The January 15 deadline for applications for the 2010 IAM Basic Web Development Course has been extended to January 22. The class is offered by the IAM Communications Department and will be held March 21-26 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD. The Basic Web Development course is designed
Read moreWisconsin Local 655 President Pat Stashek (right) will appear in an episode of the union-sponsored TV show, Escape to the Wild, on VERSUS Country on Sun., January 17 at 9:30 a.m. EST. Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m. to VERSUS Country network for the TV show Escape to the
Read moreJanuary 11, 2010 Dear Jobs Activist: Have you lost your job? So have 15.7 million other Americans. Another 16 million sit at home hoping their luck will turn. They, too, were idled to some degree by this Grave Recession. So, you’re not alone. More than 31 million Americans share your strain – sleepless nights worrying
Read more“Everyone agrees that the recession is over,” said Larry Summers, President Obama’s top economic advisor, on December 13. Yet December’s unemployment numbers announced last Friday suggest otherwise — especially the ‘real unemployment’ figure. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the official unemployment rate is 10%, a figure which itself caused a major headline to
Read moreThe IAM Executive Council voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits. “ For decades, IAM members exchanged substantial wage increases for the best possible health insurance,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “Now, in a bizarre turn of events, their insurance
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