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Fourteen new IAM CREST Associate Instructors from Districts 141 and 142 completed a train-the-trainer program on transporting dangerous goods in the airline industry. Approximately 6,300 TCU-IAM airline and railroad workers will receive training in transporting hazardous materials thanks to a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant also includes training
Read moreDan Janssen loves his job as a baggage handler at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ). “The best part about my job is my coworkers and friends,” writes Janssen, vice president of IAM Local 2323, in Rank and File, a Canadian labor news website. “There are many positions at the airport and we all play a
Read moreThe pervasive stereotype that a minimum wage increase would only help teenagers working part-time jobs is simply not true. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows us why. Raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would lift wages for one-quarter of American workers, the report finds. More workers age
Read moreMembers of the latest Spanish Leadership Working Group Front Row: From left, Paula Cardenas, Adriana Picasso, Geny Ulloa, Anne Wiberg. Second Row: From left, Javier Almazan, Macario Camorlinga, Abby Lau, Calixto Tapia, Danny Arreola. Back Row: From left, Jorge Bonilla, Angel Perez, Cesar Alvarado, Jose Perez, Joel Ochoa, Armando Arreola El grupo de facilitadores de
Read moreMembers of the latest Spanish Leadership Working Group Front Row: From left, Paula Cardenas, Adriana Picasso, Geny Ulloa, Anne Wiberg. Second Row: From left, Javier Almazan, Macario Camorlinga, Abby Lau, Calixto Tapia, Danny Arreola. Back Row: From left, Jorge Bonilla, Angel Perez, Cesar Alvarado, Jose Perez, Joel Ochoa, Armando Arreola The Spanish Leadership Working Group
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