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In a letter to President Barack Obama, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger urged the president to help prevent deep cuts to working Americans’ hard-earned pension benefits. “On behalf of the IAM, I write to express our strong opposition to the proposal being advanced by some in the multiemployer pension community,” wrote Buffenbarger. “Some poorly-run multiemployer plans
Read more1st row (from left): IAM Midwest Territory SR Rick Mickschl, International President Tom Buffenbarger, District 66 DBR Marty Gaul, LL 21 Shop Chairman Rich Hauser, Rod Perry (LL 1115 Shop Committee), LL 21 President Brad King; 2nd row: Tony Diersen (LL 21 Shop Committee), John Davis (LL21 Shop Committee), LL 1115 Shop Chair Dennis Leis;
Read moreBangladeshis watch the rescue operations at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, leaving at least 251 dead and an unknown number of the factory’s more than 3,000 employees still trapped. Tragedy has again claimed the lives of scores of low-income textile workers in Bangladesh’s garment district. An eight-story factory building in
Read moreFront Row: Isaac Black (14), Faith Black (17), Recording-Secretary Ed Devault, PDBR Neil Douglas, Contracting Out/Restructuring Chair Mike Burt, Andrew Burt (6), Chloe Burt (11). Back Row: Doug Hayes, Jr., CSC Jason Black, Training Director Greg Swartz, Committeeman Shawn Coffey, Daryl Harris, Veronica Creekbaum, CSC Chair Mike Creekbaum. Not Pictured: VP Andrew Hounshell, Mike Winding
Read moreA new Demos report finds that young workers are no better off than they were a year ago and are continuing to endure a jobs crisis even as the economy recovers. “For many young people the promises of finding a good job, starting a family, or making a better life for themselves are all on
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