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IAM Jobs Preserved in Kansas Raytheon Sale Nearly 4,500 IAM members of Local 733 in Wichita, KS will continue working under terms of their existing contract with Raytheon Aircraft Co. following the Dec. 21 sale of the company to a partnership formed by Toronto-based Onex and Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs. The $3.3 billion
Read moreJanuary 2007 Sister of the Month Linda M. Donahoe Sister Linda M. Donahoe is the Communicator for IAM District Lodge 166 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In addition, she’s served as a Steward for IAM Local 2061 for the past 16 years and has also held many positions ranging from Women’s Committee Chair (Local and District),
Read moreDecember 19, 2006 – Florida IAM member Roger Simmermaker returned from a shopping trip in 1994 stunned by the absence of American and union-made products on his local store shelves. The experience ultimately led him to write “How Americans Can Buy America, The Power of Consumer Patriotism.” The book, now in its third printing, is
Read moreDecember 19, 2006 – IAM and other union members showed their support for the 15,000 United Steelworkers (USW) on strike against Goodyear Tire by rallying with the strikers at 150 Goodyear Tire locations throughout North America. Despite huge profits, Goodyear refuses to back away from its contract demands that include shutting its third U.S. plant
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