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A new round of negotiations on the extremely-flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade deal poised to kill more jobs than NAFTA, began November 19 in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the Obama administration’s top U.S. negotiators continue secret talks on the agreement, it’s worth taking a look back at a 2011 op-ed by then-former
Read moreDelegates to the 2013 IAM Retirees Conference converged on Las Vegas to strategize IAM retirees’ continued role in the fights to protect Social Security, expand Medicare and preserve pensions. Hundreds of retired IAM members converged on Las Vegas this week for the 2013 IAM Retirees Conference. In a year that the IAM is celebrating its
Read moreIAM District 26 and Pratt and Whitney (P&W) recently opened a new round of contract talks covering 2,700 members at LL 700 in Middletown, CT and LL 1746 in East Hartford, CT. IAM District 26 and Pratt and Whitney (P&W) recently opened a new round of contract talks covering 2,700 members at Local 700 in
Read moreNFFE/IAM organizers canvassed hundreds of NFFE/IAM Local 178 members and other potential members in an election campaign at the Army Contracting Command (ACC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, MD. Employees of the Army Contracting Command (ACC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Gunpowder, MD have a rich history of NFFE/IAM representation. However, a recent agency
Read moreThe IAM recently welcomed to headquarters a key group of bankruptcy experts, attorneys and representatives from the AFL-CIO, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the State University of New York (SUNY). The group plans to examine bankruptcy as it pertains to pensions and collective bargaining agreements for a series of educational videos that
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