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IAM Touts Governors in Chicago IAM leaders met with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and a pair of leading gubernatorial candidates at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Chicago this week. The event is part of an IAM campaign to raise awareness among union members about the high stakes in 36 upcoming gubernatorial contests. “More than
Read moreBush Picks Wal-Mart Attorney for Labor Board Paul DeCamp, the former Wal-Mart attorney and current Labor Department policy advisor nominated by President Bush to head the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour division, told a Senate panel this week that he believed many wage and hour violations resulted from an employer’s “good-faith misunderstanding” of
Read moreTalks 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
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