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IAM Local 219 members on strike at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY, recently showed up to the local county courthouse to protest a local effort by national conservative advocacy groups to pass right-to-work (for less) legislation at the county level. Thanks to their overwhelming show of opposition, the proposal was withdrawn “until
Read moreThe last piece of timber leaves the California Redwood Company’s Korbel, CA facility on January 29, 2015. With the holidays on the minds of IAM members at the California Redwood Company (CRC) in Korbel, CA in early December 2014, the company issued a notice informing employees of the plant’s impending closure. The company is transitioning
Read moreThe 2015 IAM Calendar is still available and features winners of the IAM Photo Contest. The 2015 IAM Calendar is still available. Individual calendars are $7 each. For Lodges that want to bulk order 100 calendars or more, the cost is $5 per calendar. To order, download the individual order form or bulk order form.
Read moreWisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is going to need a new entrance song. The anti-union governor, best known for stripping collective bargaining rights for most Wisconsin public employees, played the Dropkick Murphys’ hit song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” as he bounced onto an Iowa stage to deliver remarks this past weekend. The outspokenly pro-worker
Read moreThe IAM is continuing to sound the alarm to Congress on the grave danger of approving “Fast Track” trade authorization for the secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement that will allow more of the same trade policies that have hurt working families for the last 20 years. President Obama is asking Congress to
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