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Machinists Strike Tennessee Muffler Maker Two hundred and twenty members of Local 2545 in Loudon, TN voted to strike Maremont Exhaust Products after the company proposed a wage freeze and a two-tier pay scale in addition to insurance premiums that would hike workers’ premiums by up to 300 percent. “These workers are simply fighting for
Read moreNegotiations to Resume with Harley-Davidson IAM officials from Local 175 and District 98 will meet with Harley-Davidson representatives on Feb.14 in York, PA, in a bid to resolve the two-week old contract dispute at the company’s largest U.S. facility. More than 2,700 IAM members have been locked out since the company barricaded entrances to the
Read moreFederal Workers Take Aim at NSPS With the newly-elected Democrats now in control of Congress, the IAM is working closely with the United Defense Workers Coalition (UDWC) to repeal the Bush administration’s faulty National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Despite a ruling last February by District Court Judge Emmett G. Sullivan declaring certain parts of NSPS
Read moreLockout Shuts Down Harley-Davidson Officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) planned to meet today with IAM and Harley-Davidson representatives in an effort to resolve the 4-day old lockout at Harley’s largest U.S. facility. More than 2,700 members of IAM Local 175 in York, PA voted last week by 96 percent to reject
Read moreMachinists Slam Harley ‘Betrayal’ More than 2,700 Machinists union members at Harley-Davidson in York, PA, were forced out of their workplace today after voting to reject a contract that union leaders called a betrayal to workers at the iconic company. “Harley-Davidson has no business behaving like they’re on the brink of bankruptcy,” said IP Tom
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