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IAM Local 701 Auto Mechanics Receive ‘Solidarity Award’ for 2017 Industry-Leading Strike

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Members of Chicago IAM Automobile Mechanics Local 701 receive the DePaul University Labor Education Center “Solidarity Award” for their “courage, dedication, unity and solidarity” during a seven-week strike last year that ended with industry-leading increases in mechanic wages, benefits and working conditions. Members of Chicago IAM Automobile Mechanics Local 701 were recently honored for their […]

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Machinists: White House’s Attack on Federal Workers is Illegal

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WASHINGTON – The Machinists Union (IAM) and a dozen other unions have filed suit against the Trump administration to stop the president’s executive orders that take away rights from federal workers. “We refuse to sit on the sidelines while the president oversteps his constitutional authority and tramples on the freedom of working people to join

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U.S., Canadian Machinists are United on Trade

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The Machinists Union is raising strong concerns regarding the recently announced direction of the Administration’s trade policy. “Criticizing Canada’s trade practices does not contribute to improving the lives of our members, who have been so devastated by a trade agenda that favors corporations over workers,” said IAM International President Bob Martinez. “The Administration should be

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Just Be You

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As he does every day, Bruce Mills glanced at his phone this morning to see the daily text from Tamara, his wife of twenty-one years.  The message read, “I believe in you.”  Armed with those words, Bruce Mills will start his day in his new job as the Interim President/DBR of IAM District Lodge 27

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IAM Hosts Job Fair, Extends Free College Program to Harley-Davidson, Electrolux Workers

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IAM Local 623 members employed at Electrolux in St. Cloud, MN attend an information session on the IAM Free College program, a union benefit extended to the members and their families in the wake of Electrolux’s announced plant closing. As the GOP-Trump tax cuts continue to annihilate the country, leaving plant closing after plant closing

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Machinists, Sen. Murphy Call for 100% Buy America Defense Products

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The Machinists are joining U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (CT) in a push to increase Buy America provisions for defense products made for the military to 100 percent. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, would bolster economic and national security and create good, middle-class jobs. TAKE ACTION: Call your Senators at 202-224-3121

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