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  • iMail , News April 25, 2013

    Wisconsin Members Win New HPWO Agreement at Trane Company

    1st 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;

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  • iMail , News April 25, 2013

    Scores Killed in Latest Bangladesh Factory Collapse

    Bangladeshis 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

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  • iMail , News April 25, 2013

    Wheelchair Ramps: Union-made in the USA

    Front 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

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  • iMail , News April 23, 2013

    Join the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance for Free

    As a charter union of the Union Sportmen’s Alliance, IAM members are eligible to join the hunting, fishing and gaming organization for free. Joining the Alliance entitles members to quarterly issues of the Union Sportsmen’s Journal (by mail or online), a one-year MyTopo.com online mapping subscription, an e-newsletter with tips and special offers, discounts on

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  • iMail , News April 23, 2013

    AFL-CIO Site Reveals Runaway CEO Pay

    Did you know that the CEOs of the “Campaign to Fix the Debt” – the corporate front group that wants to cut Social Security and Medicare and lower corporate taxes – have parked more than $418 billion of untaxed corporate profits overseas? Overall it is estimated that U.S. corporations have as much as $1.9 trillion

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