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A new Economic Policy Institute study reveals the harsh reality of the “over-hyped” and job-killing Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) and warns of the further potential job loss the Trans-Pacific Partnership would inflict upon the American middle class. Instead of increasing U.S. exports from “$10 billion to $11 billion” and supporting “70,000 American jobs from
Read moreIAM members returning to work at Daimler after a three week strike. Members ratified terms of a new contract on July 22, 2013. In a close vote, IAM members of Local 1005 at Daimler’s Swan Island Truck Plant in Portland, OR ratified new contract terms on July 22, after being on the strike lines since
Read moreIt’s not often a group of workers can save their pensions and protect their seniority by the simple act of casting a ballot, but that’s exactly what’s happening right now as IAM-represented Mechanic and Related workers at US Airways vote in the current representation election. “IAM Mechanic and Related workers at US Airways will lose
Read morePresident Obama will nominate two longtime labor lawyers to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), withdrawing two previously appointed candidates as part of a new deal to fully staff the NLRB and avert what is known as the “nuclear option” – a plan by Senate Democrats to eliminate filibusters of presidential nominations in the future.
Read moreAttendees of the 2012 Regional Retirees Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. Are you ready to have fun with IAM Brothers and Sisters and safeguard hard-won union benefits? If so, join us for the 2013 Retirees Conference at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel. In the past, an average of 750 Brothers and Sisters have gathered to reminisce
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