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Tom Brickner International President Tom Buffenbarger announced Grand Lodge Representative Ira Levy will replace retiring Airline Coordinator Tom Brickner effective August 1, 2013. “On behalf of myself and the entire Executive Council, I thank Brother Brickner for his 43 years of dedicated service to the IAM,” said Buffenbarger. “He has been a tremendous asset for
Read moreThe IAM formally requested that the National Mediation Board (NMB) release its US Airways Fleet Service members from further mediated contract negotiations and initiate a 30-day countdown to a strike. When the NMB releases both parties from mediated talks, the agency would then make a proffer of binding arbitration. If either party rejects the proffer,
Read moreIAM Local 1546 Ride Mechanics at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA are back at work after ending their strike and overwhelmingly accepting a new contract with park management. After being locked out since May 2, the agreement provides the 24 ride mechanics with more frequent and higher quality safety training. The ride mechanics
Read moreTania Finlayson is accompanied by her husband and IAM District Lodge 751 member, Ken, along with a support van with her son, Michael, and IAM members, as she makes a 300-mile trek across the Northwest to raise money for Guide Dogs of America. The wife of a District Lodge 751 member is literally going to
Read moreNineteen employees at Markham Acura in Toronto make up one of two new organizing wins at auto dealerships in Canada. Two recent organizing victories at Canadian auto dealerships have the IAM excited about the future of union representation in the industry. Nineteen Markham Acura employees have become the first IAM members from an auto dealership
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