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Local 1529 Machinists Revive Flooded NY Factory When recent flood waters engulfed the 700,000-square-foot Amphenol Aerospace plant in Sidney, NY, members of Local 1529 immediately returned to the facility in canoes, rowboats and worked non-stop to clean up and get the plant back in business. Despite losing their own homes and vehicles, the employees brought
Read moreLetter from Concerned Armco Retired Employees President Michael A. Bailey supporting AEIF affiliation with the IAM. Download a printable copy here.
Read moreMiddletown, OH, July 24, 2006 – The nearly five-month long lockout at AK Steel in Middletown, OH has cost Southwestern Ohio communities more than $100 million in economic activity, but the biggest losers could be AK Steel Corp. shareholders. Lost sales, late deliveries, concerns about the quality of the steel being produced by replacement workers
Read moreAK Lockout Timeline: On Feb 28, AK Steel Corp. in Middletown, OH locks out 2,700 production and maintenance workers represented by the Armco Employees Independent Federation (AEIF). Since the lockout began, retirements have reduced the number of locked out workers to current level of 2,200. The company claimed it needed to cut health care costs,
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