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Local 1943 Members Reject AK Steel Offer In a day-long vote, locked out members of AEIF-IAM Local 1943 in Middletown, OH voted to reject vaguely worded outsourcing and back-to-work terms contained in a “final offer” from AK Steel Corp. The company presented the 2-inch thick document three days earlier, angering the locked out workforce by
Read moreSEPTEMBER 21, 2006 – On June 16, 1903, Henry Ford And eleven associates, with about $28,000 in cash started what would become a leader in the automotive world, Ford Motor Company. Fast forward a century later to find a very different picture. Today it’s a company struggling to stay afloat. Ford announced this week it’s planning the biggest layoff and
Read moreSEPTEMBER 21, 2006 – For the sixth year in a row, Washington DC hosted its annual Labor Film Fest. A compilation of long and short, big budget and documentary films looking at labor issues. Sponsored by groups like the Debs Jones Douglass Institute and the AFL-CIO, it’s a way to bring attention to the working
Read moreSEPTEMBER 21, 2006 – Aware that they are out of line with the values of working Americans, many Republican gubernatorial candidates are falsely campaigning on highly selective but liberal sounding issues heading into the November elections. An article recently published in the New York Times looks at the increasingly popular Republican technique of governing Republican
Read moreCustom Made Harley-Davidson Raffled Off A custom built and painted 2006 Harley-Davidson Street Guide FLHX raffled to benefit the Guide Dogs of America http://www.guidedogsofamerica.org/ was won by Carole Mertens of Minnesota. Another fundraiser is currently under way. The IAMAW Bike Build http://iamawbikebuild.com/, allows visitors to track the progress of the custom bike being built in an effort to
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