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Workers at shipbreaking yards in South Asia work in hazardous situations with little or no safety equipment or environmental oversight. Once massive cruise ships and tankers become unprofitable and outdated, most end up in South Asia to be stripped and cut into pieces. Without even basic health, safety or environmental oversight, most shipbreaking workers spend
Read moreIdeological opposition to the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, an independent federal agency that issues loans to foreign buyers purchasing U.S.-built products, is costing U.S. companies $50 million a day. Despite the prodding of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has said he won’t allow the Senate Banking Committee he chairs to confirm
Read moreFormer Henrietta, NY IAM Local 2312 President Pete Thomas will be retiring with a union pension when Getinge outsources its factory jobs to Poland, but he sees his younger coworkers scrambling to find decent jobs as a result. A recent editorial about her father by Maria Thomas-Fisher in the (Rochester, NY) Democrat & Chronicle provides
Read moreNinety-five year-old James “Jim” Ball, right, was recently honored as the oldest living member of IAM Local 480 in Oak Ridge, TN. IAM Retirees, Community and Membership Services Director Edward Manhart is on the left. James “Jim” Ball (top row, second from left), was close friends with former IAM Grand Lodge Representative William “W. J.”
Read moreFirefighters set backfires to battle the King Fire near Placerville, CA in 2014. (Photo: Environmental Protection Agency) When last year’s Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) passed in Congress, it was intended to help job advancement for seasonal workers like the firefighters NFFE-IAM represents, but the rules being considered by the Office of Personnel Management
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