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Hundreds of IAM members and activists gathered in Washington, DC, this week for the 2012 Legislative Conference. The annual conference – which involves four days of legislative planning and grassroots lobbying on Capitol Hill – focused on an array of topics including countering Republican and corporate attacks on unions, collective bargaining rights, immigration and voter
Read moreThe Winpisinger Center hosted its largest ever Leadership I class last week for a group of Spanish-speaking IAM members from all territories in addition to three international members of USTAC/Guatemala. The Spanish language curriculum mirrors its English equivalent, with all learning resources, instructions and textbooks provided in Spanish. The Spanish Working Group, charged with facilitating
Read moreDespite a fierce campaign by anti-government extremists, the U.S. Senate this week passed legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through 2014. The Senate vote follows approval in the House of Representatives for the same bill, which now goes to the White House for President Obama’s signature. The Senate vote caps a months-long dispute over reauthorization
Read moreThe IAM strike at Lockheed Martin facilities in Maryland, Texas and California grew this week to include an early morning picket line outside the defense contractors’ Washington, D.C. headquarters. Company security guards paced nervously as passing cars honked their horns in support for the IAM members who carried their message of no more takeaways to
Read moreThe judge overseeing Hawker Beechcraft’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has approved the appointment of IAM Aerospace Coordinator Ron Eldridge to sit on the official committee of unsecured creditors. The role of the committee is to represent the interests of Hawker Beechcraft’s unsecured creditors like the IAM, and as a member of the committee, Eldridge will
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