What is a Strike Sanction Vote?
A Strike Sanction Vote is the very important first step of the administrative action that is required under the IAM Constitution to call a strike. The Strike Sanction Vote ensures, that should the membership later reject the company’s “Last, Best, and Final” contract proposal, and vote to reaffirm the strike sanction vote with a second …
Thank You, Unions
By: Jeffrey Freund • August 27, 2021 An undated photo of a New York City Labor Day parade. Source: Library of Congress Labor Day is around the corner, and what has so often for many been a day off of work, filled with family and friends, this year gives us a lot to reflect on. It’s the unofficial …
Breaking Defense – Digital Magazine
Machinists Union Presses F-35 Jobs Campaign On Capitol Hill By THERESA HITCHENS on June 11, 2021 at 1:22 PM FORT WORTH: In the immortal words of the inestimable Tip O’Neill, “all politics is local.” That is never more true than with major weapons programs, with US defense primes traditionally sprinkling facilities and the jobs that …