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Wear #RedforFeds on Wednesday to show your support for IAM federal workers and their rights on the job. Federal employees and their supporters across the country are asked to wear something red in solidarity for the rights of federal employees, including the right to legitimate representation, due process, and a meaningful voice in the workplace. […]
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Donât miss this Wednesdayâs Activate Live from the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, at the 35th Regular Convention of the Transportation Communications Union (TCU-IAM). This weekâs show will include TCU National Vice President Matt Hollis and news highlights from across the Machinists Union. Activate L!VE webcasts live each Wednesday at 3 p.m. Eastern on: Facebook
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Three NFFE-IAM Local 1429 members have been seriously injured after an industrial explosion and fire Thursday morning at Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, PA. The members were taken via medivac to a Maryland hospital in serious condition. Two more victims whose identities are unknown were taken to Chambersburg (PA) Hospital. One has since been released
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IAM members and community supporters hosted a rally in Portland, OR demanding Precision Castparts sit down at the bargaining table with 100 welders who voted to go IAM last September. The rally marked the one-year anniversary of the election filing date for the highly skilled welders. âThe support given us by the IAM has allowed me
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Wrapped up in the minutia of day-to-day living, we sometimes forget as labor representatives that what we do at the table changes lives. And there are a slew of machinist families in Oklahoma reaping the benefits of having a strong IAM contract. They deserve it as these are the hard-working Americans support our brothers and sisters
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Heat remains the leading weather-related killer in the United States, even though most heat-related deaths are preventable. Shield yourself and those around you from heat illness. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published its OSHA FactSheet to help protect workers from the effects of heat. Various occupational factors may contribute to illnesses like
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Atop a hill in Arlington National Cemetery, overlooking Washington D.C., sits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which has seen a continuous military guard for over 80 years. A white marble tomb rests about the grave of an unknown soldier from World War I inscribed with the words âHere rests in honored glory an American
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The fight to save jobs at Red River Army Depot (RRAD) in Texarkana, TX is far from over. Behind the scenes, the IAMAW has been doing all it can to secure the future for the hard-working men and women who have made this depot the Armyâs primary location for ground and tactical systems maintenance operations. âThe
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Donât miss this Wednesdayâs Activate Live when Clayola Brown, President of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and Ian Millhiser, Justice Editor for ThinkProgress will join us. Brown is widely considered an icon of the American civil, human and labor rights movements and is the first woman to serve as APRIâs president. Millhiser is the
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IAM International President Bob Martinez has announced the appointment of Craig Martin to serve as Southern Territory Special Representative effective August 1, 2018. âAs Directing Business Representative of District 161 for the past decade, heâs made it clear to all, that the labor movement isnât a job for Craig,â said Southern Territory General Vice President
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