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IAM Local 1297 President Fred Confer receives Ohio Labor Council award. Pictured left to right are: Sandy Butterbaugh, UAW; Jerry Espy, ST, Local 1297; Fred Confer; T. Dean Wright, P/DBR, District 54; Andy Campbell, ADBR and Jack Baker, BR. IAM Local 1297 President and District 54 Communicator Fred Confer was recently presented with the Ashland-Wayne-Holmes
Read moreThanks to Union Plus, a program that provides consumer benefits to union members and their families, IAM Local 777 retiree Ira Perry received some much-needed help with his medical bills. Perry received a $1,000 Union SAFE Hospital Grant. Union SAFE grants were established to help union members and retirees facing financial hardship due to significant
Read moreGeorgia Democratic Congressman John Lewis urges Delta employees to vote “Yes” at Atlanta’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Center With voting underway for 14,500 Fleet Service employees at Delta Air Lines, workers in six major cities held “Vote YES! to Lift Us All” rallies to remind their communities and their fellow workers of the critical issues
Read moreForty-eight Flight Attendants at OpenSkies have voted overwhelmingly for the IAM as their collective bargaining representative. In a National Mediation Board election tally held October 14, 2010, 36 Flight Attendants voted for the Machinists Union, with only 1 opposing unionization. The remaining Flight Attendants did not cast votes. OpenSkies initially tried to avoid an election
Read moreThe Tri-County Council of Labor in Eastern Kentucky presented its 2010 Community Service Awards to local volunteer activist Haley Gibson and IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart. The Tri-County Council also presented its first-ever scholarship award and recognized the volunteer work of three apprentice plumbers who installed a new plumbing system free of charge for a
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