Machinists

  • "Irresponsible" Striking

    We’ve known for a while now that the economic crisis has dampened the willingness of workers to head out on strike (with some courageous exceptions). That’s partly due to the business class and the corporate press, who take every opportunity to poison the atmosphere against rank and filers who dare to resist corporate demands.

  • Machinists Size Up Boeing's No-Strike Demand
    Tiffany Ten Eyck
    Oct 27 2009 - 10:26pm
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    After years of struggling to get its new 787 Dreamliner aloft, Boeing Co. is still mired in malfunction. Company execs are using their missteps as an excuse to seek a no-strike clause and to move some production out of Washington state, where the Machinists union (IAM) represents the workforce.

  • As Profits Soar, Boeing Demands Concessions, Driving Machinists On Strike

    Tiffany Ten Eyck

    Aircraft maker Boeing has been groaning under a $275 million backlog of orders for new airplanes that waste less fuel. The company booked a $4.1 billion profit last year, and its principal union, the Machinists (IAM), says Boeing’s profits have soared by 828 percent in recent years.But all that cash didn’t stop the company from demanding concessions from 27,000 employees. IAM members called the company’s bluff and struck, after rejecting a final offer on September 4 with an 80 percent vote....


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  • Machinists Strike Boeing over Pensions, Health Care, Lost Jobs

    Don Grinde

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  • An Historical Perspective on War.

    April, 1898: The International Association of Machinists editorial on the sinking of the Maine; the event that led us into the Spanish-American War.


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  • Unions Must Inform Members of Their Democratic Rights

    by Carl Biers

    In a landmark decision, a federal appeals court has ruled that labor unions have an ongoing responsibility to inform their members of their rights under the federal Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, reversed a lower court's decision.


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