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The deadline for the Federal Employees’ Basic Program to be held February 8-13, 2015 at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center, in Hollywood, MD, has been extended to January 9. The Federal Employees’ Basic Program provides training specific to federal sector workers in areas such as collective bargaining, the Hatch Act and
Read moreIAM District 4 has filed an injunction in the U.S. District Court of Maine against Verso Paper Corp., as part of the growing effort to force the company to honor severance commitments to hundreds of employees who will lose their jobs when Verso shutters the Bucksport mill. Verso officials, who stunned the community recently with
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is changing its rules to allow for more timely union elections, which are often stalled by employers hoping to discourage employees from unionizing. Businesses often use unnecessary litigation to slow down the organizing process by months or even years. The new rules seek to speed up the union certification
Read moreFrom left, United Way’s Labor Liaison Charlie Galupi, Gary Wilson, IAM District 776 Business Representative John Pierce, Aurora Lopez, Ellen Allen, Local 776A President Jerry Burns and 776A Treasurer Dan Allen helped organize the first Christmas Bicycle Charity through the district’s three local lodges. Anyone who has ever seen a child’s eyes light up at
Read moreIn a move that will allow deep cuts to earned pension benefits for millions of U.S. retirees, members of Congress are expected to vote this week on a spending bill that includes significant changes to the 1974 law outlawing such cuts. The legislation, which was brokered behind closed doors by members of the House Education
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