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The Communications Department will still accept enrollments for the Communicator Course until October 15, 2013. The class will be held December 8-13, 2013 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The Communicator Course is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and need
Read moreIAM Local 79 members employed at Belshaw Adamatic in Seattle overwhelmingly approved the company’s latest offer, ending a 196-day strike for fairness on the job. Closing the books on a 196-day strike, IAM District Lodge 160 Directing Business Representative Dan Morgan announced that IAM Local Lodge 79 members employed at Belshaw Adamatic in Seattle overwhelmingly
Read moreLos miembros y empleados del Local 79 de la IAM en Belshaw Adamatic, Seattle aprobaron por mayoría la última oferta de la empresa de poner fin a una huelga de 196 días para la imparcialidad en el trabajo. Se cierran los libros en una huelga de 196 días, Dan Morgan, Representante de Empresas del Distrito
Read moreA scathing article in Rolling Stone by investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, entitled “Looting the Pension Funds,” takes a harsh look at how “all across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers.” The piece explains how the small state of Rhode Island was used as a testing ground for an eventual-nationwide push to
Read moreFederal employees and their unions, including the IAM-affiliated National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), now in the eighth day of the government shutdown, continue to demand that Congress end its standoff and reopen the federal government. Click here to watch a new Machinists News Network video of a rally on Capitol Hill. As the shutdown
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