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Prominent labor leader and long-time women’s and civil rights advocate Gloria T. Johnson died Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Johnson was a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and served as its President from 1993 to 2004. Before becoming President, Johnson served as CLUW’s Treasurer for 17 years. In 1993, she was
Read moreBusiness leaders, research scientists and health policy advocates came together in Washington to oppose government sequestration in a new video by the Machinists News Network. Wes Bush, CEO of Northrup Grumman, a massive military manufacturing contractor, which employs thousands of Machinists members, says the threat of sequestration is already threatening the jobs of IAM members
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger addresses delegates at the National Conference of the Australian Workers Union. As multinational corporations expand their reach and move work across the globe, unions in Europe, Asia and most recently Australia have joined forces to fight for the rights of all workers. At the National Conference of the Australian Workers
Read moreLess than a year after resolving all representational disputes at the airline formed by a merger of United, Continental and Continental Micronesia airlines, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) announced tentative agreements for 32,500 employees in the Ramp/Fleet Service, Public Contact/Reservations and Stock Clerk/Stores classifications at the world’s largest airline. Negotiations for
Read moreThe IAM declared renewed contracts for its US Airways members must be concluded before the IAM is willing to support the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. “IAM members at US Airways need and deserve contracts now,” said IAM District 141 President Rich Delaney following the announcement that US Airways and American Airlines intend
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