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Congress has decided to defer, until 2020, an excise tax on many employer health plans that will have a significant impact on middle-class workers. Following a groundswell of opposition led by the IAM and other labor organizations, members from both houses of Congress have delayed the tax’s implementation. The year-end budget deal struck by Democrats
Read moreThe Negotiations Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center includes realistic mock negotiation sessions to prepare committee members for actual negotiations. Members of the negotiating committee for IAM Local 516 in Manitowoc, WI have completed the Negotiations Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the William Winpisinger Education and Technology Center
Read moreFrom left: Grand Lodge Rep. Mark Love, IAM Local 1255 President and new Amarillo Metal Trades Council Vice President Robin Harris and Local 1255 Vice President Glenn Baber. The Amarillo Metal Trades Council overwhelmingly elected new leadership yesterday. Monte McAnear, a 36-year Pantex employee and International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 340 President was
Read moreGuide Dogs of America (GDA), the IAM’s favorite charity, invites you to think differently when gift giving this year. GDA asks that you open your heart and your wallet to give the gift of independence to the blind and visually impaired. Please consider contributing to their Holiday Fund-A-Need campaign this giving season to help GDA’s
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announced he has appointed Collective Bargaining Coordinator Jim Price, Jr., to be the IAM’s next Government Employees Director, effective January 1, 2016. Price succeeds former Government Employees Director Frank Carelli, who is retiring after a 38-year IAM career. “Jim’s ability to understand the issues facing our members and tirelessly fight
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