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The IAM Collective Bargaining Department will hold its “Metal Trades Training Program” May 2-7, 2010 at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Southern Maryland. This Program is being offered to all IAM Locals and Districts affiliated with Metal and Atomic Trades Councils. All potential participants must have prior approval from their District
Read moreIn a video that rings so true it hurts, Lee Stranahan–a former Obama supporter–gives us the aspiring president’s own speech. Only a month before the 2008 election, Obama makes it plain just how bad an idea the “Cadillac” excise tax on health benefits actually is: Click here for the rest of the story.
Read moreKevin Corkhill readily admits that he has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. At age fifty he feels disconcertingly adrift, not knowing whether to attempt another career, move to another state, or return to college. He has been unemployed for more than a year, ever since General Motors closed the
Read moreCBS Evening News this week featured the efforts by IAM and its members to preserve more than 1,000 jobs at a pair of Pratt & Whitney facilities in Connecticut which the aerospace company says are not profitable enough to remain open. The news segment, Fighting Closure in Connecticut, is part of a larger look at
Read moreAn extension of the 65 percent COBRA subsidy was signed into law by President Obama on December 19, 2009. This extension extends the eligibility window for the subsidy until February 28, 2010, and also increases the subsidy period for laid-off workers to 15 months of coverage, up from the current nine months. Under the new
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