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Members of Local 18 in Meridian, MS and Local 2340 in Kingsville, TX recently ratified a new three-year accord with L-3 Vertex that features three percent annual wage increases and raises the employer contribution to the IAM National Pension Fund from $1.50 per hour to $2.00 per hour. The pension hike results in a $20
Read moreAn overwhelming majority of 84 workers at Angeles Composite Technologies (ACT) in Port Angeles, WA, voted to join the IAM. ACT supplies structural assemblies and components to aerospace companies, including Boeing, Bombardier, and Lockheed Martin. “I would like to congratulate the workers at Angeles Composite Technologies and the staff of IAM District W24 who made
Read moreThe relentless anti-worker, GOP attacks on working families continues in Wisconsin as Republican lawmakers recently repealed the state’s equal pay law. Governor Scott Walker (R) quietly signed the bill last week. The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was put in place to prevent wage discrimination against certain groups, particularly women, by giving workers more ways
Read morePrepaid bank cards provide the jobless easy access to their benefits and can help those without a bank account avoid check-cashing fees and the risk of carrying cash. However, Big Banks are stinging too many unemployed Americans with unnecessary and hidden costs. Of the 40 states that have switched from paper checks to prepaid debit
Read moreLos miembros del Grupo de Liderazgo en Español se reunieron en el Centro de Winpisinger la semana pasada para prepararse para los próximos programas en Mayo y Junio de Liderazgo en Español I y II. El grupo se reunió durante tres días para examinar, revisar, actualizar y traducir los materiales curriculares relacionados con estos dos
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