secretary-Treasurer Susan Palmer to the Renton Technical College Board of Trustees. Palmer has long been a union and community activist. Among other activities, she currently volunteers for the American Cancer Society and is a fundraiser for Guide Dogs of America, helping to organize District 751’s
Read moreIAM members joined with members of AFL-CIO unions to prepare homes for low income residents in Detroit during this year’s Martin Luther King’s Holiday Observance. Few states are struggling more to overcome the effects of recession than Michigan and few cities have as many challenges as Detroit. Decades of outsourcing and fierce competition from a
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