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Charges Filed Against Mercedes in Alabama The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will investigate charges that supervisors at Mercedes Benz’s assembly plant in Vance, AL are unlawfully interfering with workers seeking a union election. The complaint, filed by the IAM at the NLRB’s regional office in Birmingham, AL, alleges that representatives of Mercedes are “interfering
Read moreNLRB Orders Foster Farms to Bargain with the IAM The National Labor Relations Board has again ruled that Foster Farms violated the National Labor Relations Act when it refused to recognize the IAM as the representative for more than 2,000 workers at their Livingston, California facility. In addition to ordering Foster Farms to bargain with the
Read moreContinental Micronesia Flight Attendants Ratify Agreement Three hundred IAM Flight Attendants at Continental Micronesia voted to ratify a new contract that preserves pay rates, establishes job security and provides a defined benefit pension plan through the IAM National Pension Plan. Stock options and enhanced profit-sharing terms are also part of the new accord. “This agreement
Read moreCanadian Sister of the Month Diane Duval Sister Diane Duval has been a member of the IAM for 16 years and has been a Trustee on the Executive Board of IAM Local Lodge 901 in Ontario, Canada. As Treasury Officer at Oshawa Community Credit Union, Sister Diane felt her strong financial background could be of
Read moreMay 30, 2006 – An important milestone in southern labor history took place last week when Southern Territory GVP Bob Martinez swore in the officers of the newest chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) in Wichita, Kansas. “Today you all are making history,” said GVP Martinez to the new LCLAA leaders,
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