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Strategic Changes at IAM Headquarters IP Tom Buffenbarger announced Assistant Director Neil Gladstein will become the next director of the IAM Strategic Resources following the departure in August of current Director Steve Sleigh. “Neil Gladstein has a long record of union service and I’m sure he’ll continue to do a superb job for this union
Read moreStaff Conference Focuses on Organizing More than 600 attendees at the IAM Staff Conference in Denver, CO, focused on ways to ramp up organizing efforts and honored IAM Locals and District that met organizng goals. IP Tom Buffenbarger and GST Warren Mart delivered back-to-back presentations at the 2006 IAM Staff Conference in Denver, CO that
Read moreSolidarity on Display in Louisiana Members of Local 470 in Lake Charles, LA entered their third week on strike against PPG Industries with a multi-union rally, kicking off a week of activities to demonstrate community support and union solidarity in their fight for a fair contract. “The other unions are out here supporting their brothers
Read moreCharges Filed Against Mercedes in Alabama The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will investigate charges that supervisors at Mercedes Benz’s assembly plant in Vance, AL are unlawfully interfering with workers seeking a union election. The complaint, filed by the IAM at the NLRB’s regional office in Birmingham, AL, alleges that representatives of Mercedes are “interfering
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