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Front row, from left: Local 1720 member Rex Greenfield, Chief Steward Darren Moore, Steward Ron McGill and Recording Secretary Tim Knight. Back row, from left: District 154 Directing Business Representative Howard “Bubba” Dawes, Steward Chris Guthrie, Steward Chris Harrington, President Brad Parker and member Kerry Ruth. Kentucky IAM Local 1720 Negotiating Committee members at Ashland
Read moreThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) didn’t go far enough when the agency canceled its pilot program which effectively replaced postal workers with non-union, less-trained and lower-paid Staples employees, says American Postal Workers Union (APWU) President Mark Dimondstein. “Staples and the USPS have made it clear: They intend to continue to privatize postal retail operations, replace
Read moreStruggling with the financial burden of your student loans? The IAM and Union Plus may be able to help. The deadline to enter the Union Plus Student Loan Giveaway is Friday, August 15, 2014. Three lucky union member winners will be able to put a major dent in their student loan debt by receiving a
Read moreThe IAM has won an arbitration case against IKEA after the Swedish furniture company refused union officials access to its IAM-represented Perryville, MD warehouse. Local I-460, District 4 members at the factory had alerted the IAM of unsafe trailers, cut seatbelts, needles left on the control of forklifts and other safety violations. IKEA held that
Read moreManning the Local 1943 booth are, from left, Organizing Committee member Andrew Hounshell, Benefits/Recording Secretary Ed DeVault and Committeeman Shawn Coffey. A 163-year-old Ohio tradition, the Butler County Fair has also proven to be a great opportunity for Middletown, OH Local 1943 to increase its visibility and generate possible organizing leads. Local 1943 operated a
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