IAM Touts Governors in Chicago IAM leaders met with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and a pair of leading gubernatorial candidates at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Chicago this week. The event is part of an IAM campaign to raise awareness among union members about the high stakes in 36 upcoming gubernatorial contests. “More than
Read moreFor Immediate Release AK Steel Contract Update Middletown, Ohio August 8, 2006 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local Lodge 1943 located in Middletown, Ohio resumes talks. The Union and company have scheduled to resume talks on Thursday morning, at 9:00 a.m. August 10, and Friday August 11, 2006 The Union
Read moreFor Immediate Release AK Steel Contract Update Middletown, OhioFebruary 20, 2007 –The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local Lodge 1943 located in Middletown, Ohio resumes talks. This morning, you’re Executive Committee and an IAM International Representative met with the Company Negotiating Committee for approximately 35 minutes. We presented the Company with
Read moreAugust 3, 2006 – Paul DeCamp, the former Wal-Mart attorney and current Labor Department policy advisor nominated by President Bush to head the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour division, told a Senate panel this week that he believed many wage and hour violations resulted from an employer’s “good-faith misunderstanding” of the law. DeCamp
Read moreBush Picks Wal-Mart Attorney for Labor Board Paul DeCamp, the former Wal-Mart attorney and current Labor Department policy advisor nominated by President Bush to head the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour division, told a Senate panel this week that he believed many wage and hour violations resulted from an employer’s “good-faith misunderstanding” of
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