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Dear Sisters and Brothers, The time to stop Fast Track is now or never. This terrible trade negotiation policy recently passed in the Senate. And now that Congress is back from vacation, they’re expected to bring Fast Track to a vote any day now. Some of our lawmakers are pretty gung-ho on scratching the backs
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Read moreThe Southern Territory recently secured two more organizing victories on May 21 and now represents workers at PAE in Texas and URS in North Carolina. The organizing wins were the 10th and 11th of 2015 for the Southern Territory.
Read moreIAM Local 1848 members on the picket line outside the Hudbay Minerals facility in Snow Lake, Manitoba. Global solidarity against a mining giant has stretched all the way from South Africa and Brazil to the IAM picket lines in Flin Flon, Manitoba. The 180 members of IAM Local 1848 were recently given two surprise boosts
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announced that Grand Lodge Representative Jim Reid will take over as Director of the IAM’s Safety and Health Department, effective June 1, 2015. “The IAM places an enormous amount of importance on safety and health training for our members, many of whom work in potentially dangerous work environments,” said Buffenbarger.
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