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Local 2061 Members Stand Strong in Florida Nearly 500 members of Local Lodge 2061 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have been on strike for 55 days and are holding strong in the hot Florida sun against the United Space Alliance (USA). The USA is a joint venture formed by Lockheed Martin and the
Read moreIAM Calls for Fair Trade for Steel Dan Lawwill, President and Directing Business Representative of IAM Local 1943, testified this week before the U.S. International Trade Commission calling for more fairness in trade rules for the U.S. steel industry. The Commission is holding hearings to review antidumping protections against unfair steel imports from nearly a dozen
Read moreUS Sister of the Month August, 2007 Lisa “Lee” Carter Lisa “Lee” Carter is a 4-year member of the IAM and has served as Chairperson for LL 706 for the past 2 years. As Chairperson for LL 706, Sister Lee serves as a liaison between the members of her lodge and BNSF Railroad and is
Read moreIAM Members Can Vote in Online Presidential Poll Beginning today, IAM members can visit GOIAM.org (http://www.goiam.org/content.cfm?cID=10949) and vote for the presidential candidate they would like to see win their party’s nomination. The poll comes weeks ahead of the IAM’s “Conversations with the Candidates,” in which both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will appear before nearly
Read moreKourpias Honored at Transportation Conference Delegates to the 2007 Transportation Conference celebrated retired International President George Kourpias’ work on the Northwest Airlines Board of Directors. Air Transport District 143 and Northwest Airlines each presented tributes to Kourpias, who was unable to attend the conference due to an illness. “George Kourpias advanced the labor movement for
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