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Geography of a Recession

The pain of unemployment is graphically represented in an interactive map looking at how the recession has impacted the country county by county over the past three years.

DMAX Workers' Innovation Recognized

Members of IUE-CWA Local 755 at DMAX were awarded Best Ultrasound Program 2009 by Uptime Magazine.

Whirlpool Building New Plant in Mexico to Take 900 U.S. Jobs

Whirlpool's move to abandon these workers during tough economic times is subsidized by taxpayer dollars as the company's stock and sales are buoyed by consumer rebates and proposed rebates to manufacturers of energy-efficient appliances.

GM Retirees Picket Vice President Biden

Some 50,000 retirees at General Motors stand to lose their health care at the hands of a U.S. Treasury controlled GM. On July 9, IUE-CWA GM retirees marched and protested in Cincinnati where Vice-President Joe Biden, who heads the White House Middle Class task force, was speaking on a stimulus initiative. The IUE-CWA retirees stood strong in defiance to the Treasury's plan to show disparate treatment to some former GM employees.

IUE-CWA Sets Diversity/Equity Meeting

IUE-CWA will be holding its second Diversity and Equity Meeting starting July 31 in Memphis.