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Midwest Territory GVP Philip J. Gruber this week named Grand Lodge Representative Rod Hoffman to become his Administrative Assistant (AA) when current AA Roger Nauyalis retires on January 1, 2010. Hoffman served as a GLR in the IAM Organizing Department before being transferred to the Midwest Territory in 1995. In 1993, he was appointed to
Read moreIt appears last week’s sobering unemployment numbers have finally jolted lawmakers in Washington to the reality of the nation’s ongoing jobs crisis. In a long overdue move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now says Senate Democrats will take up a new job-creation bill next year. In addition, President Barack Obama says he’s organizing a White
Read moreThe battle to save more than 1,000 jobs at two Pratt & Whitney plants in Connecticut took a favorable turn this week when a federal judge ruled state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can join an IAM effort to block the company from moving about 1,000 Connecticut jobs out of state and overseas. In making her
Read moreThe Winning Team, left to right: GLR Don Greshman, Thomas O’Bryant, Scot Long, and Richard Gomez (all three workers at Computer Sciences who were key to the win), Chris Yeaton (of M1 Support who helped in their campaign and doubled as a negotiator) and GLR Bud Michel The Western Territory scored an important organizing victory
Read moreThe U.S. Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Susan Tsui Grundmann to serve as Chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Grundmann, who graduated from American University and earned a law degree at Georgetown University, has been general counsel for National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, D.C.,
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