The Local 4 Negotiating Committee participated in an intense week of training in the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees Class at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Hollywood, MD earlier this year. IAM members employed by DynCorp at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Southern MD, voted overwhelming Sunday to ratify
Read moreMembers of IAM Local 1438 from Federal Mogul in Wausau, WI donated $5,000 to IAM members of Local 2362 at a solidarity picnic in Merrill, WI to support their strike against Merrill Manufacturing. A $5,000 donation from IAM members at Federal Mogul in Wausau, WI was presented to striking workers at a picnic
Read moreIn ‘ It’s Worth It,’ a brand new IAM video, US Airways Maintenance Specialist Bill Bennett talks about his decision to join the IAM after his group twice voted “no” in elections held more than a decade ago. Looking back, Bennett calls it the best decision he ever made, but admits he was among those
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed (UCubed) today rejected House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-OH) call for the mass resignation of the president’s economic team as too extreme, but urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to “do the honorable thing.” “Geithner’s resignation, voluntary or involuntary, is inevitable,” said Rick Sloan, Acting Executive Director of Ur Union of Unemployed.
Read moreSouthern Territory GVP Bob Martinez, second from left, led a protest march in Dallas, TX against MexicoNow, an outsourcing group seeking to persuade U.S. firms to establish operations in Mexico. In Dallas, TX, this week, District 776 organized a group of union members to protest an outsourcing symposium held by MexicoNow, a company seeking to
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