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The results of the 2014 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest are in. The Local and District Lodge first place winners for each category are: Newsletters First Place winners for General Excellence in Newsletters are Federal Local 125, Ogden, UT, The 125 Post and District 142, Kansas City, MO, 142 Observer. First place winners for Best
Read moreThe Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has for many years hosted a highly successful biennial National Labor Management Conference. This conference brings together hundreds of labor-management practitioners and features a wide variety of cutting edge topical workshops presented by well-known advocates, academics and national leaders in labor-management relations. In response to repeated inquiries from
Read moreCanada kicked its anti-worker Conservative Party out of power this week in the country’s federal elections, giving the more moderate Liberal Party a majority in the Canadian Parliament. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau will succeed Conservative Stephen Harper as Prime Minister. The labor-friendly New Democratic Party (NDP) couldn’t hold onto momentum gained from a recent “orange
Read moreSpencer Hayes, a 17-year Delta Flight Attendant, went to Washington, DC to participate in the White House Summit on Worker Voice. Spencer Hayes knows firsthand that union organizing is a selfless job. That’s why Hayes, a Delta Flight Attendant working toward an IAM contract for himself and 20,000 coworkers at the carrier, says he’s reenergized
Read moreThe IAM’s unioNation Band gathered at the Winpisinger Center to write, practice and perform 21 original labor songs. From left: David Riggs, Local 457; Billy Broughton, Local 1553; Mack McKinney, Local 2210; Jeffrey Jaspers, NFFE-IAM Local 1919; Brad Seefried, Local 1857; Antonio Rivera, Local 1957; Scott Peters, Local 2003; Donalyn Goodloe, Local 778; Tony Cruz,
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