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Talks Resume in Louisiana PPG Strike After two months on strike, IAM negotiators and representatives of PPG Industries are returning to the bargaining table at the request of the federal mediator. Nearly 900 members of Local 470 have been on strike at the chemical company’s Lake Charles facility since May 26. “Our negotiators have been
Read moreMachinists Union Wins at AK Steel in Ohio The IAM defeated the United Steelworkers Union (USW) in a two-day National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election to determine representation rights for the Armco Employees Independent Federation (AEIF) in Middletown, OH. Of the 2,207 eligible voters in the AEIF bargaining unit, 1,056 voted in favor of IAM
Read moreLocal 1529 Machinists Revive Flooded NY Factory When recent flood waters engulfed the 700,000-square-foot Amphenol Aerospace plant in Sidney, NY, members of Local 1529 immediately returned to the facility in canoes, rowboats and worked non-stop to clean up and get the plant back in business. Despite losing their own homes and vehicles, the employees brought
Read moreBush Pledges to Sign Voting Rights Act Appearing for the first time at the annual meeting of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) since taking office in 2000, President George Bush used the occasion to tout the 1965 Voting Rights Act and urged the Senate to quickly pass legislation renewing key
Read moreMississippi Space Center Workers Vote to Join IAM The second time was charm for the 121 employees of Jacobs Sverdrup (JS) located at Stennis Space Center, in Bay St. Louis, MS. After a disappointing two-vote loss a year ago, many workers who gave the company “one more chance” decided they’d rather have any future promises
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