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Tue. May
11, 2010
The National Mediation Board (NMB) this
week published in the Federal Register
its long-awaited change to rules
governing representation elections
conducted under the Railway Labor Act.
Tue. May
11, 2010
The annual IAM Legislative Conference
brings hundreds of the union’s most
experienced political activists to
Washington, D.C. for a week of
face-to-face contact with lawmakers who
are left without any doubt about where
the IAM stands on key issues.
Tue. May
11, 2010
Targeting unemployed Pennsylvanians, the
Union of Unemployed this week began
airing ‘Our Turn,’ a hard
hitting 30-second ad that urges the
jobless to vote on Election Day.
July 9, 2010 is the cutoff date for
reduced-rate hotel accommodations for
the Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement’s (LCLAA) 18th National
Convention, August 3 – 6, 2010, at the
Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,
NV.
May 21 is the deadline to register for
the first-ever AFL-CIO Young Workers
Summit set for June 10-13 in Washington,
D.C. The Summit is part of a major union
outreach effort and follows a series of
forums organized by AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler to hear
the concerns and goals of today's young
workers.
Tue. May
11, 2010
Flight Service Specialists play a
critical role in ensuring the safety of
America’s skies, providing weather,
flight and other vital information to
civil aviation pilots across the
country. Yet, when the Federal Aviation
Administration privatized Flight Service
in 2005, Specialists were deprived of
their early retirement federal pensions
– a benefit for which they had paid
increased contributions out of their own
paychecks.
Thu. May
06, 2010
The National Mediation Board (NMB)
announced this week that it would
investigate the IAM’s charges that Delta
Air Lines illegally interfered in the
representation election for 91 flight
simulator technicians.
Thu. May
06, 2010
The Boeing Co. claims it will create at least 150 new jobs somewhere in
South Carolina when it opens a parts
fabrication plant to supply the
controversial 787 assembly line being
built in Charleston, SC.
Thu. May
06, 2010
As shareholders of AutoNation, Inc.
gathered this week for their annual
meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
Machinists union members rallied to
protest the company's refusal to
recognize the IAM after being elected to
represent the auto mechanics at an
AutoNation dealership in Orlando.
Thu. May
06, 2010
IAM members in 44 states can celebrate
yet another victory with the successful
test launch of the “Launch Abort System”
for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
The test, conducted by NASA at the White
Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, sent
the entire Orion crew exploration
vehicle safely down range in a
remarkable display of technology.
Thu. May
06, 2010
Women often postpone their own check ups
and physicals to take care of other
family members’ health needs.
During the week of May 9 -15, women are
encouraged to remember their own health
concerns, schedule appointments and
educate themselves on symptoms and
preventive measures for illnesses that
are specific to women. One
such illness is cervical cancer and the
predominate cause, the human papilloma
virus (HPV).
Thu. May
06, 2010
During the past two weeks, the IAM’s
organizing campaign at Swedwood USA, an
IKEA subsidiary in Danville VA, has
received extensive media coverage in
IKEA’s home country of Sweden. The
coverage included a feature story in a
large monthly magazine and numerous
stories in some of Sweden’s largest
daily papers, as well as a 15-minute
feature on Swedish TV’s most watched
news program.
Tue. May
04, 2010
Labor unions were quick to react to the
announcement of a proposed merger
between United Airlines and Continental
Airlines that would leap above the
recently merged Delta-Northwest combo to
create the world’s largest airline.
Tue. May
04, 2010
Following a lengthy strike authorization
meeting, Machinists union members of
District 837 who are employed at the
Boeing-St. Louis, MO, Defense Systems
plant voted by a margin of 99 percent to
authorize a strike if the final contract
offer from the company is not accepted
on June 13, 2010.
Tue. May
04, 2010
Members of Local 743 in Windsor
Locks, CT, have voted overwhelmingly to
approve a new three-year contract with
aviation electronics manufacturer
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. The new
accord, which covers more than 1,000
members, successfully addressed members’
top concerns.
Tue. May
04, 2010
The process of crafting an
emergency action plan for reversing the
U.S. jobs crisis continues as thousands
of UCubed job activists vote on a list
of key policy recommendations. The
results of the online survey will become
the focal point of a nationwide campaign
entitled
Hire US, America.
