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After more than six years of company delay and politically-inspired stalling, 220 Huntington Ingalls Shipyard workers in Newport News, VA will soon be able to negotiate an IAM collective bargaining agreement. The workers, known as Radiological Control Monitors Techs (RCTs), originally held a union representation election in 2009 while employed by Northrup Grumman. After the
Read moreIAM District 98 Business Representative Tim Buck won the GDA raffle for a 2015 Harley Davidson FLHR Road King. It takes a village to raise the $42,000 necessary to train just one guide dog for a visually impaired owner. But thanks to the IAM, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) has an entire union behind its cause. The
Read moreIAM Local Lodge 63 member Sam Beekman, right, was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2013. He spoke to delegates at the 2015 IAM Retiree Conference about living with a life-threatening disease. Retired IAM members don’t just leave the fight to their working brothers and sisters when they call it a career. Take
Read moreDemocrats and Republicans from both houses of Congress are urging the president to work with them to rapidly repeal the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax that will affect many middle-class worker health insurance plans. In a letter to President Obama, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Read moreIAM District 751 members Mark McGarrity, Anthony Alsted and Darren Gremmert pose with Brad Davis (second from right), whose life they saved. Two members of IAM District 751 have received the Governor’s Lifesaving Award for quick actions that saved the life of a Boeing Co. co-worker. The incident occurred early one morning in August 2014,
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