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Get Out and Vote Today A nationwide effort by union members to man phone banks, participate in labor walks, leaflet plant sites and talk to fellow members culminates today in one of the largest voter get-out-the-vote efforts in labor history. “After eight years of the disaster that was the Bush Administration, Americans today will speak
Read moreSister of the Month November 2008 Sharon Parker Caldwell IAM Sister Sharon Caldwell has been an IAM member of Local Lodge 141 for 23 years. She serves as a Vice President for District Lodge 143 and Airline General Chairperson. Sister Sharon’s father was a 25 year veteran of the United Auto Workers (UAW) staff, so she
Read moreIAM Wraps Up Three-State GOTV Tour Braving cold temperatures and driving winds, the IAM wrapped up a four-day, 900 mile barnstorm tour with a final event in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour featured a truck with a 40-foot banner proclaiming “Wall Street Got the Gold Mine, We Got the Shaft!” and made stops in Kentucky, Ohio
Read moreMachinists in Tentative Deal with Boeing After 52 days of picket line solidarity and membership resolve, the IAM announced a tentative agreement with the Boeing Company on a contract that provides job security for members and limits the amount of work outside vendors can perform in the workplace. The agreement was hammered out over a
Read more2008 IAM Photo Contest Winners Announced The results of the 2008 IAM Photo Contest are in and the winners are: Jamy R. Kaiser, Local 52 won first place for his photo, pictured above, “Pantographing,” which depicts Paul Cerra engraving a steel hand stamp at Pannier Corporation, in Pittsburgh, PA. Second place goes to Ted Mazurek,
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