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About 600 members of IAM Local 470 in Lake Charles, LA ratified a new three-year deal with Axiall Corp., a chemical products company. The new contract removed most of the two-tier wage system implemented in the 2009 contract. “The contract includes a 3 percent general wage increase every year, and the employee health care costs
Read moreChris Wagoner, director of the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center, is excited about the expanding opportunities for IAM members at the Hollywood, MD training center. Wagoner sat down with the Machinists News Network to discuss the increasing popularity of negotiating preparation classes, the continued emphasis on organizing training and the importance of
Read moreThe registration deadline has been extended to May 3 for the Federal Employees Collective Bargaining Program to be held June 21-26, 2015 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The Federal Workers Collective Bargaining program focuses on negotiating ground rules; contract bargaining, mid-term bargaining, collective bargaining and the new FLRA
Read moreThe Ohio State Council of Machinists and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), center in light blue shirt, joined many others in the labor, human rights and environmental communities to come out against Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. An upcoming vote in the U.S. Senate to “Fast Track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a global free
Read moreMachinists Union members who work at Jorgensen Forge Corp. (JFC) in Tukwila, WA will get their first pay raises in seven years after ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement. The workers approved the three-year contract with a 94 percent yes vote. They had rejected the company’s first contract offer on April 9, 2015. “Our
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