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“To say that we’re disappointed in the arbitrator’s award would be an understatement,” said District 140 President Chuck Atkinson in response to a ruling by a Canadian arbitrator in the long-running contract dispute between Air Canada and IAM District 140. The arbitrator, who was appointed after the Canadian government passed legislation in March to bar
Read moreThe IAM accepted an invitation from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to meet with Lockheed Martin and federal mediators to explore settlement possibilities for the strike that began on April 23, 2012. “The IAM welcomes the involvement of federal mediators and we’re looking forward to the face-to-face meetings with Lockheed,” said IAM Aerospace
Read moreIAM President Tom Buffenbarger was chosen to be one of three vice presidents of IndustriALL Global Union, a new trade union federation representing 50 million workers in 140 countries. IAM President Tom Buffenbarger was elected today to serve as one of three vice presidents of IndustriALL Global Union, the newly formed union federation representing 50
Read moreA recent editorial published in the Richmond Times Dispatch by IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger and Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President Marion C. Blakey warns of grave threats to the nation’s national security if Congress allows the tsunami of across-the-board spending cuts known as “sequestration” to go forward. Recalling the lessons learned when America’s industrial
Read moreLast week, the Union of the Unemployed (UCubed) registered on the radar screens of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Daily Caller, Human Events aka the John Birch Society, the Drudge Report, the Romantic Poet, Fox Business News and literally thousands of their fruitcake friends went bananas over the idea that UCubed would even try to organize
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