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IAM Local S/6

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  • IAM Maine shipyard local reminds us: It’s hard to resist a repressive trusteeship

    A Federal judge peremptorily dismissed the complaint filed by members of Machinists Local S6 and upheld the trusteeship imposed by the IAM international on this 3,400-member local of shipyard workers at the Bath Iron Works in Maine. The decision is a blunt reminder of how difficult it is to resist an arbitrary trusteeship imposed by an authoritarian international upon a dissident local union; and it reveals a serious flaw in the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.

  • Relentless attack on democracy in the Machinists Union

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    (see also Letter to Herman Benson from Leon Rosenblatt)

    In its Local S6, the 3,400-member shipbuilders local in Bath, Maine now under trusteeship, the International Association of Machinists faces increasing rank and file opposition, a federal lawsuit, and embarrassing press coverage, but it remains unmoved in its efforts to make sure that a local leadership it favors runs the local.

  • Maine shipbuilders protest vs. IAM trusteeship

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  • Letter to Herman Benson from Leon Rosenblatt

    Dear Mr. Benson:

    You asked me to describe what it has been like representing IAM Local Lodge S/6's officers in our Labor Management and Reporting Act (LMRDA) case. My wife thinks I am a bit nuts, so thank you for asking. It is nice to be able to explain my life, in these past twelve months, to someone who doesn't know me intimately enough to call me nuts.

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