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Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure by Republicans in Congress that would have blocked a government labor agency’s rules designed to speed up the time it takes to unionize workers. The rules would shorten the period between a union filing a petition to represent workers and an election, from the […]
Look for the union label on Telluride ski patrol
Members of the Telluride ski patrol were almost unanimous in their desire to form a union. The Telluride Daily Planet reports the vote was 47-1 in favor of union. The ski patrollers will be represented by Communications Workers of America, District 7. Full- and part-time members of the ski patrol, dispatchers and snowmobilers employed by […]
Machinists Storm Congress to Stop Fast Track and the TPP
Hundreds of Machinist Union members from across the country stormed the halls of Congress on March 5, 2015, urging their legislators to vote against Fast Track legislation, which is key to passing a very dangerous trade bill called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Local members including IAM District 166 Business Representative Nick Mrdjenovich, IAM 2061 […]
Solidarity Prevails in IAM Showdown with Kentucky Contractor
More than 130 IAM Local 219 families at Bluegrass Station, KY were on an unfair labor practice strike against government sub-contractor Allsource Global Management. The strike ended on Monday, March 2, 2015 when the group ratified a new contract. Members of IAM Local 219 voted on Monday to ratify a […]
Spirit Machinists Win Big Profit Sharing Payout
IAM District 70 members at Spirit AeroSystems will receive a profit sharing payout significantly higher than previous years thanks to forward-looking negotiations and company earnings that exceeded expectations. The payout will occur on February 26, 2015 and covers 7,324 hourly employees in Wichita, KS; Chanute, KS and Kinston, NC. The average employee in the Wichita […]
West Virginia Machinists ‘Thinking Outside the Locomotive’
When CSX Railroad served notice to outsource the rebuilding of hundreds of locomotives, IAM Local 104 members in Hungtington, WV, where CSX is one of the largest employers, knew they had to do something to save these jobs. A new Machinists News Network video, “Thinking Outside the Locomotive,” chronicles how the Machinists Union and CSX […]