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Thirty-two IAM members who work at Skookum in New Mexico voted in favor of their first collective bargaining agreement on July 26, 2012, with negotiations taking nearly nine months to complete. Skookum is an Ability 1 Company that performs maintenance work for the US Army at White Sands Missile Range. In order to be classified
Read moreNearly four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the nation’s worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, millions of jobless Americans find themselves held hostage by a GOP agenda that alternates between calls for drug testing to blaming the unemployed for causing the nation’s jobless crisis. “Four years ago, the
Read moreAfter twice rejecting the company’s last, best and final offer on July 16 and July 25, three hundred plus IAM members who work at Trax International (formerly Newtec) voted to accept the modified offer made by the company on July 30, 2012. Trax International initially wanted to replace the current co-payment healthcare plan with a
Read moreDelegates planning to attend the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, are reminded that they will need a valid U.S passport to enter Canada. In addition to ensuring passports are up to date, delegates should also have sufficient funds or credit balances to pay for a week’s worth of hotel accommodations, food and other
Read moreLos maquinistas se unieron a cientos de delegados que asistieron a la Convención de LCLAA (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement) en Orlando, FL celebrando su aniversario de 40 años. La conferencia encabezó los esfuerzos del movimiento sindical para intensificar el importante voto latino en las próximas elecciones. En un día de la conferencia, los
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