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The best stories often come from people and places where you least expect to find them. In ‘Wheelchairs to Panama,’ the Machinists News Network talks with a group of retirees from Local 1976 in Pittsburgh, PA who collect donated medical equipment, including hundreds of prosthetic arms and legs, to distribute to poor people in Panama.
Read moreDistrict 142 announced that Ramp Service and Stores Agent members at Alaska Airlines ratified a new six-year contract. The new agreement covers approximately 600 Ramp Service and Stores Agent employees at the carrier and was approved by 91 percent of those voting. “The negotiating committee was able to craft an agreement that provides wage increases
Read moreIn a recent Huffington Post article that sets the record straight on public employee pensions, Harold Schaitberger, the general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), tackles five of the biggest myths about defined benefit pensions. Schaitberger starts by debunking the claim that most if not all pension plans for state workers are
Read moreUnion Plus has awarded $7,000 in scholarships to four winners representing the IAM in the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program. This year’s IAM winners include Edwin Park of Federal Way, WA, whose mother Christine Park is a member of IAM Local 2202. Edwin was awarded a $4,000 scholarship. Alexander Anderson of Federal Way, WA, whose
Read moreDelegates elected to represent their local lodges at the IAM’s 38th Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are reminded to send their hotel reservation and travel forms directly to Grand Lodge to be received by July 21, 2012. Forms should be mailed to the Office of the General Secretary-Treasurer, IAM & AW, 9000 Machinists
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