“We like to think that, as a union, we are smart enough to recognize the need for change, and to make change work for us,” stated IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger in describing the IAM’s proactive response to globalization—the High Performance Work Organization (HPWO) Partnerships process.
The global market place affects the way companies, nations, and entire blocks of nations engage in international trade. These pressures also affect the way we work. That is why the IAM has developed an alternative process to traditional labor-management practices to help save and create jobs and grow workplaces where IAM members are employed.
