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Ur Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, launched 11 days ago. And not a moment too soon. In the Massachusetts Senate race last Tuesday, Scott Brown won the unemployed vote by five points and the union vote by three percent. He won blue-collar males by 27 percent and he won blue-collar females by 13 percent. His victory was propelled,
Read moreIAM District Lodge 24 in Portland, OR, will share in a $5 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide job training in renewable energy industries. The grant is part of nearly $100 million of green jobs training grants authorized by the Recovery Act of 2009.
Read moreMore than 250 employees in the U.S. Forest Service Human Resources Management (HRM) department in Albuquerque, NM voted in favor of representation by the National Federation of Federal Employees-IAM (NFFE-IAM). The vote brings the benefits of collective bargaining and union representation to 385 employees in the public-sector bargaining unit. “Yesterday’s victory could not have happened
Read moreMembers of Local 1555 in Westfield, NY, who are on strike against British-owned Renold Inc., recently received a pledge of support from the 25-million member International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF). The IAM members at Renold voted to strike the precision engineering products firm after rejecting a company proposal that would eliminate pensions and cut pay by
Read moreLocal Lodge 1580 President, left, and Communicator Tammy Ives delivered holiday gifts that were donated by local members to area charities. Machinists at Local 1580 in Wellsville, NY, made the 2009 holiday season a memorable one by supporting The Salvation Army, ARC Children’s Home and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “The
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