International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Union Workers Stage Walkout At Suburban Plant

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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JOLIET, Ill. -- About 800 union workers who rejected Caterpillar Inc.'s latest contract offer walked off the job Tuesday at a plant in Joliet. Worker...

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Major Manufacturer Faces Huge Strike

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* 800 workers on strike after expired contract * Caterpillar utilizing replacement workers * IAM says negotiations are n...

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Dave Jamieson

Eight-Month Political Spat Ends

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bringing a months-long saga to a close, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Friday that it has withdrawn a controversial...

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Anthony Weiner Deserves A Second Chance

Rick Sloan | Posted 08.08.2011

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Rick Sloan

In the winter of 2001-2002, I spent hundreds of hours reading transcripts and reviewing video clips of the men and women who raced towards the sounds ...

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Where Is Cass Sunstein When We Really Need Him?

Rick Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Sloan

President Barack Obama needs to have a long conversation with Cass Sunstein about Franklin Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights, particularly his speech in Chicago on October 28, 1944.

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Jobs Needed Now

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

Without a more aggressive focus on creating good jobs in manufacturing and infrastructure, which have a bigger multiplier effect than any other kind of jobs, our economy will continue to sputter.

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"Transplant" Automakers Get Over $3.6 Billion in Subsidies; More Unions, Ralph Nader Comment

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

This post has the latest news on the billions in subsidies which off-shore transplant carmakers have received from state and local governments.

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Boeing Machinists Strike Continues Cautiously In Company's Success

New Yotk Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The machinists' union walkout against the Boeing Company does not appear to fit the usual script for a modern-day labor showdown. In struggling indu...

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The Myth Of The Wussy Poet

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

While introducing Hillary Clinton at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio last week, Tom Buffenbarger, President of the International Association of Machinists...

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