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July 19, 2006 – Acting more than two months before AK Steel Corp. planned to increase health care costs for some retirees, a group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Middletown steelmaker in federal court. But it’s a case of dueling federal lawsuits: When AK announced last month that it would revise some retiree health
Read moreLocked-out AEIF members and IAM supporters rally in front of AK Steel headquarters in Middletown, OH. Marching in the shadow of a giant rat, more than 100 locked-out workers delivered an unmistakable message of unity and defiance to managers inside AK Steel Corp. headquarters in Middletown OH. Triggering nearby car alarms with their chanting and
Read moreMississippi Space Center Workers Vote to Join IAM The second time was charm for the 121 employees of Jacobs Sverdrup (JS) located at Stennis Space Center, in Bay St. Louis, MS. After a disappointing two-vote loss a year ago, many workers who gave the company “one more chance” decided they’d rather have any future promises
Read moreRallies in 18 cities nationwide and a large labor crowd outside NLRB headquarters in Washington D.C. protest upcoming anti-labor rulings by the Bush-appointed board. Hundreds of nurses at the Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor, ME who are working to win a voice at work with the Machinists union, could be barred from union
Read moreNurses Threatened by ‘ Kentucky River’ Rulings Hundreds of nurses at the Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor, ME who are working to win a voice at work with the Machinists union, could be barred from union membership by the upcoming “ Kentucky River” rulings from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB,
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