Darryl Holloway General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., announced the appointments of Darryl Holloway to Assistant Building Facilitator, Lisa Hyde to Pension Administrator and Cecilia Murphy to Assistant Kitchen Supervisor at the William W. Winpisinger Center. “The GST Department is always re-evaluating and exploring new ways to better serve the membership,” said GST Roach. “Collectively, Holloway,
Read moreIn another setback for the GOP and its malicious attempts to suppress the minority, young and elderly vote, the U.S. Supreme Court this week unanimously upheld a lower court’s decision to allow early voting three days before the election in the state of Ohio. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied Ohio Secretary of State Jon
Read moreAs a follow-up to a harrowing video shown to delegates of the 38th IAM Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, last month about the life-threatening working conditions of shipbreaking workers in India, the newly-formed union federation, IndustriALL, has some promising news to report. After three years of fighting, the widows and families of six
Read moreWinpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner, standing, second from left, held a special onsite Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committee class for the Local 1998 Negotiating Committee in Hawaii. From left, standing, Maria Santiago Lillis, Chris Wagoner, Josh Elmore, Rex Baccay, Billy Panui, Mario Castro and Don Barlan. Seated from left: Cynthia Gallagher and Oscar Reyes. The
Read moreThe controversial $1.79 billion proposal to sell Wichita, KS-based Hawker Beechcraft to a Beijing-based firm headed by a shadowy figure known as “China’s Helicopter King” has fallen through, according to an announcement today by Hawker CEO Steve Miller. “Despite our best efforts, the proposed transaction with Superior could not be completed on terms acceptable to
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