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Dan 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 moreIAM Western Territory General Vice President Gary Allen, center, and Special Representative Richard Suarez, left, lead a group of IAM-represented Long Beach, CA city employees at a rally for a new contract. Long Beach City employees staged a rally and a march to City Hall to demand a fair contract from the City of Long
Read moreMembers of the Coordinated Bargaining Committee, a coalition of 11 unions at GE, discuss the new collective bargaining agreement with the company. Workers at General Electric have ratified a new four year collective bargaining agreement that includes more than 1,400 IAM members at several locations throughout the country. With the new contract, the defined benefit
Read moreToday, the Maryland Higher Education Commission formally approved the IAM/Empire State College (ESC) Partnership. The IAM/Empire State College Partnership allows members to pursue or complete a Baccalaureate Degree through a combination of prior learning, existing college credits, and coursework at the Winpisinger Center. “This announcement represents the culmination of a great deal of work by the staff
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