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On Sunday South Carolina state representative David Mack, a democrat from North Charleston, publically supported the IAM’s organizing bid to represent workers at a local Boeing 787 production plant. Mack, a politician who’s been in office for two decades, says a Machinists Union contract would boost the Charleston area economy by increasing pay and benefits
Read moreNew York City Uber drivers are gaining power and momentum, as they organize the Independent Drivers Guild, established by the IAMAW. The guild held an informational meeting in Queens for drivers to learn about membership benefits, a new tipping campaign, compensation issues and access to IAM Crest’s Black Car Training & Wellness Center in Long
Read moreThe president of the AFL-CIO and a U.S. senator are among many powerful people who’re warning IAM members about Donald Trump’s big appetite for outsourcing American jobs.
Read moreU.S. senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio, a friend of the Machinists Union, spoke in Washington about the dangers of a potentially troubling tyrannical trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). If the TPP is ratified, it will control 40 percent of the worldwide economy and could kill the American manufacturing sector.
Read moreIAMAW member Dean McCoy, of Local Lodge 1969 in Kentucky, testified before the United States International Trade Commission about the effects of unfair Chinese imports on American workers. McCoy is a tank car loader at Arkema, where machinists union members make refrigerants and other products that many of us take for granted. McCoy and the
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