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District 15 won a hard-fought organizing victory for diesel mechanics at Hermann Leasing Company facilities in Paterson and South Brunswick, New Jersey locations. The mechanics’ strong solidarity overcame a significant anti-union campaign by the company to secure the victory. This win adds momentum to a District 15 effort to organize the company’s 100 drivers. “We
Read moreMembers of Local 2468 in Lachine, Quebec, who are employed as office technicians at Rolls Royce Canada, have a new collective agreement. The 170 members ratified the new three-year agreement by a margin of 80 percent. The new agreement provides for a lump sum payment of $2,500 in the first year and wage increases of
Read moreA U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia swept aside a lawsuit by the Air Transport Association (ATA) and upheld the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) revised voting rules for air and rail representation elections. The nation’s transportation workers will now have the same voting rights enjoyed by workers in all other U.S. industries. The
Read moreMembers of District 837 in St. Louis, MO voted 1,237 to 838 to ratify a revised agreement with the Boeing Company that provides for a $5000 lump sum and three percent annual wage hikes starting in the second year. The four and a half year contract also calls for workers hired after January 2012 to
Read moreWinpisinger Center instructor Dave Miskolczi (left) and members of the Local 1260 Bargaining Committee work on contract proposals for upcoming negotiations with Worthington Cylinders. The latest group to benefit from the Winpisinger Center’s unique Bargaining Preparation Class is from Local 1260 in New Holstein, WI, where the contract with Worthington Cylinders is set to expire
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