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It appears last week’s sobering unemployment numbers have finally jolted lawmakers in Washington to the reality of the nation’s ongoing jobs crisis. In a long overdue move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now says Senate Democrats will take up a new job-creation bill next year. In addition, President Barack Obama says he’s organizing a White
Read moreThe battle to save more than 1,000 jobs at two Pratt & Whitney plants in Connecticut took a favorable turn this week when a federal judge ruled state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can join an IAM effort to block the company from moving about 1,000 Connecticut jobs out of state and overseas. In making her
Read moreThe Winning Team, left to right: GLR Don Greshman, Thomas O’Bryant, Scot Long, and Richard Gomez (all three workers at Computer Sciences who were key to the win), Chris Yeaton (of M1 Support who helped in their campaign and doubled as a negotiator) and GLR Bud Michel The Western Territory scored an important organizing victory
Read moreThe U.S. Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Susan Tsui Grundmann to serve as Chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Grundmann, who graduated from American University and earned a law degree at Georgetown University, has been general counsel for National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, D.C.,
Read moreLocal 180 President Bill Holmstedt, left, and Local Chairman Jerry Mullen with the winning 110th Anniversary banner. Local 180 in North Platte, Nebraska, one of the oldest lodges in the IAM, is celebrating their 110th anniversary. The members work at the largest switching rail yard in the world, Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard. Chartered in 1899,
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