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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has announced that, effective May 1, 2015, Robert D. Walls has been appointed to the Grand Lodge staff as a Special Representative for the Woodworkers’ Department. Walls has been an IAM member since the Woodworkers affiliated with the IAM in 1994 and served as a shop steward and business representative
Read moreBud Lewis, a 37-year member of IAM Local 898 and HPWO Coordinator at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, OK, passed away May 3, 2015, after an extended illness. A master of many trades, Lewis worked with sheet metal, electronics and controls, and in the civilian engineering department at Vance. As a HPWO (High Performance
Read moreA railroad pit in Atlanta was the birthplace of the Machinists Union on May 5, 1888. Standing with hats on at the head of the pit are two of the original 19 machinists: Mike Reilly, left, and Henry Garrett, right. IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger issued the following statement on the 127th birthday of the
Read moreIAM members in California, Florida and Alabama voted early this week by 53 percent to ratify a new three-year agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA). The contract features a 7 percent wage hike, a $6,000 ratification bonus, three annual COLA payments of $850 and 36 paid holidays over the life of the accord. The contract
Read moreIAM Local 1848 members on the picket line outside the Hudbay Minerals facility in Snow Lake, Manitoba. IAM Local 1848 members at Hudbay Minerals, Inc. in Manitoba, Canada have set up picket lines at the company’s operations in Flin Flon and Snow Lake. The 180-member strike began on Saturday, May 2 after the company stonewalled
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