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IAM Journal Offers ‘Choices’ The 2008 presidential election takes center stage in the latest issue of the IAM Journal, the award-winning publication of the Machinists Union. After extensive polling revealed that one-third of the IAM membership routinely votes Republican and two-thirds regularly cast ballots for Democratic candidates, the IAM took the historic step of endorsing
Read moreKennedy Space Center Negotiations to Resume IAM negotiators announced today that mediated negotiations with United Space Alliance (USA) will resume next week in a bid to resolve the 134-day strike by nearly 500 members of Local 2061 over pensions and health care costs. Negotiations will take place Oct. 29 in Cape Canaveral, FL, and are
Read more**** Victory**** TRUTH RETURNED TO US CAPITOL **** Victory **** Many IAM Women’s Committees and Human Rights Committees worked together to rally support for HR 4510 — The Sojourner Truth Bill. This legislative push was an effort by the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. to add Soujourner Truth to the famous statue commemorating the work of
Read moreLet the Amtrak Countdown Begin After nearly eight years of frustrating and fruitless negotiations, the National Mediation Board (NMB) last week proffered arbitration to nine rail unions, including the IAM, in a move to resolve contracts between Amtrak and nearly 7,000 union rail workers. Key issues in the long running dispute include retroactive wage increases,
Read moreCongress Turns Up Heat on United Space Alliance Members of the United States Congress are turning up the heat on NASA and the United Space Alliance (USA) to stop their push to gut the economic security of America’s space program workforce. Last June, USA forced IAM members of Local 2061 at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center
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