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Forget the Tea Party zealots and their headline-grabbing antics, the real story in this election cycle is the tens of millions of dollars that are flowing from corporate extremists to front groups with progressive sounding names. Hiding behind innocuous names like, “Americans for Job Security” and “Americans for Prosperity,” these front groups are bent on
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed (UCubed) has assembled a photo gallery of the 10.2.10 Pre-Event for the Jobless held just before the One Nation Working Together March on Washington. Thousands of labor, civil rights, religious and community activists from around the country were in attendance – as were a few UCubed photographers to capture the momentous
Read moreIAM General Vice President Rich Michalski was instrumental in the effort to keep Hawker Beechcraft from moving operations from Wichita, KS, to Baton Rouge, LA. Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) workers in Wichita, KS, dodged a hail of bullets this week thanks to the outcome of discussions between Hawker Beechcraft CEO Bill Boisture, Kansas Democratic Governor
Read moreIAM President Tom Buffenbarger called for a global aerospace union at the International Metalworkers Federation’s (IMF) Aerospace Workers Conference in Seattle, WA. International delegates to the International Metalworkers Federation’s (IMF) Aerospace Workers Conference in Seattle, WA, IAM unanimously approved a proposal, made by President Tom Buffenbarger, that called for the formation of a global aerospace
Read moreBenjamin Castic of Local Lodge 41 in St. Louis, MO, won first place in the 2010 IAM Photo Contest for his photo “Crankin’ It Up!” that shows Robert Eddleman at work at a vertical boring mill. The results of the 2010 IAM Photo Contest are in and the winners are: Benjamin Castic of Local Lodge
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