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The Big Business-backed “Employee Freedom Week,” which ran from August 10 to 16, was merely an attempt to turn public opinion against unions and convince workers to vote against their own interests, writes Connecticut AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer and IAM member Lori Pelletier. Ads in support of the “freedom week” sham appeared in Connecticut and across the
Read moreIAM District W24 Business Representative Wayne Thompson, right, and his wife, Kris, helped provide firewood for Native American ceremonies that help military personnel cope with PTSD and substance abuse. IAM members lent a helping hand to veterans at the American Lake Veterans Administration, just outside of Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma, WA. The base
Read moreIMLU member Jeremy Philbrook with his infant daughter, who turned one year old the day after his untimely passing. The IAM Maine Lobstering Union (IMLU) Local 207 mourns the loss of member Jeremy Philbrook, who died on the job last week after falling overboard and drowning, investigators believe. Philbrook, 36, was an early, key supporter
Read moreOver the last several years, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare professionals have seen their collective bargaining rights practically eliminated. Agency management’s improperly broad interpretation of a certain provision in federal labor law, Sec. 7422 of Title 38, has allowed them to circumvent the bargaining process on numerous critical issues. The effect is taking its
Read moreMore than 100 workers who forge essential components used on aircraft, drilling rigs and ships at the Jorgensen Forge Corp. plant in Tukwila, WA, have voted to join IAM District 751. By a 3-to-2 margin, workers who forge essential components used on aircraft, drilling rigs and ships have voted to join Machinists Union District Lodge
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