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IAM Organizers Log 77.8 Percent Win Rate U.S. labor unions increased their overall percentage of successful representational elections during the first half of 2008, with the IAM recording the third highest number of workers organized, according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data. The IAM won 35 out of 45 elections held during the six-month
Read moreMachinists Ratify Accord with United Launch Alliance The bargaining committee for IAM members at United Launch Alliance (ULA) facilities in Alabama, Florida and California took part in the WWW Center’s unique Negotiations Preparation Class before achieving a master agreement for nearly 900 members. Nearly 900 IAM members in five different local lodges in Alabama, Florida
Read morePresident-elect Barack Obama The world is a different place today. A new optimism, a new hopefulness and a new spirit courses through our land. The challenges we face seem less daunting; the obstacles in our path seem less formidable. And it is all because one man decided “Yes, we can!” President-elect Barack Obama’s historic campaign
Read moreGet Out and Vote Today A nationwide effort by union members to man phone banks, participate in labor walks, leaflet plant sites and talk to fellow members culminates today in one of the largest voter get-out-the-vote efforts in labor history. “After eight years of the disaster that was the Bush Administration, Americans today will speak
Read moreIAM Wraps Up Three-State GOTV Tour Braving cold temperatures and driving winds, the IAM wrapped up a four-day, 900 mile barnstorm tour with a final event in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour featured a truck with a 40-foot banner proclaiming “Wall Street Got the Gold Mine, We Got the Shaft!” and made stops in Kentucky, Ohio
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