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A trio of organizing victories in Kentucky and Texas are the latest examples of workers in Southern states turning to the Machinists union for the security and stability of an IAM agreement. In Louisville, KY, eight Recast Energy LLC workers voted to join the IAM. The IAM’s newest members are boiler operators who provide steam
Read moreOn August 11, 2012, the IAM will gather with working people from across America in Philadelphia – the birthplace of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights – to demand an economy that works for all. The “Workers Stand for America Rally” will send a message to Republicans and Democrats about the need to
Read moreA new Facebook campaign by the Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has the worldwide web buzzing with disdain and anger for GOP members of Congress whose policies have kept the jobless broke and out of work. “Bee Mad @ the GOP” is a campaign to place responsibility for the pain jobless households have experienced where it
Read moreThe U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York deferred a ruling on a highly controversial proposal to pay more than $5.3 million in bonuses to eight top executives at Hawker Beechcraft. At the conclusion of a three-hour hearing last week, Judge Stuart Bernstein said he needed more information before ruling on the bonus request, which was
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger is calling on President Obama to join the picket line outside the Caterpillar facility in Joliet, IL, where IAM members of Local 851 have been on strike since May 1, 2012. “As a candidate in 2008, President Obama declared he would put on a pair of comfortable shoes and walk
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