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The IAM’s supplemental insurance provider, Employee Benefit Systems (EBS), has tapped Jeffrey “Jeff” Grim to lead EBS’s nationally successful Machinists Custom Choices Worksite Benefits Program. Grim, 42, is a Marine Corps veteran and proven leader in the worksite insurance industry. “The board of directors of EBS are excited to have one of the country’s innovators
Read moreNearly 600 new jobs are expected at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, ME by year’s end, say shipyard officials in a recent Kennebec Journal article. BIW will also be launching an on-site training facility to help tailor those workers’ skills. The expected hiring spree is in response to BIW contracts to build six destroyers
Read moreIAM District 141 and 142 representatives and IAM Transportation Department officials met with US Airways representatives with National Mediation Board (NMB) assistance in Washington, D.C. Due to progress in the fleet service, maintenance and related, and maintenance instructor negotiations, the NMB has directed both sides to continue negotiations as soon as possible. These talks, due
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger makes the case for U.S. manufacturing at a Senate hearing on the “Drivers of Job Creation.” The besieged U.S. manufacturing industry needs a national strategy to stay competitive and create a foundation for future prosperity, said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger at a recent Senate hearing. Buffenbarger was one of
Read moreAn IAM contingent joined hundreds of workers’ advocates in rallying against the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. A springtime downpour in Washington, DC didn’t dampen the spirits of IAM members and other activists from rallying against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), another free trade deal that promises job growth but instead exports thousands of U.S. jobs
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