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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has appointedDistrict 140 Organizer Robert Savoie to Special Representative for Canada. The appointment is effective June 1, 2014. Savoie began his career in 1979 at Canadian Pacific Air Lines, later Canadian Airlines International, where he occupied the functions of Shop Steward, Executive Committee member, and then President of Local 2309
Read moreLori Pelletier, an IAM Local 700 member and head of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, testifies at a recent Senate hearing on women’s economic security. IAM Local 700 member and Connecticut AFL-CIO Executive Secretary-Treasurer Lori Pelletier stressed the importance of collective bargaining to women’s economic security and called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage and
Read moreTwo members of IAM Local 660 in East Alton, IL were injured in what is being described as an explosion in the casting facility at Olin Brass. One member was taken to the hospital, treated and released. Another was transported by helicopter to a St. Louis hospital and is in serious condition. Details of the
Read moreMedia pundits and news outlets lit into the Republican party last week after the GOP’s hypocritical pouncing on a scandal that broke at a Phoenix Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. Reports allege hospital administrators falsified records in order to cover up a reported backlog. Officials believe the treatment delays may have led to the deaths of
Read moreThe 2014 Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) National Convention will take place in Houston at the Hilton Americas from August 6 to 8, 2014. The convention brings together important Hispanic and labor leaders; local, state and national political figures; and a diverse coalition of non-profits, think-tanks and community-service organizations to create LCLAA’s agenda
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