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Recent news reports show stimulus funds are being used to create jobs in China and further decimate the U.S. manufacturing base. Several companies, including General Electric Co. (GE) and Texas-based Cielo Wind Power LP, have announced a joint venture with China to create a $1.5 billion, 600-megawatt wind farm in Texas. The American companies are
Read moreIAM Local Lodge 48 member Jose Gutierrez (right) of Chicago, received special help through the IAM Union Plus Mortgage Assistance program. Photo courtesy: Josh Sears “You might be out of work for three months,” the doctor told Local 48 member Jose Gutierrez of Chicago. For many working men and women, such a prognosis could
Read moreDistrict 1 raised more than $55,000 at their annual Stewards and Officers Appreciation dinner last week. The dinner has been held each year since 1992 to collect voluntary contributions to support the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL). International President R. Thomas Buffenbarger, GST Warren L. Mart and GVP Richard Michalski joined Eastern Territory GVP Lynn
Read more“Since 9/11, physical security at U.S. airports has been tightened and airline employees have been required to pass stringent background checks,” said Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr., at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. “But allowing U.S. aircraft to be maintained
Read moreFrom left, GLR Rod Hoffman, SR Jorge Saenz, ER Ed Manhart, AA Roger Nauyalis, Congressman Daniel Lipinski, Local 126 DBR Joe Pijanowski, GVP Philip J. Gruber, CR Michael D. King and Local 701 DBR Dennis Jawor. Illinois Democratic Congressman Daniel Lipinski recently visited with IAM representatives at the union’s Midwest Territory office to discuss issues
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