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With the onslaught of trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership facing IAM members and workers all across the country, manufacturing jobs seem to have become an endangered species in the U.S. WATCH: Calling for a Recommitment to U.S. Manufacturing “You can see steel mill after steel mill, factory after factory that have been closed,” said
Read moreMany workers in Mexico are subject to “employer protection contracts” and have no access to meaningful collective bargaining. For decades the IAM and the labor movement worldwide have fought for truly democratic workers’ rights in Mexico and other developing nations. Unfortunately, many workers continue to suffer. “Laws protecting the right of workers to form free
Read moreResults of the 2015 IAM Photo Contest are in and the 2016 Calendars are rolling off the presses. This year’s first place award goes to Joel Woods of IAM Maine Lobstering Union Local 207 in Rockport Maine for his photo “Getting Ready for the Season.” The top three photo awards go to Joel Woods of
Read moreIAM members from varying generations and backgrounds took part in a panel explaining what drove them to become activists. From left: Retiree Mike Edwards, Local 2339O Recording Secretary Monica Pasillas, Local 2323 Vice President Dan Janssen, Retiree Carline Lang-Smith, and Grand Lodge Auditor Porfirio “Josh” Diaz. We came to change the world. We did. More
Read moreIAM Local 56 members in Chattanooga, TN are on strike against Tuftco over lost vacation time, mandatory overtime and cuts in seniority pay and benefits. IAM District 711 in Tennessee reports one strike ended and one strike continuing in the state. Nearly 190 members of IAM Local 2544 in Loudon, TN ended a 10-day strike
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