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Front row, from left: IAM District 160 Business Representative Glenn Farmer and Committee members Gregory Erickson and Jerry Pike. Second row: Trustee Ronald Morris, Committee member Darn Larson and Chief Steward Agustin Galindo. Third row: Committee members Calvin Cardwell and Justin Shannon. The IAM Local 2379 Negotiating Committee, along with District 160 Business Representative Glenn
Read moreToday, a strong majority in the U.S House of Representatives defeated a provision of the Fast Track package that prevents the bill from moving forward. In response, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger issued the following statement: “Today, a majority of Members of Congress came to their senses and voted against sending the Fast Track bill
Read moreSisters and brothers: This is it. TODAY, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on Fast Track legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Let’s win this thing: Please call your representative at 888-804-8311 and urge him or her to vote NO on Fast Track. Your call is critical. Fast Track would allow dangerous trade
Read moreIAM members outside the Greenbelt, MD office of House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Hoyer has yet to announce if he will stand with working families and vote against Fast Track for the TPP. If you care about the American middle class, now is the time to act. The House of Representatives is expected to vote
Read moreHourly workers at Cadence Aerospace-Giddens in Everett, WA voted by a 3-to-2 margin to join IAM District 751. The IAM Western Territory racked up several organizing victories in the last week of May, bringing in a total of 329 new members and raising the territory’s organizing success rate to 89 percent. Western Territory General Vice
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