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Nearly 150 IAM activists from local and district lodges across North America filled the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center to capacity this week. Every classroom, computer lab and break-out room at the William W. Winpisinger Center is filled to capacity this week as IAM members from across North America take advantage of one
Read moreIAM members at Pratt & Whitney are preparing for the next round in their battle to keep the jet engine maker from moving more than 1,000 jobs from Connecticut to low-cost locations in Georgia, Japan and Singapore. Talks began this week between the IAM and Pratt for a contract to replace the current three-year agreement,
Read moreMinneapolis Local 1833 member Krista Freeman is one of 700 Stock & Stores workers at Delta who are eligible to vote ‘YES’ for the IAM in the representation election that began on October 25. More than two years after the merger of Delta and Northwest, and in the midst of record profits for the new
Read moreWhen Congress returns after the midterm elections, representatives will only have one week and a few voting days to extend unemployment benefits for millions of jobless Americans. The federal unemployment program which remains the sole source of income for millions of idled Americans – left jobless through no fault of their own – is scheduled
Read moreFrom left to right – IAM District 140 General Chairperson Michel Pelot proudly displays the Québec Machinists flag atop Mount Kilimanjaro with fellow climber Robert Piché. Michel Pelot looks at cloud cover much differently than he used to, but climbing the world’s fourth largest mountain tends to change one’s perspective on such things. In late
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