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Machinists Seek U.S. Manufacturing Policy International President Tom Buffenbarger addressed the Senate Democratic Steering Committee this week and urged lawmakers to treat the nation’s manufacturing crisis like an economic epidemic. “We cannot afford to be anesthetized by incremental improvements in one index or another,” said Buffenbarger. “Since 1999, we have lost over 43,000 manufacturing plants
Read moreStrike Looms at Kennedy Space Center Two countdowns are underway at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL. One for the launch scheduled on Friday for NASA’s Space Shuttle and one for a strike deadline for 600 members of Local 2061 in Cocoa, FL. IAM members provide support services for the Shuttle and are
Read moreNorthwest Airlines Emerges From Bankruptcy Northwest Airlines (NWA) today begins operating outside of bankruptcy court protection for the first time in 20 months. While the process has been full of sacrifices and difficult decisions, IAM members fared far better than other employees at the troubled carrier. The IAM is the only union at Northwest to
Read moreNew Contract Ends Iowa City Strike Members of Local 1426 in Sioux City, IA, ratified a new contract with Smurfit-Stone Container plant, ending a 10-week long strike over pensions, wages, forced overtime and 12-hour days in what were described as sweatshop conditions. The new agreement contains a 7 percent general wage increase over 4.5 years,
Read moreCBTU Holds 36th Annual Convention More than 1,000 IAM members and trade unionists are gathering in Chicago, IL, this week for the 36th International Convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). “Lessons Learned, New Vision for the Future,” is the theme of the week-long convention. “Since 1972, CBTU has been a voice for
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