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  • iMail , News July 26, 2012

    IAM Targets Bonuses for Senior Hawker Executives

    Calling it a thinly disguised effort to reward top executives at Hawker Beechcraft for achieving “routine, short-term and not particularly challenging” tasks, the IAM this week filed a formal objection to a proposal that would grant up to $5.3 million for the Beechcraft Eight, an octet of senior executives named as beneficiaries of a so-called

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  • iMail , News July 26, 2012

    Machinists at Lewis-McChord Ratify First Contract

    Nearly 350 members of District 751 who work for civilian contractor URS Corp. at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state are looking forward to their first pay raises in three years after approving their first union contract. The three-year accord was ratified with a 76-percent yes vote and will take effect on Aug. 3.

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  • iMail , News July 26, 2012

    Sequestration: A Prescription for 1 Million Layoffs

    In an op-ed published in The Wichita Eagle, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, along with Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Marion C. Blakey, called on Congress to pull the plug on pending defense budget cuts. The cuts, known as sequestration, threaten to put one million Americans out of work, shut down U.S. defense

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  • iMail , News July 24, 2012

    Flight Attendant Coalition Welcomes Risk-Based Screening

    The Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants in the United States, welcomed a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to include all U.S.-based Flight Attendants into the risk-based, Known Crewmember (KCM) program.   The KCM program allows for expedited screening of authorized and trusted crew members at security screening checkpoints

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  • iMail , News July 24, 2012

    District 75 Delivers for New Members at Eglin AFB

    District 75 in Daleville, AL recently negotiated a three-year first contract for workers at TKC Aerospace, Eglin AFB, FL. The 30-member bargaining unit, which organized with the IAM in March and will become part of Local 20 in Niceville, FL, is responsible for Aerospace Ground Equipment support of the Test Wing at Eglin. The new

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