Tue. May
04, 2010
Longtime IAM activist and GLR Frank
Forgione passed away April 30 after more
than 40 years of service to the IAM.
Thu. April 29, 2010
Standing before more than 600 local and district representatives
from the United States and Canada, IAM International President
Tom Buffenbarger vowed to do “whatever it takes” to protect and
preserve the Machinists union. With more than 36,000 IAM members
out of work in the current recession, representatives and staff
members were reminded in the strongest terms of their obligation
to organize and help grow the union.
Thu. April 29, 2010
In the latest chapter of a relationship that goes back decades,
two members of the National Football League Players Association
(NFLPA) addressed more than 600 IAM representatives gathered in
Houston for the 2010 National Staff Conference. Running back
Steve Slaton and offensive lineman Chester Pitts, both of the
Houston Texans, were greeted with a standing ovation that grew
to touchdown volume when they voiced their strong support for
union members employed by NASA at the nearby Johnson Space
Center.
Thu. April 29, 2010
IAM District 19 has reached a tentative five-year agreement with
Amtrak covering 555 Machinists at the nation’s passenger rail
carrier. The tentative agreement, covering wages, health
insurance and work rules, is being sent to the Amtrak membership
for review and with a ratification recommendation from District
19.
Thu. April 29, 2010
The 10-week internship program gives college juniors, seniors
and recent graduates experience in organizing, community
activism and coalition building. This year, Union Summer for
Jobs participants will work with the AFL-CIO Good Jobs Now
campaign in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and
New York.
Thu. April 29, 2010
Forty maintenance employees at the Calgary Exhibition and
Stampede Limited, are the newest members of the IAM in Canada.
Tue. April 27, 2010
More than 700 Machinists gathered in Houston this week for a
rally to urge supporters of the U.S. manned space program to
send a message that could be heard all the way back in
Washington, D.C.
Tue. April 27, 2010
The 11 workers missing and presumed dead after an explosion and
fire on an oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico are just the
latest to perish in a string of workplace tragedies that are
giving added weight to this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day events
on April 28.
Tue. April 27, 2010
In a letter mailed to workers at Delta and Northwest Airlines,
Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. described the reports of
harassment and intimidation by Delta managers during the recent
round of organizing visits in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Detroit and
other cities.
Tue. April 27, 2010
After 119 days, the lockout of Local 2332 members by three auto
dealerships in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, is finally over.
Tue. April 27, 2010
A group of service contract workers at Maxwell-Gunter AFB in
Montgomery, AL, became the first group at the base to secure IAM
representation. The group, who are employed by Science
Management Resources, Inc., voted recently for IAM
representation and a contract negotiated under Service Contract
Act (SCA) guidelines.
Tue. April 27, 2010
International President Tom Buffenbarger called on Boeing
Company CEO Jim McNerney to demand an end to rampant human
rights abuses in Colombia as an essential pre-condition for the
passage of any Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with that country.
McNerney recently called for approval of free trade agreements
with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Thu. April 22, 2010
Airbus parent company EADS ( European Aeronautic Defence and
Space Company) announced this week it will compete without a
U.S. partner to build the next generation of aerial refueling
tankers for the U.S. Air Force. Airbus/EADS previously dropped
out of the tanker competition and said it would not bid without
a U.S. partner.
Thu. April 22, 2010
A single telephone call from a former IAM member to District 947
Organizer Felix Osuna led to a series of meetings that
culminated in 204 DirectTV installation technicians voting to
join the IAM.
Thu. April 22, 2010
Comments and suggestions are coming in as nearly 2,000 members
of Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, help craft a
16-point plan to reverse the U.S. jobs crisis.
Thu. April 22, 2010
More than 600 members of District 142 who are employed
by Hawaiian Airlines have ratified a new four-year agreement
that restores many of the sacrifices in pay and benefits made
during Hawaiian’s chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2005.
Thu. April 22, 2010
The AFL-CIO is joining with several labor, faith-based and civil
rights organizations in demanding Wall Street pay for breaking
the economy, putting Main Street in a world of hurt and then
taking off with $145 billion in bonuses.
Tue. April 20, 2010
In a move that echoes the worst practices of the Bush
administration, the current Department of Energy (DOE) is
considering a proposal that would allow bargaining units at
certain federal facilities to be combined without requiring
contractors to retain the existing workforce.
