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IAM President Tom Buffenbarger, right, speaks to Local 1746-A members celebrating an appeals court decision upholding an IAM lawsuit that stopped Pratt & Whitney from shipping more than 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut. Joining the rally, from left, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Eastern Territory General Vice President Lynn Tucker, Jr. and District 26
Read moreThe deadline for applications for the IAM Communications Department’s Communicator Course is July 23, 2010. The course is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and need help in basic skills such as news writing, internet research, desktop publishing and creating a web page from a template. The
Read moreNASA contractor, United Space Alliance (USA), says it will layoff approximately 15 percent of its workforce on October 1, 2010. USA says it expects to layoff 800 to 1,000 workers at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, 300 to 400 workers near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX and about 10 in Huntsville, AL. The terminations
Read moreWorkers at Seymour Windows & Doors Limited in North Bay, ON, are the newest members of the IAM in Canada. “These workers were looking for someone to represent their concerns with their employer and they found a voice with the Machinists,” said District 78 Organizer Scott Jackson. “This organizing victory was made possible through the
Read moreThe Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lawsuit brought by IAM District 26 against United Technologies Corporation (UTC), parent company of Pratt & Whitney. The court upheld a U.S. District Court’s injunction that barred Pratt from closing plants in Cheshire and East Hartford, CT. The unanimous 23-page decision from the three-judge appeals panel
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