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Raging wildfires ripped across the entire west coast, leaving behind a path of smoldering ash and char. Up and down the coast families were forced to evacuate their homes and scramble to safety. Also increasing are the confirmed reports of IAM members losing everything they own to the fires.
Read moreThe value of union membership is evident to IAM District 751 member Bill Troh after being returned to the job following an unjust termination from Republic Services in Goldendale, WA.
Read morePandemic or not, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) needs your help. That’s why 37-year IAM member John Gehringer chose this year to donate $5,000 to GDA in honor of his late mother Lucille.
Read moreAfter petitioning the government and lobbying Congress, the IAM has successfully secured additional federal assistance for at least 700 union members at Local 2379 (District 160) who will be laid-off at the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter production plant in Ferndale, WA. The company, which has operated in Whatcom County for a half-century, announced on
Read moreIn June 2019, Bradken Foundry workers in Tacoma, WA, reached out to District 160 Business Representative/Organizer Steve Miller to join the IAM. Now a year later, these 188 workers have ratified a fine first contract. Directing Business Representative Paul Miller, the head negotiator, successfully took this private sector unit through hard-fought bargaining sessions against an
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