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An online petition to get CarMax to stop selling unsafe, recalled cars needs the help of IAM members to get over 100,000 signatures. CarMax, the largest used-car retailer in the U.S., claims that every car it sells passes a “125-point inspection,” but reports show the car dealer fails to get free safety recall repairs done
Read moreIAM Tennessee Local 735 member Cody Wilder is credited for helping spark the idea of the IAM’s unioNation Band. The more than two-dozen dedicated IAM members recorded their first album two years later. The IAM’s unioNation is “rocking solidarity music that comes around only once or twice in a lifetime,” says a recent review by
Read moreTuesday, December 2 is #GivingTuesday and also the launch of the Guide Dogs of America (GDA) Holiday Fund-A-Need campaign. Guide Dogs of America, the IAM’s favorite charity, has a number of sponsorships and commemoratives available for a one-of-a-kind holiday gift. You can sponsor a harness, a litter of puppies, or donate something special from the
Read moreIn case you missed it, USA Today has published a special report on what the news publication is calling “The New Blue Collar.” The report, as part of a series entitled “Where the Jobs Are,” focuses on the evolution and future of skilled trade jobs and how to find them. “More than 2.5 million good-paying
Read moreMembers of NFFE-IAM Locals 1840, 1855, 1697 and the Forest Service Council went to Capitol Hill to petition Congress to save the Treasure Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Indiahoma, OK. When the U.S. Department of Labor announced its intent to close the Treasure Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Indiahoma, OK, the
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