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Mississippi 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
Read moreNurses Threatened by ‘ Kentucky River’ Rulings Hundreds of nurses at the Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor, ME who are working to win a voice at work with the Machinists union, could be barred from union membership by the upcoming “ Kentucky River” rulings from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB,
Read moreDemocrats Debate the ‘Vision Thing’ Subtle but profound differences over the future of the Democratic Party were apparent in recent back-to-back presentations to the New Democratic Network (NDN) by New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack. Click here to listen to both speeches. Senator Clinton rolled out a litany of Democratic domestic priorities stymied by
Read moreBe On the Lookout for AK ‘Scab Steel’ On February 28, 2006, AK Steel Corp. in Middletown, OH, locked out more than 2,700 workers represented by the Armco Employees Independent Federation (AEIF). The AEIF wants to become part of the IAM and the National Labor Relations Board has scheduled an election for July 26-27 when these union brothers
Read moreVote Online for America’s Worst Boss The votes are in for the first installment of Working America’s My Bad Boss Contest. The competition included bosses who denied workers time off to attend funerals, and one who made workers write training manuals for their overseas replacements. Of the 15,000 votes cast for this week’s Bad Boss
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