Vote as if your life depended on it – because it does, said the Union of Unemployed (UCubed) in a recent message to its more than 4,000 job activists and 130,000 Facebook fans. “Neither apathy, nor anxiety should keep jobless Americans from the polls on November 6th. All you have worked for – and all
Read moreThe Boeing Company violated the National Labor Relations Act when a manager at the plane maker’s Charleston, SC assembly plant told a Boeing employee he could not discuss union-related matters during working hours. Administrative Law Judge William Nelson Cates ruled that Boeing could not bar employees from talking about union matters during working time if
Read moreMembers helping members in times of need is a strong tradition in the Machinists union, and the recent string of snow, wind and rain storms across the East coast generated by Hurricane Sandy has caused widespread damage. IAM members adversely affected by severe weather like Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, or other natural disasters, can get
Read moreBoeing’s director of Supply Chain Strategy and Supplier Management, Patrick McKenna, is pressuring vendors and suppliers to attend a workshop in Chicago where they would be taught how to do business in Mexico. The workshop is being conducted by American Industries Group (AIG), a private company that promises to teach attendees how to set up
Read moreThe October 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention sets the course for global action, the battle rages on for a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, UCubed’s BEE MAD @ THE GOP campaign shifts into high gear, and retired IAM Local Lodge
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