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IAM Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization Owen Herrnstadt lauds a bipartisan bill reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank during a news conference on Capitol Hill. Herrnstadt is flanked by Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Gwen Moore (D-WI), left, and Maxine Waters (D-CA), right. U.S. workers can breathe a bit easier after a bipartisan
Read moreFederal employees are scheduled to receive a 1.3 percent pay raise in 2016, the Office of Personnel Management announced. One percent of the adjustment will up base pay and the remaining adjustment will go toward locality rates. This pay adjustment will be the first time federal employees in 13 new pay localities – an estimated
Read moreWilliam Winpisinger Center Education Representative Greg Murray, second from left, received a doctoral degree in human development and education from the George Washington University. From left: GWU faculty member Neal Chalofsky, Murray, GWU faculty members Mike Marquardt and Dave Schwandt, former Winpisinger Center Director James Leslie and former Winpisinger Center Instructor Charlie Micallef. William W.
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announced current General Vice President Bob Martinez will finish his term as the IAM’s chief officer. The appointment is effective January 1, 2016. During his most recent conversation with host Ed Ferenc on America’s Work Force Radio, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger talked about his upcoming retirement, incoming IAM President
Read moreNewly organized civilian workers at Camp Lejeune and Air Station New River in North Carolina will earn 11 percent raises in the first year of their inaugural IAM contract. Civilian workers at two Marine Corps bases in North Carolina will see 11 percent raises in the first year of their newly ratified IAM contract, reports
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