The Dropkick Murphys, a union-friendly punk-rock band, made it a night to remember for working families in Cincinnati, OH. Major music artists often shy away from putting their name out in front of a political cause, but not so with the Dropkick Murphys, a famous punk-rock band that hasn’t been bashful in their support of
Read moreMembers of Local 2725 in San Juan, Puerto Rico are all smiles after ratifying a new contract that contained significant pension improvements. Twenty-nine members of Local Lodge 2725 in San Juan, Puerto Rico unanimously ratified a new contract with Air Express International, which vastly improved members’ pension benefits. “The pension was the major issue for
Read moreFrom left, IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber, Business Representative Don Griffin and Directing Business Representative Russ Krings hold a check awarded to Mercury Marine employees for missing lunch wages dating back to 2009. Local Lodge 1947 employees at Mercury Marine in Fond du lac, WI are celebrating an $850,000 settlement for
Read moreFacing a disgruntled workforce and a grassroots IAM organizing movement, management at window and door manufacturing company Jeld-Wen are resorting to further labor violations to suppress and intimidate its workforce. Builders and Woodworkers International (BWI), the world’s largest global union federation representing wood and construction worker unions, have found that a Jeld-Wen corporate leaflet distributed
Read moreA new Economic Policy Institute study reveals the harsh reality of the “over-hyped” and job-killing Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) and warns of the further potential job loss the Trans-Pacific Partnership would inflict upon the American middle class. Instead of increasing U.S. exports from “$10 billion to $11 billion” and supporting “70,000 American jobs from
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