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IAM Local 1580 members have overwhelming ratified a new three-year deal with Dresser-Rand Siemens in Wellsville, NY. The new accord features significant gains, including a 3.5 percent wage increase in the first year of the deal and 3.25 percent in each of the next two years. IAM members at Dresser-Rand produce steam turbines for government
Read moreMore than 240 IAM Local 330 members voted overwhelmingly to strike the Cheektowaga, NY Ingersoll Rand manufacturing plant after the company demanded mandatory overtime and significantly higher out-of-pocket health insurance costs. The workers, who make air and gas compressors for industrial plants, voted down the company’s “last, best and final” offer on Sunday, August 9,
Read moreAre you the next Rosie the Riveter? Martin Luther King, Jr.? Cesar Chavez? The 2015 IAM Women’s, Young Workers and Human Rights Conference, to be held October 7-11 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will highlight and inspire the next generation of movers and shakers. Click here for the call letter and
Read moreTwenty-eight workers who clean the Pratt & Whitney facility in West Palm Beach, FL, now have the protections and benefits of a strong IAM contract. The workers, who are employees of Eurest Services, ratified their first collective bargaining agreement and will join IAM Local 971 in the Southern Territory. “Most of the soon-to-be members will
Read moreIAM leaders in the metal trades are invited to attend the 2015 AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department Conference, to be held October 14-15, 2015 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. IAM Collective Bargaining Coordinator Jim Price will be hosting a very important IAM Metal Trades Caucus on Tuesday, October 13 at 9 a.m.
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