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Long-time IAM activist Ken Koch was presented this week with the 2010 Labor Person of the Year award by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet and the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. Koch has been active in the Louisville and Kentucky labor scene for decades. The 35-year IAM member is president of both District 27 and Local
Read moreOn Sept. 16, Senator Baucus (D-MT), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, released a deeply flawed health care reform bill that fails to meet the most basic promise of health care reform, and threatens to shift more costs to employees represented by labor unions. IAM members in Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota,
Read moreLocal 794 President and Directing Business Representative Ernest “Red” Dow, addresses the Albuquerque City Council in favor of a resolution calling on General Electric to preserve the G.E. Aviation plant in Albuquerque. The resolution passed unanimously. With less than 72 hours remaining before the conclusion of a 60-day “Decision Bargaining” period, support is pouring in
Read moreAn appearance by the president of the United States before the nation’s largest labor federation would be a newsworthy event under any circumstances, but with the country facing the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression and unions struggling to regain clout, the speech by Barack Obama to the AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh was among
Read moreAirline Local 1833 set up housekeeping at the 12-day Minnesota State Fair held August 27 through Labor Day, September 7. The Local has participated in the fair for more than 40 years, manning booths and giving out IAM merchandise and information. This year, the volunteers also educated visitors on the IAM’s “JOBS Now” campaign to
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