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The best stories often come from people and places where you least expect to find them. In ‘Wheelchairs to Panama,’ the Machinists News Network talks with a group of retirees from Local 1976 in Pittsburgh, PA who collect donated medical equipment, including hundreds of prosthetic arms and legs, to distribute to poor people in Panama.
Read moreDistrict 142 announced that Ramp Service and Stores Agent members at Alaska Airlines ratified a new six-year contract. The new agreement covers approximately 600 Ramp Service and Stores Agent employees at the carrier and was approved by 91 percent of those voting. “The negotiating committee was able to craft an agreement that provides wage increases
Read moreNearly 300 workers at an IKEA warehouse in Port Wentworth, GA voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation. On the strength of a 95 percent ‘Yes’ vote, 62 warehouse employees in Port Wentworth, GA became the latest IKEA workers to win IAM representation. IAM District 112 Organizer Rick Harris praised organizing committee members Chad Mock and Terry
Read moreThe IAM repeated its warnings that an expedited sale of Hawker Beechcraft could jeopardize jobs, pensions and U.S. national security interests after a bankruptcy judge in New York approved a motion authorizing a 45-day period of exclusive negotiations between Hawker Beechcraft and Superior Aviation Beijing Co., Ltd. “We are concerned that the judge did not
Read moreIn a recent Huffington Post article that sets the record straight on public employee pensions, Harold Schaitberger, the general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), tackles five of the biggest myths about defined benefit pensions. Schaitberger starts by debunking the claim that most if not all pension plans for state workers are
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