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The Joint Dakotas State Council of Machinsts was held in Fargo, ND and prominent guest speakers included U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp. The Senator has been a friend of labor in North Dakota, but would not give the delegates in attendance a solid comittment to vote against the Trans-Pcific Partnership or TPP. The potential trade deal
Read moreCaterpillar announced that it will decide by March of 2015 whether they will move two production lines from Joliet, IL to Monterrey, Mexico. The job cutting plan will affect 230 members of IAM Local 851 in Channahon, IL. “The two production lines they’re looking at are probably 75 percent of what the plant is producing,”
Read moreIt is with deep sadness that District No. 10 must inform our members that Business Representative Donald Griffin passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 19, 2014. Don has vigorously supported the labor movement over the last 40 years. Don’s union activism originated with the Allied Industrial Workers, where he served in many capacities from 1969 through
Read moreWhen asked “How are you achieving so many organizing wins at First Student?,” the answer from Local 701 Business Representative Armando Arreola was that “good news travels fast.” “The bus mechanics at First Student are hearing about the contracts Local 701 is getting for their co-workers and organizing is becoming a ‘slam dunk’ when
Read moreRecently, IAM District 9 / Local 777 brought 61 new members into the IAM by virtue of an organizing win at the City of St. Louis, MO. Our new members work in fleet maintenance and parts at the Fire, Ambulance, Refuse North, Refuse South and the Street facilities. According to IAM District 9 Organize Mike
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