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Ninety-five year-old James “Jim” Ball, right, was recently honored as the oldest living member of IAM Local 480 in Oak Ridge, TN. IAM Retirees, Community and Membership Services Director Edward Manhart is on the left. James “Jim” Ball (top row, second from left), was close friends with former IAM Grand Lodge Representative William “W. J.”
Read moreFirefighters set backfires to battle the King Fire near Placerville, CA in 2014. (Photo: Environmental Protection Agency) When last year’s Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) passed in Congress, it was intended to help job advancement for seasonal workers like the firefighters NFFE-IAM represents, but the rules being considered by the Office of Personnel Management
Read moreThe registration deadline has been extended to Friday, April 29 for the Federal Employees Collective Bargaining Program, to be held June 26 – July 1, 2016 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The program will involve training in areas specific to the federal sector such as collective bargaining, the
Read moreOn Capitol Hill, IAM General Vice President Jim Conigliaro pledged the IAM’s ongoing support to pass the Keep Our Pensions Promises Act (S.1631), a bill that would protect the pensions of current retirees. IAM General Vice President Jim Conigliaro, along with many members of Congress and labor and community leaders, spoke on the steps of
Read moreSpringfield, TN IAM Local 1441 members secured a new collective bargaining agreement with Unarco that includes yearly increases in IAM Pension Plan contributions. From left: Negotiating Committee member Jeff Heatherly, Local 1441 President Kevin Schwarz, District 711 Business Representative Mike Lee and Local 1441 Negotiating Committee members Ben Sprouse and James Homsany. IAM Local 1441
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