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Whether you’re ready or not, the holiday season comes every year toward the end of big game season. And if you’re like many sportsmen, you’d rather sit in the woods until your fingers and face go numb than set foot in a shopping mall near Christmas. So forget big crowds and the hassle of figuring
Read moreThe Global Union Federation, Builders and Woodworkers International and its U.S. affiliate, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), are today launching a global campaign to educate workers and consumers about human and labor rights abuses at IKEA suppliers. The initial focus of the campaign is on working conditions at Swedwood, an IKEA-owned
Read moreIAM Eastern Territory GVP Lynn Tucker Jr. spoke at the rally and pledged the union’s support for the embattled workers at Pratt: “We’ll be with you every step of the way in this fight,” declared Tucker. Hundreds of angry Pratt & Whitney workers rallied this week outside the company’s East Hartford, CT, plant before marching
Read moreUnemployment insurance benefits for some 800,000 unemployed Americans expired Tuesday, November 30, thanks to a Republican-led effort in Congress to block an extension of benefits. An estimated 2 million are expected to lose the much-needed lifeline by the end of this month. View ‘Fighting for Unemployment Insurance,’ a new IAM video about the fight to
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart announced the new Grand Lodge per capita tax for 2011 will be $30.73. The new rate was calculated according to a formula approved by delegates at the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 2011 per capita tax includes a one-time increase of $2.00 that is added to the 2010 per capita
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