Tue. April 20, 2010
Members of Local 794 who are employed by Lockheed
Martin Training Solutions, Inc. at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque,
NM, have ratified a new three-year agreement with a 92 percent
acceptance vote.
Tue. April 20, 2010
In an April 15th letter to the Vice President of Labor
Relations at Delta Airlines, IAM General Vice President Robert
Roach, Jr. repeated a request for a face-to-face meeting to
discuss a number of issues, including access to Delta employees
and to respond to company allegations that the IAM has been
harassing Delta employees at their homes.
Tue. April 20, 2010
Public outrage and pressure from labor leaders speaking
on behalf of thousands of unemployed aerospace workers led to
the cancellation of a conference in Wichita, KS, on how to
promote additional outsourcing of U.S. aerospace jobs to Mexico.
Wichita is the home of Cessna Aircraft, LearJet, Hawker
Beechcraft, Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems.
Tue. April 20, 2010
Civil rights activist and longtime president of the National
Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height died this morning. She was
98.
Tue. April 20, 2010
The AFL-CIO has launched a new, comprehensive database aimed at
exposing the egregious compensation and lobbying efforts of the
‘Big Six’ on Wall Street.
Thu. April 15, 2010
The first man to walk on the moon has launched a highly unusual
and public attack on President Obama’s decision to eliminate the
Constellation program, a move he said would be “devastating” and
risk putting America’s space superiority on “a long downhill
slide to mediocrity.”
Thu. April 15, 2010
On the heels of a single article that quoted an unnamed source
about the prospect of additional mergers in the airline
industry, US Airways stock surged as much as 26 percent in
after-hours trading and UAL stock jumped by eight percent.
Thu. April 15, 2010
More than 1,900 jobs activists in 48 states will take part in a
novel deliberative process aimed at crafting a 16-point plan to
reverse the U.S. jobs crisis. The activists are part of Ur Union
of Unemployed.
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Tue. April 08 2010
Message from International President Tom Buffenbarger
America's Jobless Need Your Help
America’s jobless need your help. Over 31 million of
our neighbors have been idled in this Grave Recession.
They need the unity and strength that comes from having
a union.
Ur Union of Unemployed, nicknamed UCubed, is a way
for the unemployed to work together … to get back to
work … to get their lives back on track. But anyone who
cares about ending America’s economic trauma is free to
join. All it takes is a conviction that by working
together we can – and we will – end this long national
nightmare.
After visiting
www.unionofunemployed.com, please forward this email
to three of your friends, relatives or co-workers. They,
too, can help us build a community that truly cares
about the unemployed and underemployed.
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R. Thomas Buffnbarger
International President
International Association of Machinists and
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Tue. April 06, 2010
Leo Hindery, Managing Partner of InterMedia
Partners, produces a Summary of U.S. Real
Unemployment each month after the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) releases its monthly Household and
Employer Surveys. This month the BLS touted the creation
of 162,000 jobs. Not so fast, says Mr. Hindery.
Tue. April 06, 2010
The IAM Women’s Basic program will be held May 2-7, 2010
at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology
Center in Hollywood, MD.
Tue. April 06, 2010
“How much longer will America's 'gravest recession'
last?” That’s the question posed by IAM Communications
Director Rick Sloan in an article appearing this week in
the Huffington Post. Citing the conservative figures
provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sloan points
to the 13.0 million jobs lost since 2007 and questions
whether the jobs crisis in this country is getting the
attention it deserves.
Tue. April 06, 2010
The Oregon AFL-CIO is urging unions nationwide to
support their boycott of Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc.
& Granite Investments. Fog Cutter's principal business
is the Fatburger fast food chain.
Thu. April 01, 2010
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM) District 142 announced it reached a
tentative agreement with Hawaiian Airlines covering the
carrier’s 600 mechanic and related employees.
Thu. April 01, 2010
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) gained two
labor-friendly members this week as President Obama
exercised his power to make appointments while the
Senate is in recess. Most of the nominees were approved
by Senate committees months ago, but were being held up
by Republican opposition.
Thu. April 01, 2010
The president of Mexico says he hopes the country will
one day become an independent power in aerospace. The
sudden boost in confidence came as the leader welcomed
the opening of two new plants owned by French engine and
parts supplier, Safran.
