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Fueled by determination to win a fair contract and resolved to hold the line on health care costs, members of Local 933 in Tucson, AZ are moving in to their fifth week of a strike against profit-rich Raytheon Missile Systems. Despite a recent 41 percent increase in earnings per share, Raytheon’s contract offer would increase
Read moreThe anti-union tobacco giant RJ Reynolds in Winston-Salem, NC, has agreed to post notices advising employees of their right to organize a union at all facilities involved in last year’s union election for nearly 2,000 production and maintenance workers. The agreement by RJ Reynolds is in response to Unfair Labor Practice charges brought before the
Read moreRJ Reynolds Agrees to Post Union Notices The anti-union tobacco giant RJ Reynolds in Winston-Salem, NC, has agreed to post notices advising employees of their right to organize a union at all facilities involved in last year’s union election for nearly 2,000 production and maintenance workers. The agreement by RJ Reynolds is in response to
Read moreUS Sister of the Month Debra Belancik Sister Debra Belancik joined the IAM the day she was hired at Pratt Whitney on April 18, 1978 and has held various leadership positions for the past 17 years. Currently the Communicator for Local Lodge 1746, she’s been a union activist since she was old enough to say,
Read more$57 Million Paid to 19,000 Boeing Machinists Nearly 19,000 IAM members employed by the Boeing Co., in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Wichita, KS are receiving $3,000 lump sum checks as part of the contract ratified by members following a 28-day strike in 2005. The IAM contract with Boeing, which also increased pensions and preserved
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