Just two days after coming back from vacation, House Republicans are wasting no time pushing legislation that would hurt working families. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor joined Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), sponsor of the deceptively-titled “Working Families Flexibility Act” (H.R. 1406), as they paraded the bill around Capitol Hill Tuesday. The
Read moreLocal 743 Negotiating Committee prepares at the Winpisinger Center in January. Front-Left: DL 26 ADBR and Chief Negotiator Mike Stone, Communicator Vic Ghidoni, Shop Committee Larry Brooks, Shop Committee Bob MacLean, Aerospace Coordinator Terry Smith, Recording Secretary Karen Blanchard, Vice President Dianna Koch, DL 26 DBR Everett Corey, LL 743 President Tony Walter, Secretary-Treasurer Roger
Read moreTaking part in a May 5, 1948 event celebrating the IAM’s 60th anniversary, members of Tom Talbot’s extended family gather in the locomotive pit where it all began in 1888. IAM founder Tom Talbot at age 19 in 1868. Sunday, May 5, 2013 marks the 125th anniversary of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Read moreThe 2013 IAM Automotive Conference is scheduled for Oct. 1 to 4, 2013, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson will chair the conference, which will focus on new approaches to expanding IAM automotive membership in North America. The deadline for making hotel reservations is Aug. 30.
Read moreThe IAM welcomes President Obama’s nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as head of the U.S. Department of Transportation. As Mayor of North Carolina’s “Queen City,” Foxx succeeded in expanding and improving Charlotte’s transit infrastructure as a way to grow the economy. The investment, one of the largest in the city’s transportation history, continues to
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