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Industrial Policy Needed Now, says Buffenbarger Machinists Union International President Tom Buffenbarger told a group of fellow union leaders and top presidential campaign staffers that blue collar workers in the U.S. cannot afford to wait for election-year platitudes and campaign promises to rebuild the nation’s devastated manufacturing base. “America’s industrial resurgence cannot wait for ’08,”
Read moreTentative Agreement Reached at AK Steel After weeks of intense bargaining and exactly one year after the lockout at AK Steel began, the IAM announced a tentative agreement on behalf of members of newly chartered Local 1943 in Middletown, Ohio. Voting on the agreement will take place via mail-in ballot to provide ample time for
Read moreCustom Bike for Guide Dogs Goes on Display in Daytona Beach The custom motorcycle built as a fundraiser for Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is finished! Now it’s headed to the 2007 Daytona Bike Week in Daytona Beach, FL, where more than 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts will gather March 2-11, 2007. The IAM Bike Build motorcycle
Read moreIAM Sues US Airways over Bankruptcy Ploy The IAM filed a federal lawsuit this week over US Airways’ attempt to avoid a scheduled grievance arbitration by seeking to have the matter resolved in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, despite having exited bankruptcy more than a year ago. “US Airways is attempting to use the bankruptcy court to
Read moreMachinists at Harley Ratify New Contract Local 175 IAM members in York, PA, today voted to ratify a new three-year contract with Harley-Davidson that preserves established healthcare coverage, boosts wages and ends a three-week old dispute at Harley’s largest U.S. facility. The contract was approved by 83 percent following a unanimous recommendation by the Local
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