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IndustriALL Global Union joins the Colombian labor movement in denouncing the vicious attack of another trade union leader in Colombia. 2014 has started with fear and sadness in Colombia as attacks and criminalization of social protests continue. The latest incident occurred on January 10 when workers of the hydroelectric Caldas-CHEC-of SINTRAELECOL-CUT, an IndustriALL Global Union
Read moreA $100 million allocation for a fifth DDG-51 destroyer at Bath Iron Works (BIW) and a one percent pay raise for blue-collar NFFE-IAM and other federal members were among the spending items included in a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill passed in the House and Senate last week. The legislation prevented another government shutdown by
Read moreMore than 200 hardworking members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and GrainMillers (BCTGM) International Union in Memphis have been locked out by global cereal-maker Kellogg in an attempt to force union acceptance of a plan to radically increase the use of “casual workers.” More than 200 hardworking members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers
Read moreIAM Local 10 retiree Joe Harris will be featured on the Sportsman Channel’s “Brotherhood Outdoors” TV show on February 16, 2014 at 11 am EST. IAM retiree Joe Harris of IAM Local 10 in Richmond, VA, will be featured Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 11am EST on Brotherhood Outdoors, the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) national
Read moreThe application deadline for the 2014 Basic Newsletter Development course at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD, has been extended to Friday, January 24, 2014. The course will be held from March 16 through March 21 and is the only Basic Newsletter course for 2014. Local or district lodges
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