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2009 Day of Action Rally in New York City
“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 35th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington, D.C.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 143 today announced it has opened collective bargaining for an amended contract covering 2,800 Alaska Airlines employees in the clerical, office and passenger service (COPS) group.
Despite a high number of votes for the IAM, the election for 91 flight simulator technicians at the recently merged Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines was declared invalid by the NMB when fewer than 50 percent plus one of eligible employees participated in the Internet and telephone voting. The Machinists Union received 40 of the 43 valid votes cast.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the AFL-CIO are calling for an end to the Bush-era policy that has been used to prevent lawful collective bargaining rights for 40,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSO) who work for the Transportation Security Agency (TSA).
The IAM is the first North American transportation union to enter into an alliance agreement with the Japan Federation of Aviation Workers' Unions (KOHKUREN), the largest federation of air transport workers in Japan. Both the IAM and KOHKUREN represent workers at the same airlines, including Northwest/Delta, United, Continental and others.
The National Mediation Board (NMB) yesterday mailed telephone and Internet voting instructions to nearly 100 Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines flight simulator technicians, opening a three week voting period in the first IAM election since Delta acquired Northwest.
The Federal Aviation Administration has existed on eight short-term funding extensions since it first expired in September 2007. Meanwhile, the FAA needs updated safety, infrastructure and modernization programs, as well as protections for worker rights.
“In spite of opposition from Delta Air Lines, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has scheduled the first union representation election following the merger of Delta and Northwest Airlines,” said International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. following the NMB’s announcement of a union representation election for nearly 100 of Delta’s flight simulator technicians (Sim Techs).
The Executive Council of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has voted unanimously to oppose any health care reform legislation that is funded by taxing the value of workers’ existing health care benefits.
On December 22, 2009 the National Mediation Board (NMB) granted the IAM’s request to declare that Delta and Northwest Airlines were operating as a single carrier for representation purposes for the combined airlines’ flight simulator technicians (Sim Techs). Additionally, the NMB agreed with the IAM’s arguments that the Sim Techs were their own separate and distinct class or craft and, therefore, eligible for their own representation election independent of other classifications.
The Machinists Union today presented the National Mediation Board (NMB) an additional 12,000 signed post cards expressing support for their proposed rule change to make air and rail union elections more democratic. Today is the end of the NMB’s public comment period.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. testified today at a House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing titled “Protecting Employees in Airline Bankruptcies.”
More than thirty people spoke at the National Mediation Board’s December 7, 2009 public hearing on its proposal to implement a fair representation election voting process for air and rail workers under the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Current NMB rules count eligible voters who do not participate in the election to have voted against union representation. General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. testified on behalf of present and future IAM members.
Today, IAM General Vice President Robert Roach Jr. is on capitol hill testifying in front of the National Mediation Board on why every vote needs to count.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. testified today at the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) public hearing on the agency’s proposed change to rules governing union representation elections.
“Since 9/11 we have tightened up the physical security at U.S. airports and required airline employees to pass stringent background checks,” said General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. today at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
The National Mediation Board (NMB) is proposing historic changes to the rules governing representation elections in the air and rail industries, and the NMB is inviting comments from the public. With the near-certain prospect of additional consolidation in the airline industry, workers at United, Continental and all carriers need to understand how a rule change proposed by NMB would dramatically increase their chances of retaining their contracts, retirement benefits and seniority rights.
The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week took the first step toward overhauling the union representation election rules for air and rail workers in the United States. The NMB is proposing to change the threshold for a successful union election from a majority of eligible voters in a classification to a majority of voters who actually participate in the election.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today withdrew the single carrier application it filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB)on behalf of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines’ fleet service employees on August 13, 2009. The withdrawal is in response to Delta’s insistence that fleet service representation issues be resolved at the same time as passenger service and office & clerical employees, whose single carrier applications have yet to be filed.
In what would be a dramatic improvement to the rules governing union elections for airline and railroad employees, the National Mediation Board (NMB) is weighing a request from the AFL-CIO to allow representational elections to be decided by a majority of workers who cast ballots.
More than 500 IAM members marched on Times Square in New York City this week for a rally to support Delta Air Lines workers’ right to organize into unions and to urge government investment in high-speed rail.
August 18, 2009 - More than 400 delegates and guests are in New York City this week for the 2009 IAM Transportation Conference, where a distinguished line-up of speakers declared their support and solidarity with North America’s air and rail workers.
August 13, 2009 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today took the necessary steps to resolve representational issues for 12,700 fleet service, flight simulator technician and plant protection employees at the combined Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines.
August 11, 2009 - Minnesota Local 1833 member Victoria Cheek is among 12 winners of the 2009 Union Plus Union Leaders of the Future Scholarship program who will receive one-time cash awards to help with the cost of continuing their education.
August 4, 2009 - The Machinists Union met with Delta Air Lines executives today to discuss the carrier’s progress toward becoming a single carrier following Delta’s acquisition of Northwest Airlines.
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