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District 54 President and DBR T. Dean Wright, Jr. goes over organizing material with local officers and organizing committee members attending the District’s organizing seminar. Taking the “whatever-it-takes” cue expressed by IAM President Tom Buffenbarger at the 2010 National Staff Conference, District Lodge 54 in Cleveland, OH conducted an organizing seminar at the Local 1297
Read moreRetired IAM National Pension Fund Coordinator Jim Lautar recently received the 2010 “Legacy Award” from the Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO. The award was presented at their “Salute to Leadership” awards dinner held in Baltimore, MD. It recognizes Lautar’s dedicated service in the labor movement fighting for workers’ rights for more than 30
Read moreTwo IAM family members are among the winners of the 2010 Union Plus Scholarship awards program. From the more than 5,000 applications submitted this year, 121 students representing 42 unions were awarded a total of $150,000 in scholarships. The IAM winners, both receiving $1,000 scholarships, are Lynda Meheula, whose husband, Lee, is a member of
Read moreTransportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. (right) testified this week before three congressional committees about airline consolidation and the need for re-regulation. Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and called for re-regulation of the airline industry. “It is clear that airline deregulation has failed to deliver on its promises of
Read moreIAM members in Wichita, KS, held a rally to support their negotiators and to oppose additional outsourcing of work to Mexico. Gathered in the heat outside the hotel where negotiations are taking place between District 70 and Spirit AeroSystems, workers and their families carried ‘Jobs Worth Fighting For’ signs and cheered as union leaders praised
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