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The Michigan State House and Senate have recently approved bills repealing the state’s 2012 right-to-work-for-less law for private sector workers. The bill removes language allowing employees at unionized workplaces not to pay any fees or dues to the union, thereby weakening unions and members’ bargaining power. “Right-to-work-for-laws sabotage workers’ rights, voice, and principles,” said IAM
Read moreFor generations of families along the coast of Maine, lobstering is a way of life – it’s something they are born into – and how these coastal communities survive. But harmful new regulations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could wipe away a legacy of tradition and have a negative economic impact across
Read moreIAM Eastern Territory General Vice President David T. Sullivan and IAM Eastern Territory Chief of Staff Chuck Herod recently met with several members of Local 698 and Local 435 at various locations in Michigan.
Read moreIAM Local Lodge 698 (District 60) members at Ryder Manhattan in Toledo, OH, recently voted to ratify a strong first agreement. The diesel mechanics, who fuel the trucks and do minor preventative maintenance, achieved gains in the three-year agreement, including the T-Grade classification getting a 5% increase and the S-Grade and CSC classification receiving a
Read moreANNAPOLIS, Md., March 2, 2023 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) applauds the Maryland House of Delegates today for passing H.B. 65/S.B. 352, an IAM-led bipartisan bill that would give unorganized public library workers a fair, clear and consistent process to utilize their constitutional right to freedom of association by forming a union, if they wish
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