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Members of Local 733 in Wichita, KS employed at Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) will have an opportunity to vote this week on a proposal that would prevent termination of their existing defined benefit pension plan. The proposed contract change has the unanimous recommendation of the IAM District 70, Local 733 Bargaining Committee and would require
Read moreLabor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help lift workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” according to Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic
Read moreGeorge Kober, a former Tool and Die Maker and member of IAM Local 1000 in Bloomington, IL, was recently presented with a 75-year veterans badge from District 8 Directing Business Representative Steve Jones. “This is the proudest day of my life receiving this from the organization I hold so near and dear to my heart,”
Read moreA determined group of 19 Baggage Agents, Ticket Agents, Ground Package Handlers and Janitors who are employed by Greyhound in Albuquerque, NM, voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM. “This is a victory worth celebrating,” said Ernest “Red” Dow, Directing Business Representative of Local 794 in Albuquerque, NM. “None of this would have been possible
Read moreThe GOP race to suppress as many young, elderly and minority votes as possible by Election Day continues across the country with Pennsylvania and Florida dominating most recent headlines. Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law is now headed to the state Supreme Court after a judge upheld the unjust piece of legislation last week. “It was
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