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For many people, unemployment numbers are abstract statistics. But for the people who are laid off, it’s a grim reality of no paycheck, no health care, skimpy unemployment benefits and a bleak job market. To put a human face behind the numbers, the IAM hosted a display of some of the 30,000 Machinists Union members
Read moreThe mayor of Albuquerque, NM, is calling for a meeting between General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt and the New Mexico congressional delegation to make the case for preserving the company’s jet engine facility in Albuquerque, where more than a thousand local jobs hang in the balance. GE has said it intends to close the facility
Read moreMark your calendars now for the popular IAM Retirees Conference. The 2010 Conference will be held August 31 through September 2, 2010 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. “This is always a popular conference so we wanted to get the word out early about the date so everyone can plan ahead,” said
Read moreSpeaking before a rare joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama pressed lawmakers for an end to the “bickering” and for immediate action in passing comprehensive health care reform. “I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last,” the president told Congress, as he urged
Read moreOhio Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative Scott Rich testified this week in Washington D.C. on behalf of hundreds of IAM members employed at AK Steel in Middletown, OH. The IAM members are concerned that their jobs could be at risk if the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone Board approves an exemption for duty payments
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