Thu. April 01, 2010
Today, Thursday, April 1, 2010, is the last day to
receive the reduced room rate for the IAM’s 2010
Legislative Conference. This year’s event will be held
May 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC. To
make your room reservation, contact the Hyatt Regency
directly at 202-737-1234.
Thu. April 01, 2010
The IAM’s Federal Employees Basic Program will
be held August 15-20, 2010, at the William W.
Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Hollywood,
MD.
Thu. April 01, 2010
IAM Local Lodge 2339H member Sarah Gray has been awarded
a Union Plus Scholarship to attend the National Labor
College (NLC) in Silver Spring, MD. A flight attendant
for Continental Express Jet, Gray also serves on the
Communications Committee for Local 2339H in Houston, TX,
and hopes a degree in Labor Education will give her the
tools to get even more involved in her union.
Wed.
March 31, 2010
The idea of U.S. astronauts soon
having to hitchhike on Russian
rockets has Russian leaders gleaming
with joy. According to a recent
article from a Russian government
daily newspaper featured in the
Washington Post, the country is
“burning with ambition” over the
prospect of possibly swiping the
United State’s top spot as the
worldwide leader in space
exploration.
Tue.
March 30, 2010
An op-ed featured in The Huffington
Post provides a candid analysis of
the Obama administration’s handling
of the current jobs crisis amongst
some labor leaders and members of
Congress.
Tue.
March 30, 2010
In another blow to U.S. working
families, General Electric (GE)
recently announced plans to create
thousands of green manufacturing
jobs outside the U.S.
Tue.
March 30, 2010
The IAM Retirees, Community &
Membership Services Department has
announced that its Employee
Assistance Professional-I (EAP-I)
program will be held July 18-23,
2010, at the William W. Winpisinger
Education & Technology Center in
Hollywood, MD.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
The opening round of talks between
Machinists Local 839 and Spirit
AeroSystems in Wichita, KS, is
drawing favorable media coverage for
both sides, who declared they are
prepared to broker an accord that
could serve as a new model for the
aerospace industry across the
country.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
The IAM and United Technologies
Corp. (UTC) squared off recently at
a hotel in East Hartford, CT, to
exchange initial contract proposals
for a new agreement covering more
than 1,000 members of Local 743. The
members work at UTC’s Hamilton
Sunstrand plant in Windsor Locks,
CT.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
In preparation for upcoming contract
talks with John Deere Horicon Works,
the members of Local 873’s
Negotiating Committee completed an
intense week of training in the
Negotiation Preparation for
Bargaining Committees program
at the William W. Winpisinger
Education & Technology Center in
Hollywood, MD.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
William Dougan, President and
Directing Business Representative of
NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 in
Washington, DC, has been appointed
by President Barack Obama to serve
as a member of the National Council
on Federal Labor-Management
Relations.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
The IAM’s 2010 Legislative
Conference will be held May 10-13 at
the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC.
To receive the reduced room rate,
participants must make their hotel
reservations no later than April 1,
2010. Call the Hyatt Regency
directly at 202-737-1234 to make
your room reservations.
Thu.
March 25, 2010
Efforts are under way in Congress to
do away with the temporary
extensions on legislation that
allows laid-off workers to receive
help with COBRA health care
premiums. The Senate passed a bill
to extend the 65 percent subsidy
through the end of 2010. The measure
is now under debate in the House.
Tue.
March 23, 2010
President Barack Obama signed the
controversial $938 billion health
care bill into law today, with
opponents and advocates still
arguing over what the legislation
will or will not accomplish. The
ceremonial signing follows a 219-212
vote earlier this week in the U.S.
House of Representatives, where
last-minute deals with moderate
Democrats were enough to secure the
216 votes needed to pass the
measure.
Tue.
March 23, 2010
In a meeting with the potential to
redefine labor-management relations
in the U.S. aerospace industry, IAM
President Tom Buffenbarger, former
Congressman Dick Gephardt and Spirit
AeroSystems Holdings Inc. CEO Jeff
Turner met this week with managers
and union stewards to discuss the
state of the industry and the
upcoming contract negotiations for
6,000 IAM members at Spirit.
Tue.
March 23, 2010
Congress is poised to let the
unemployment insurance benefit clock
once again run out for America's
jobless. The temporary 30-day
extension put in place a few weeks
ago is scheduled to end at the end
of this month. However, members will
be breaking for Easter recess Friday
- which means millions will lose
their unemployment benefits if
lawmakers fail to act before the
break.
