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Approximately 320 IAM Local 2069 members are on strike against Schneider Electric in Peru, IN. The workers hit the streets at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. IAM members voted to reject the company’s final offer, which would have taken away a long-standing defined benefit pension plan. The rejected proposal had minimal wage increases
Read moreMissouri Governor Jay Nixon speaks at a press conference to announce St. Louis workers will supply parts for the Boeing 777X program. At the announcement were state legislators, Boeing officials, Midwest Territory General Vice President Phil Gruber, standing behind Nixon in blue jacket, and IAM representatives from District 837. IAM members of District 837 in St.
Read moreIAM members employed by Allsource Global Management (AGM) at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY are on strike after the company refused to bargain in good faith. IAM members employed by Allsource Global Management (AGM) at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY voted overwhelmingly to strike after the company refused to
Read moreA new report by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), left, calls attention to the staggering amount of Buy American Act waivers, granted by the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, that are hurting U.S. manufacturers. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spent over $163 billion of taxpayer money on goods manufactured by foreign companies
Read moreMembers of the IAM Coordinated Bargaining Committee take part in realistic mock bargaining in preparations for actual negotiations with United Launch Alliance (ULA). A trio of local lodges from Alabama, Florida and California sent representatives to the William W. Winpisinger Center recently for an intensive week of training in preparation for upcoming contract negotiations with
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