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  • News August 4, 2006

    Bargaining Updates

    For 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

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  • News August 3, 2006

    Bush Picks Wal-Mart Attorney for Labor Board

    August 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

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  • iMail , News August 3, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, August 3, 2006

    Bush 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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  • News August 3, 2006

    Talks Resume in Louisiana PPG Strike

    August 1, 2006 – After two months on strike, IAM negotiators and representatives of PPG Industries are returning to the bargaining table at the request of the federal mediator. Nearly 900 members of Local 470 have been on strike at the chemical company’s Lake Charles facility since May 26. “Our negotiators have been ready and

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  • iMail , News August 3, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday August 1, 2006

    Talks Resume in Louisiana PPG Strike After two months on strike, IAM negotiators and representatives of PPG Industries are returning to the bargaining table at the request of the federal mediator. Nearly 900 members of Local 470 have been on strike at the chemical company’s Lake Charles facility since May 26. “Our negotiators have been

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