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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger addresses delegates to the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Hundreds of IAM members are making their voices heard in Washington D.C., this week, talking to elected officials on Capitol Hill and listening to industry leaders and politicians at the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference. This year, the annual conference
Read moreEven as the death toll nears 1,000 in the April 24 collapse of a Bangladesh factory, tragedy struck the country again Thursday when eight garment workers were killed in a clothing factory fire. Bangladeshi officials say they don’t yet know the cause of the fire, which occurred overnight on the lower levels of an 11-story
Read moreThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) requested the National Mediation Board (NMB) hold a union representation election for Mechanic and Related employees at US Airways. The Mechanic and Related classification is presently represented by the IAM, which is awaiting an NMB release from stalled contract negotiations with US Airways. “By seeking an election now, the
Read moreThe Norris Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric facility on the Clinch River in northeast Tennessee, was one of the first public works projects created by the New Deal. (Credit: TVA Web Team) The IAM joins Republican and Democratic lawmakers in opposing a fiscal 2014 budget proposal to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
Read moreRep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) Republicans have finally come up with a way to end unemployment: stop counting it. A bill introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) would prevent the U.S. Census Bureau from conducting nearly all surveys except for a population count every 10 years. For the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which relies on the
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