Machinists Launch New IAM APP
The
Machinists Union launched the new IAM APP today. The web-based
application will enable IAM members to use their smartphones and
tablets to read the new digital IAM Journal, act decisively on
vital issues, share information with friends and family, and help
organize new members.
For information on how to download the free IAM APP, go to
GOIAM.org, look for the IAM APP graphic, and follow the links to
Apple’s iTunes Store or the Android Market. You will also find a
how-to video that explains the IAM APP’s functions.
“The IAM APP is an exciting and potentially explosive new way to
communicate with our members. It places our union on the cutting
edge of new technologies,” said IAM International President Tom
Buffenbarger. “The IAM APP is being built around the IAM Journal.
The new digital version will be more current, more useful, more
video intensive, more quickly read and more action oriented.”
Digital issues of the IAM Journal will be published each month.
They will also be available on
GOIAM.org in a PDF format
that can be viewed online or printed. Smartphone and tablet users
will be notified automatically whenever a new issue is available
to be downloaded.
Click
here for information on downloading the IAM APP.
District 10 in Milwaukee leads successful negotiations with Ladish Co.
IAM District 10 in Milwaukee, WI
successfully negotiated a new 6 year agreement with Ladish
Company located in Cudahy, WI recently that demonstrates what can
be achieved when all sides honor the requirement to bargain in
good faith. Assistant Directing Business Representative Scott
Parr and Business Representative Pat O'Connor led the
negotiations for the IAM and the five other unions at the
facility.
The six unions at Ladish inked new agreements months ahead of the
contract deadline. "The parties agreed to try early negotiations
and it was successful. It's unprecedented, especially in the
current climate of strained labor relations at many companies,"
said ADBR Scott Parr. "To herd that many cats in one direction,
toward a common goal, is probably also unprecedented."
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John Deere Horicon Works celebrates 100th anniversary
Recently, IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J.
Gruber, leadership from IAM District 10, members of IAM Local 873
and retirees participated in a historic event celebrating John
Deere's 100th year of business in Horicon, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Unveils Jobs Agenda to Get Wisconsin Working
The jobs crisis is the number one threat to the Wisconsin
economy. The high unemployment rate and the toll it is taking on
working families demands that we create a broad movement for
quality, family-sustaining jobs and a just economy.
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