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IAM Urges Congress to Reject Airline Mergers IAM President Tom Buffenbarger meets with IAM members from Northwest Airlines following the hearing on airline mergers before the House Judiciary Committee. IAM members from as far away as Detroit converged on Capitol Hill today as International President Tom Buffenbarger urged members of the House Judiciary Committee to oppose consolidation plans
Read moreBoeing Seeks No Pensions for New Hires In 2005, IAM members at Boeing facilities in Kansas, Oregon and Washington rejected a divisive contract offer from the company and voted overwhelmingly to strike. Despite record profits and a long list of backordered aircraft, the Boeing Company is signaling it will try to replace its traditional defined benefit pension plan
Read moreL-R: Joe Alley, Local 447 Shop Steward Carl Fernandez, Jerry Oberymeymer. IAM Local 447 member Jerry Oberymeyer received praise and thanks for his decisive action to save a life. Brother Oberymeyer, a driver for Pumpernickel Express was making a delivery in February when another driver for Pumernickel Express, also making a delivery collapsed. When Brother
Read moreTrade Offsets Threaten U.S. Jobs, National Security According to a new report by IAM Trade and Globalization Director Owen Herrnstadt, the U.S. government’s failure to develop a coherent policy on trade offsets, a form of outsourcing, has resulted in thousands of lost jobs and the transfer of technological innovation to other countries. This transfer poses a serious threat
Read moreWorkers at Clark Steel Co. in Middletown, OH, who voted last year to join the IAM, are working for higher wages and improved benefits this week after they overwhelmingly ratified a new contract on Sunday with Clark Steel Co. The three-year accord features increases in the company’s 401k contribution and secures existing health benefits
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