Ingersoll Rand shut down its manufacturing plant in its Buffalo-area plant in Cheektowaga “When Ingersoll came in things began to change,” said IAM District 65 Assistant Directing Business Representative Pete Cooney “They weren’t interested in keeping the union as part of a team.” it’s not a secret,” said IAM Local 330 Vice President Jim Neureuther Ingersoll Rand outsourced some of its production capability to its Vignate, Italy facility, and continued existing production capability in its Wujiang, China facility. This plant is one of dozens of IAM-represented facilities that have closed during the Trump administration “The new facility in China hasn’t built a machine yet that was able to pass through the tests,” said IAM Local 330 Chief Steward Frederick Fineour Watch the IAM’s video about Ingersoll Rand outsourcing IAM jobs to Italy and China on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter Watch all the IAM’s “Broken Promise” videos “Ingersoll Rand’s closing was just another in a long list of manufacturing jobs lost and plants closed under the Trump administration,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr “The president’s blatant disregard to protect good paying union jobs while not penalizing companies for outsourcing is an egregious error that American workers will not forget on November 3 This company should be ashamed for what they have done to our members “I become more incensed every time I learn about another American job being outsourced,” said Eastern Territory General Vice President Jimmy Conigliaro Sr “The success of these companies was achieved through the sweat and hard work of the union members they are laying off The best way to ensure that these union jobs are not outsourced is to vote for real leadership who will penalize companies who fail to put American workers first.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page THE BANK of Jamaica has unveiled a new-look Jamaican currency in commemoration of the country's Golden Jubilee The banknote series will consist of the five denominations currently in circulation - $5000 which will feature the national logo for the 50th anniversary of Independence as well the return of the common vignate - the photograph of a group of children from class of 1962 at Central Branch Primary School depicting the National Motto on the reverse - is expected to commence on July 23 The photo of the students previously appeared on the reverse of the $2 banknotes which were in circulation between 1969 and 1994 Speaking on Tuesday at the launch of the 2012 commemorative banknotes at Bank of Jamaica in Kingston Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips said the launch of the notes is a reminder of the role of the Bank of Jamaica in the economy "The bank was established before Independence as part of the institutional infrastructure that was to be the cornerstone of the new Jamaica "A financial superstructure has evolved over the years that is far more healthy and in deed sophisticated than that of many other larger and older nations," he said The notes will also be printed on more durable substrates in an effort to extend the useful life of the notes The new substrates is expected to last two to three times longer than the cotton materials which has a relatively short useful life in the country's tropical climate and other circulation conditions View the discussion thread.