U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is making an open appeal to Electrolux to reconsider its decision to close a St. Cloud, Minn., plant and lay off more than 900 IAM Local 623 members. In video and written messages directed toward the company’s North American CEO, Ellison calls on Electrolux to show loyalty to its highly skilled and dedicated IAM workforce.
Read moreNewly-arrived immigrants and refugees to St. Cloud, MN have a new place to receive training and support services thanks to members of IAM Local 623, who recently helped prepare a new training facility dedicated to helping immigrant families in their move to Central Minnesota.
Read moreNegotiating Committee for Locals 21 and 1115, along with the Directing Business Representative from District 66, participated in the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. The Locals represent employees at Trane in La Crosse, WI which make industrial sized chillers weighing anywhere from 25 to 75
Read moreIAM International Bob Martinez traveled to Minnesota this weekend to deliver a message of solidarity to more than 900 IAM Local 623 members in St. Cloud.
Read moreMissouri U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, and Congressmen Sam Graves and Emanuel Cleaver II joined together to urge Harley-Davidson to reconsider plans to close its assembly plant in Kansas City.
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