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The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists who challenged segregation in the American South in 1961 is being retold in a new PBS documentary. “Freedom Riders” is the powerful, harrowing story of more than 400 black and white Americans who risked their lives by traveling together on buses and trains through the
Read moreMembers of IAM District 65 in Fort Drum, NY ratified their first contract with Defense Support Services (DS2) by a 98 percent margin. The new agreement provides a general wage increase of 3.25 percent, a Lead premium of $2.00 per hour, grievance procedure language, an improved Health and Welfare Benefits Plan and a reduced premium
Read moreThe IAM hosted the International Metalworkers’ Federation’s (IMF) Mechanical Engineering Conference, which met this week in Cincinnati, OH. Taking part in the conference were tool and die-makers from over 14 countries, including Australia; Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Czech Republic; Denmark; France; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Italy; Spain and Switzerland. Also taking part in the IMF conference
Read more“Management threw everything but the kitchen sink at these people trying to convince them not to join the Machinists, but it didn’t work,” explained District 140 Organizer Ian Morland. Morland was referring to the successful organizing campaign of 50 workers at Colortech Incorporated in Brampton, ON. Prior to the vote, the company hired union-busting lawyers
Read moreThe Republican “outrage” machine has been operating in high-dudgeon mode since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the Boeing Co. in April. But as David Madland of the Center for American Progress Action Fund points out, the manufactured Boeing outrage is “part of a long-running, highly orchestrated right-wing campaign against workers
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