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Hundreds of IAM members gathered under clear skies in Joliet, IL to hear lawmakers, candidates and national union leaders express support for members of Local 851, District 8, who are in the third week of a strike against Caterpillar, Inc. Local 851 members voted overwhelmingly on May 1 to reject a contract from Caterpillar that
Read more“Our forefathers fought for this pension plan. They fought for our insurance. They fought for our wages. Everything we have today is because of them,” says District 776 member Pauline Ramos in ‘Ain’t No Way,’ a new IAM video about the strike at Lockheed Martin. “I’ll be damned if I’m going to tell them that
Read moreIn an op-ed published on The Huffington Post, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka asks “Is Wal-Mart Too Big, Powerful, Influential to Obey the Law?,” following a New York Times article revealing “credible evidence that bribery played a persistent and significant role in Wal-Mart’s rapid growth in Mexico.” “Nothing like this has happened since the collapse of
Read moreThe stage is set for an historic and long-anticipated recall election of anti-union Governor Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday with nearly 60 percent of the vote. He will now face off against Walker in a general recall election June 5. The recall, triggered by the
Read moreFriday, May 11, 2012, is the deadline to enter the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest and the 2012 IAM Photo Contest. The Newsletter and Website Contest is open to ALL good-standing local and district lodges who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites. A panel of independent judges will consider newsletters published between
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