Tue.
March 23, 2010
A study released today by the
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
finds that unfair trade with
China cost the United States 2.4
million jobs between 2001 and 2008.
This figure does not include the
thousands of jobs that were lost in
2009 and the first few months of
2010.
Tue.
March 23, 2010
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)-III class originally scheduled
for June 12-18 at the IAM’s William
W. Winpisinger Education and
Technology Center in Hollywood, MD
has been rescheduled for December
4-10, 2010. The EAP-III class is a
pilot program for members interested
in EAP studies and have previously
attended and completed the EAP-II
program.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
IAM members delivered a bipartisan
thumping to both political parties
as well as the White House in an
online survey of workers’
attitudes. But there can be no
mistaking their strong opposition to
key provisions of health care
reform.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
Flight Attendants in the United
Kingdom announced today this week
that they would be taking seven days
of strike action at the end of the
month if their contract dispute is
not resolved before then.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
Lower turnout in the midterm
elections and persistently high
unemployment will create an
explosive mix this November. That’s
according to a recently published
article by UCubed Acting Executive
Director Rick Sloan in the widely
read Huffington Post.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
IAM members of Local 225 in Dayton,
OH, went on strike March 7 after
machinists, welders and assemblers
unanimously rejected a new
three-year contract offer from
Chemineer, a Dayton-based maker of
industrial mixing equipment. The
company’s offer came three weeks
after negotiations began when the
company suddenly called a halt to
the talks, leaving behind a grossly
substandard contract proposal.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
Two global trade union federations,
together with four Norwegian unions,
have asked the Council on Ethics of
the Government Pension Fund of
Norway to divest its holdings in the
Mexican mining conglomerate Grupo
Mexico because of alleged labor,
human rights and environmental
violations.
Thu.
March 18, 2010
IAM representatives took part in
recent a celebration of Women’s
History Month that featured fair pay
trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter and
actress Tanya Blount. The event was
hosted by the Federal Triangle
Partnership, consisting of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, U.S. Agency
for International Development, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, and
the United States Postal Service.
Tue.
March 16, 2010
Nearly a dozen unions joined with
District 166 Machinists in support
of auto technicians at Mercedes-Benz
of Orlando in Orlando, FL, where
seven workers were fired for
demanding a fair contract.
Tue.
March 16, 2010
The IAM Community Service project
known as Ur Union of Unemployed, aka
UCubed, now has 1,649 members in
over 1,400 zip codes -- up from 321
only thirty days ago. Its jobs
activists now can be found in every
state, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico. Three hundred
fifty-seven cubes are operating.
That’s up from 72 a month ago – a
five-fold increase. Cubes exist in
all states save Alaska and Nebraska.
Tue.
March 16, 2010
President Barack Obama’s proposed
budget promises to send thousands of
U.S. space workers to a new
frontier: the unemployment line.
Tue.
March 16, 2010
Women of color face an enormous
wealth gap when compared to the rest
of society, says a new report by the
Insight Center for Community
Economic Development. However, the
wealth gap is far narrower for
minority women belonging to a union,
says one official.
Thu. March 11, 2010
“Without a serious commitment to protecting jobs,
without new limits on unrestrained outsourcing and
without a second stimulus program that is equal to the
crisis this nation is facing, the airline and aerospace
industries will continue to struggle, even if the rest
of the economy recovers,” said International President
Tom Buffenbarger, who spoke as the sole labor
representative at the FAA 35 th Annual Aviation Forecast
Conference in Washington, D.C.
Thu. March 11, 2010
After more than a year since the launch of the IAM’s
JOBS Now! campaign, legislation to quickly reverse high
unemployment by hiring the unemployed to work in the
public sector has finally been introduced.
Thu. March 11, 2010
Members of the 2010 MNPL National Planning Committee
meeting in Savannah, GA, welcomed the opportunity this
week to ask questions and share insights with Charlie
Cook, one of the nation’s most highly regarded political
analysts and odds makers.
Calling it the most challenging political and economic
environment in decades, IAM International President Tom
Buffenbarger urged members of the MNPL National Planning
Committee to hold labor’s political allies to higher
standards than ever before, and to make certain that
candidates don’t develop “amnesia” once they become
elected.
