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The application deadline for the 2014 Basic Newsletter Development course at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD, has been extended to Friday, January 24, 2014. The course will be held from March 16 through March 21 and is the only Basic Newsletter course for 2014. Local or district lodges
Read moreA key group of experts take part in an IAM filming on protecting collective bargaining agreements during corporate bankruptcy. Left to right: Chris Wagoner, Director of the William W. Winpisinger Education Center; IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr.; Michael Merrill, Dean of the SUNY Empire State College Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies;
Read moreStewards Training on December 4, 2013 for Lockheed Palmdale and Lockheed Sunnyvale on January 9, 2014, instructed stewards on the vital role they play in negotiations and how critical they are in making the upcoming Lockheed negotiations a success. “The Union Steward is the most important position in a Union,” said IAM Western Territory General
Read moreJonathan “JD” Lord’s wife, Tara, and family look over old photos after JD (inset photo) lost his life in an accident at Eglin AFB where he worked. (Photo credit: Nick Tomecek, Northwest Florida Daily News). On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, a fire suppression system inside a hangar at Eglin AFB, FL was somehow triggered. Jonathan
Read moreA union election among 30 Maintenance Technicians at the Amazon warehouse in Middletown, DE may have fallen short of the majority needed, but workers there understand a successful organizing campaign often requires several election cycles before representation is achieved. The 21-to-6 vote was overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and represented the first
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