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Oops. That’s what the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) is likely thinking after a coding error on its website revealed the association’s corporate donors and the size of their checks. Leaked documents show how some of America’s largest corporations – Wal-Mart, Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and more – literally bought access to Republican governors
Read moreMembers of IAM Local 153 recently triumphed after a more than eight-month fight for a fair and just contract at Crescent Plastics in Evansville, IN. The more than 40 maintenance and fabricators fought off the company’s effort to impose what it claimed was its “last, best and final” offer in November 2013. The offer included
Read moreThe 2014 Guide Dogs of America (GDA) Conference will be held November 20-22, 2014 in Las Vegas. The celebration will kick off Thursday, November 20 with the 14th Annual Las Vegas – Hawgs for Dogs Motorcycle Ride and the Sporting Clay Event hosted by IAM Local 845 to benefit GDA. On Friday, November 21, the
Read moreIAM District 141 has announced that Maintenance Instructors at United Airlines overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement. The four-year accord provides for significant wage, pension, benefit and job-security improvements, including a $122 annual IAM National Pension Plan multiplier for 2014 that increases to $128 in 2018. Top base hourly wages immediately increase to $40.60 an hour,
Read moreThe traveling exhibit, “Our Community at Winchester: An Elm City Story,” features former IAM Local 609 members who worked at the Olin-Winchester plant in New Haven, CT, before its closing in 2006. A banner and memorabilia from the traveling exhibit, “Our Community at Winchester: An Elm City Story,” which features former IAM Local 609 members
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