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Tania 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
Read moreGord Falconer IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has appointed Canadian Education Representative Gord Falconer to the position of Special Representative. Falconer has been the IAM’s Canadian Education Representative since 2002. While he will continue his duties concerning apprenticeship programs, job planning and skills training, his new responsibilities will include engaging the membership, staff, and district
Read moreScrutiny of working conditions in Asia continues to mount as the latest in a string of disasters now includes a fire at a Chinese poultry processing plan that killed at least 120 people. The region has become infamous for its cheap labor and working conditions which are often deplorable, if not deadly. An April 24
Read moreHundreds of Wal-Mart workers in 12 U.S. cities have walked off their jobs in the longest strike in the mega retailer’s history. Click here to sign a petition demanding fair wages and working conditions for those workers. Participants will be hand-delivering the petition to the retailer’s shareholders and executives at their annual meeting in Bentonville,
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