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Wal-Mart Chief Executive Michael Duke, ranked No. 69 on the list of 100 Highest Paid CEOs, took home over $20.5 million in 2013. Don’t tell that to the corporate giant’s million-plus employees, half of whom earned less than $25,000. Many of them need government assistance just to survive. Wal-Mart, the largest private employer in the
Read moreAbout 280 IAM District 751 members at AIM Aerospace in Sumner, WA have ratified their first union contract with a 75 percent yes vote. IAM District 751 members at AIM Aerospace in Sumner, WA have won 5.6 percent average wage increases plus improved benefits with their first union contract. The workers ratified the contract with
Read moreThe only way to reverse the downward trend of the American middle class is through an economic boost in U.S. manufacturing, job creation and skills training, said Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to IAM leaders and members at the New England State Council of Machinists Annual Conference in Groton, CT. “Two things are going on,” said
Read moreIAM members rally in 2011 against unfair trade agreements. The IAM will join union activists and the AFL-CIO in a rally on Capitol Hill to voice our members’ opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement. The rally is scheduled for May 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm in the Upper Senate Park behind the
Read moreThe IAM mourns the passing of District 10 Business Representative Don Griffin. Griffin, a 40-year union member, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Hartford, WI on Saturday, April 19, 2014. He was 66 years old. Griffin’s union activism originated with the Allied Industrial Workers, where he served in many capacities from 1969 through 1994.
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