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Workers 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
Read moreNWA-Delta Propose Mega Merger Not even a year after emerging from dual bankruptcies that wiped out shareholders, devastated employees and cut service to many communities, Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines have announced plans to merge, creating the world’s largest airline and likely triggering additional mergers. “Airline industry consolidation will come at tremendous public expense,”
Read moreFriends and family of Cpl. Jason Dunham, a 22-year old U.S. Marine who sacrificed his life to protect fellow Marines inIraq, were on hand for a keel laying ceremony at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, ME. The event marked the start of construction of a DDG Arleigh Burke class destroyer that will carry his
Read moreEastern Territory GLR Bill Rudis was elected as a Clinton Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC). GLR Rudis will represent the 2nd Congressional District in Connecticut at the Convention August 25-28, 2008 in Denver, CO. Rudis joins GVP Lynn D. Tucker, Jr. and GLR James Smith as delegates from the Eastern Territory.
Read moreThe Fourth Annual Baseball Night and American Cancer Society Fund Raiser sponsored by IAM Local 244 in Parma Heights, OH is scheduled for May 23rd at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland, OH. Tickets are $13 and include parking and a tail gate party with picnic food prior to the game. The Indians play the Texas
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