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The rampant increase in outsourcing and the explosive growth of the vendor supply chain in the aerospace industry were key issues for more than 50 delegates at the 2011 meeting of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF). The 2011 IMF Conference is in conjunction with the annual air show, which is held alternately in Farnborough, England
Read moreIAMAW Local Lodge 692 bargaining team members, Phil Miles of Prince George and Laura Tetreau of Kelowna, hold their picket signs outside the Finning International location in Surrey, BC, minutes after the strike became official. The strike began late Wednesday afternoon when it became clear that Finning was not going to move off its final
Read moreThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed new union representation rules that ensure workers can freely exercise one basic right we hold dear in this country – the right to vote. The new rules would make union representation elections fairer by simplifying procedures, deferring litigation and setting shorter deadlines for hearings and filings. Currently
Read moreIn an op-ed published on The Huffington Post, Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, explains “Why We Need a Manufacturing Renaissance – Economically and Ethically.” “Anyone deeply concerned about the current almost unprecedented real unemployment rate of more than 18 percent and about the ongoing jobless recovery must
Read moreStriking members of IAM Local 2159 in Sandusky, OH took their picket on the road to U.S. Tsubaki headquarters in Wheeling, IL to call attention to the company’s refusal to engage in good faith efforts to settle the strike. Members of IAM Local 2159 loaded into a van in the early morning hours to travel
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