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Northwest Seeks to Reject Labor Contracts Lawyers for bankrupt Northwest Airlines filed a widely expected motion in a New York Bankruptcy Court this week asking a judge to abrogate its collective bargaining agreements with the carrier’s unions. District 143 of the IAM represents 14,200 employees in the Equipment Service, Office & Clerical, Passenger Service, Plant
Read moreIAM Solidarity Ends Alabama Lockout Two hundred Machinists at Pemco World Air Services in Dothan, Alabama are back at work today after ratifying a new contract by a three-to-one margin. The contract ends a two-month lockout by Pemco and represents a complete turnaround from the original company proposal rejected by Local 1632 members in August.
Read moreGrowing a High-Performance Organizing Union Nearly 1,000 Machinists from all over North America gathered in Chicago yesterday to kick off the IAM Organizing Summit. International President Tom Buffenbarger, who called on each and every participant to organize and help grow the Union, announced effective November 1, 2005 the Grand Lodge will place a one year
Read moreChicago Summit Takes Aim at Organizing More than 900 district and local lodge presidents and organizing chairpersons from the U.S. and Canada are descending on Chicago this week to take part in a three-day organizing summit. Designed to create battle plans for hundreds of organizing campaigns, the summit will use a computer hookup to allow
Read more“THE CHALLENGE OF CHINA” The Swedish Metalworkers’ Union has published a report on China, which provides an account of the current situation and suggests strategies for dealing with the challenges it presents. SWEDEN: The Swedish Metalworkers’ Union, Svenska Metall, has published a report on China, entitled “The challenge of China – trade union and industrial
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