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The Grand Lodge monthly per capita tax for 2015 will be $33.23 reports General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., in a letter to all IAM District and Local Lodges. The figure was calculated using the formula approved by Delegates to the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 1.80 percent increase is based on “the average of the
Read moreThe Seaway Task Force, a coalition of labor, investors and company professionals, is making considerable progress in its mission to update aged shipping infrastructure and sustain and grow new jobs in the Great Lakes, writes IAM Eastern Territory General Vice President Lynn Tucker, Jr., in a guest editorial to the Great Lakes Seaway Review. Shipping
Read moreThe American dream of homeownership is far too often out of reach, especially for those who make significant sacrifices to protect our country. Union Plus wants to make the dream of homeownership a reality for hard-working union members who have served in our armed forces. Starting November 1, 2014, Union Plus will begin offering the
Read moreUnion members must get out and vote as if their jobs depended on it – because they do, especially in Republican-controlled states like Ohio, said Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative Neil Douglas of Middletown, OH, during an interview with online radio show America’s Work Force Radio. Listen to Douglas’ interview, which begins around
Read moreHeadquarters General Vice President Robert Martinez, Jr. reports on the progress made and tasks ahead for IAM wood, pulp and paper workers at the IAM Forest Products Industry Conference in Las Vegas. IAM Forest Products Industry workers and representatives met for the second time this year to build on the momentum started at the last
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