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MEMBERS PROFIT FROM IAM BARGAINING SKILLS For more than 7,000 business firms across the U.S.A. and Canada, wage rates, benefits, work rules, retirement rights, and health care provisions are set by IAM agreements. These written contracts are the result of collective bargaining on behalf of the employees by IAM representatives, officers, and negotiating committees. Management listens to IAM negotiators and yields to just demands because it knows that IAM proposals are carefully prepared after consultation with employees at union meetings and in shop committees. Management knows that IAM members have a voice and vote on the negotiations before the contract is signed. Strikes are the rare exception in the IAM. The record shows that over the past 10 years, the IAM has won fair agreements without loss of a minute's work in 99% of it's negotiations. "This excellent record of peaceful relations reflects the skill of IAM negotiators and the unity of union members," IAM President R. Thomas Buffenbarger explains. The decision on how far to press for specific goals is decided by the local union members involved--except in a few national agreements where a majority vote in several locals may govern. Through his or her officers or negotiating committee every member has access to professional services of the IAM Departments and the assistance of union reps skilled in negotiations. In dealing with multi-plant corporations, the IAM coordinates its unions dealing with the same employer through its own Collective Bargaining Department. The IAM also works through the International Metalworkers Federation and the International Transport Workers Federation in dealing with multinational corporations around the world. The union's purpose is to standardize wages and working conditions in an industry so that employers do not compete to pay the lowest wages. |
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