While final picket line preparations were underway, a tentative agreement was reached between IAM Local 1953 in Winnipeg, MN and Motor Coach Industries (MCI). “There’s no doubt that the reality of a strike was the key in getting this deal done,” explained IAM Grand Lodge Representative Brian Short. “Everything was very fluid during this last
Read moreDoce miembros de la Logia Local 2725 Comité de Negociación recientemente completó por primera vez Programa de Preparación para Negociaciones en español. La logia 2725 representa 152 miembros – son conductores y vendedores de productos Frito-Lay del centro de distribución en Puerto Rico. El programa de tres días de duración centrado en la comunicación del
Read moreTwelve members of Puerto Rico’s Local 2725 Negotiating Committee recently completed their first ever Negotiating Prep Program conducted in Spanish. Local 2725 represents 152 members – drivers and vendors at Frito-Lay distribution in Puerto Rico. The three-day program focused on membership communication, drafting contract language, presenting proposals, analysing the company’s strengths and weaknesses and identifying
Read moreThe IAM welcomed the decision by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York to deny a $5.3 million bonus plan for eight senior executives at Hawker Beechcraft. In a ruling that concurred with the IAM objection to the plan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stuart Bernstein said Hawker failed to prove that the plan was an incentive
Read moreA deceptive proposition that would increase the ability of business groups and billionaires to buy elections will be on the ballot this November in California. Proposition 32, deceptively known as the “Stop Special Interest Money Now Act,” aims to cripple the ability of unions to participate in politics, but have little or no impact on
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