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Thanks to a 2011 move by the Obama Administration to shut down and privatize NASA’s historic and admired shuttle program, the U.S. space agency will now be paying $424 million to hitch a ride to space with Russia. That’s $70.6 million per seat. NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency saying
Read moreHeadquarters General Vice President Rich Michalski welcomes House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) to the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told IAM members on the final day of the 2013 Legislative Conference that “the most important thing we can do for our families and our economy is to create jobs.” Destructive
Read moreThe IAM congratulates the taxi drivers of the Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees Union (ITPEU)/OPEIU Local 4873 who won their 60-day strike at Yellow Checker Star Transportation (YCS) in Las Vegas, NV. “IAM members were proud to stand by our brothers and sisters at ITPEU/OPEIU,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. “An injustice to one
Read moreThe IAM presence on the U.S. Virgin Islands continues to grow, as Local Lodge 340 overwhelmingly won an election for 95 workers at Waste Management Authority on the three islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Johns. “Congratulations to the hard work of the Local, and special thanks to Local Lodge President Mervyn Constantine and
Read moreMembers of the IAM joined with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in a 125-person march on Reynolds American’s shareholder meeting in Winston-Salem, NC, to demand justice for tobacco farm workers. “The conditions the farmworkers toil under are inhumane,” said IAM District Lodge 110 President Teddy McNeil. “Sub-minimum wages, child labor, pesticide exposure, uninhabitable housing,
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