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Members of District 837 in St. Louis, MO, will vote June 27 on a revised offer from the Boeing Company that includes minor changes to the original offer while retaining language that eliminates defined benefit pension benefits for employees hired after January 2012. “The Boeing Company’s contract offer that you rejected on June 13 will
Read moreA new poll shows both Democrats and Republicans face a deeply unhappy electorate who are unified in their concern over the loss of American manufacturing jobs and the lack of work being done on the issue by Congress. The poll, conducted by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) found the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs
Read moreFormer astronaut and retired U.S. Senator John Glenn joins Neil Armstrong and a score of other legendary astronauts in voicing concern over the United States’ plan to end its space program. MSNBC reports that Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, believes continuing the program is the best use of taxpayer money, rather than paying
Read moreThe U.S. won the coveted title of “worldwide leader in manufacturing output” last year, say researchers. We may even win this year. But a new report by IHS Global Insight, a U.S.-based economic consulting firm, shows China is slated to take the crown by 2011. The report shows the value of goods produced by China’s
Read moreDistrict 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
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