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President Obama is urging Congress to delay the more than $1.2 trillion in automatic sequestration cuts, set to take effect March 1, through a suggested mix of minor revenue-raising tax reforms and spending cuts. The proposed plan would merely buy the deadlocked Congress time, once again kicking the task of creating a more comprehensive solution
Read moreMembers of IAM Local 2276, District 54 employed at Ultra-Met in Urbana, OH prevailed over the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) in an attempted raid. Despite the disruption caused by the attempt, IAM members and leaders maintained their focus, preparing for upcoming negotiations. “Preparations for these negotiations have been intensive,” said District 54 PDBR Wright.
Read moreEffective February 1, 2013, IAM Reports Technology Clerk Rebecca McMullen will become Assistant Director of the IAM Membership Services Department. The great-granddaughter of a Lifetime Member of Local Lodge 174 and daughter of a Steamfitter, McMullen will assistant IAM Membership Services Director Kathy Delio in the coordinating and collecting of local lodge monthly reports, the
Read moreThe arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger led to a city-wide bus boycott and the 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation. Born on February 4, 1913, this week marks the 100th birthday of civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Special events celebrating the birth of the
Read moreMembers of Rocket City Local 2766 in Madison, AL have a new four-year contract with the Boeing Company in Huntsville, AL that includes a $2,500 signing bonus in addition to four annual wage increases of three percent, two percent, two percent and two percent. The new contract also contains a guarantee that health care premiums
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