Tue. March 09, 2010
Move over Jim Bunning, another GOP Senator has
threatened to single-handedly stop legislation that
benefits American working families. Tennessee Republican
Bob Corker has vowed to block the comprehensive FAA
Reauthorization bill if it contains language that ends
the advantage non-union FedEx has over rival UPS. FedEx
is based in Memphis TN. In 1996, FedEx won a special
favor that put it under different labor rules than UPS,
making it much more difficult to organize FedEx workers.
Tue. March 09, 2010
In the absence of economic policies that generate
450,000 jobs per month for at least 60 months, the U.S.
will remain mired in a recession that will linger for
years if not decades. To give the economy the traction
it needs, Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) is calling for
the immediate establishment of a public job-creation
program far larger than anything proposed thus far.
Tue. March 09, 2010
In preparation for bargaining a new agreement with
DynCorp at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Southern
MD, the Local 4 Negotiating Committee completed an
intense week of training in the Negotiation Preparation
for Bargaining Committees Class at the William W.
Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Hollywood,
MD. The Local 4 members at Pax River perform aircraft
maintenance and their current agreement expires on
August 31, 2010.
Tue. March 09, 2010
More than 420 IAM members at a pair of Lockheed Martin
Space Systems locations voted to accept a new three-year
contract. The members are from District 112, Local 2772,
in Kings Bay, GA, and District 160, Local 282, in
Seattle, WA.
Thu. March 04, 2010
The CEO of Boeing’s Commercial Airplane division, Jim
Albaugh, sat down recently for a lengthy interview with
Seattle Times reporter Dominic Gates and promptly took
credit for driving the decision to build a second 787
assembly line in South Carolina. Albaugh then admitted
that the company had outsourced far too much work and
declared his first preference for a location to build
future aircraft was in the Puget Sound.
Thu. March 04, 2010
Four U.S. Senators are calling on the Obama
administration to suspend a federal grant program that
has paid out more than $1 billion in stimulus funds to
foreign manufacturers. U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer
(D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jon
Tester (D-MT) urged the Obama administration to suspend
the program indefinitely until the law can be fixed so
that funds only flow to projects that will create jobs
in the United States.
Thu. March 04, 2010
In a recent editorial published in the Wichita Eagle,
Southern Territory GVP Bob Martinez, Jr.discussed the
future of the aviation industry in Wichita, KS, and
addressed comparisons to Detroit’s troubled automotive
industry.
Thu. March 04, 2010
Over one thousand highly-skilled aircraft mechanics at
Air Canada will be laid off this April and the company
doesn’t give a damn,” said District 140 Regional
Assistant Directing General Chairperson Fred Hospes.
Thu. March 04, 2010
The IAM is calling for JOBS Now! in
commemoration of this International Women’s Day, Monday,
March 8, 2010. International Women’s Day is a day when
thousands around the world gather to mark the many
economic, political and social successes and struggles
of women past, present – and future.
Thu. March 04, 2010
The cut-off date for reduced room rates for the IAM 2010
Legislative Conference is April 1, 2010. The Conference
will be held May 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency in
Washington, D.C. Call the hotel at 202-737-1234 to make
your room reservations.
Tue. March 02, 2010
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Kentucky GOP Senator
Jim Bunning declared aloud it was “tough sh*t” if
Senators disagreed with his efforts to block an
extension of unemployment benefits for jobless
Americans.
Tue. March 02, 2010
Nearly 2,000 Space Coast workers, family members and
community activists gathered near the Kennedy Space
Center in Titusville, Florida, to hear labor leaders
call for an end to government plans to outsource
critical NASA programs, including include lunar landers,
moon bases and the manned shuttle program.
Tue. March 02, 2010
With the unemployment rate at its highest point in
decades, the U.S. economy continues to shed much-needed
manufacturing jobs. The loss of manufacturing jobs can
be tied directly to our so called “free trade” policies,
which have facilitated the movement of production to
cheap-labor sites across the globe.
Tue. March 02, 2010
Pratt & Whitney is adding insult to injury by filing an
appeal of the court decision castigating them for
failing to make an effort to preserve work in
Connecticut. The appeal comes a day after the company
announced layoffs in the locations they were barred by
court order from closing.
Tue. March 02, 2010
Twenty employees of the Days Inn in London, ON, are the
latest hospitality workers to join the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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