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The January 15 deadline for applications for the 2010 IAM Basic Web Development Course has been extended to January 22. The class is offered by the IAM Communications Department and will be held March 21-26 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD. The Basic Web Development course is designed
Read moreWisconsin Local 655 President Pat Stashek (right) will appear in an episode of the union-sponsored TV show, Escape to the Wild, on VERSUS Country on Sun., January 17 at 9:30 a.m. EST. Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m. to VERSUS Country network for the TV show Escape to the
Read moreThe IAM Executive Council voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. “ For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the best possible health insurance,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “Now, in a bizarre turn of events, their insurance
Read moreAs the fight to shape a final health care bill moves through Congress, working families can help stop the effort to tax their health care benefits by joining millions of fellow workers in the AFL-CIO’s National Call-In Blitz to the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Call your Representative using the toll-free
Read moreThe value and power of an IAM contract was on prominent display in a recent ruling from the New York State Department of Labor (DOL), settling a dispute over how often IAM members at Northwest Airlines in New York would be paid. The dispute began when Delta management notified IAM members at Kennedy and LaGuardia
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