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IAM President Tom Buffenbarger is calling for the immediate resignation of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Terence Flynn, who funneled sensitive and confidential information about Board activities to outsiders engaged in a campaign to discredit the NLRB. According to an investigation and report by the NLRB Inspector General, Flynn violated ethics rules by sending
Read moreDespite a low public profile, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is poised to become the biggest free trade agreement since NAFTA. The massive trade deal, which the White House hopes to conclude by year’s end, would link the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Also poised to join
Read moreIAM Workers’ Memorial at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center. Every year on April 28, the IAM and the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers’ Memorial Day to remember those who suffered and died on the job. The struggle continues this year to create good jobs that are safe and healthy and to ensure workers
Read moreThe AMT team: from left, Boeing manager Ron Vanhoy; Machinists Andrew Ortbahn, Jon Renaud, Samuel Nelson, Philip Haldeman and Barry Pelton; manager Sean Rosenlieb and event director Tom Hendershot. A team of District 751 Machinists who work at the Boeing Co. won top honors in its category at the Aircraft Maintenance Professionals (AMT) Society’s annual
Read moreIf the attacks on the U.S. Export-Import Bank are successful, and the agency is forced to limit its activities, thousands of U.S. jobs will be lost and billions in export-related economic activity will shift to foreign economies. “Given the fragile economy and the need to create millions of manufacturing jobs, one would think that funding
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