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House and Senate Republican leadership penned a letter to President Obama offering their proposals to prevent student loan interest rates from increasing. Their plan for funding the extension? Dipping into federal workers’ retirement savings. Signed by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Majority Leader Eric Canter (R-VA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Senate Republican
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) this week announced its decision regarding the protest filed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) of last year’s Ramp/Fleet Service representational election at the airline formed by the merger of United Airlines, Continental and Continental Micronesia. The NMB found the election’s conditions were not tainted and upheld the IAM’s
Read moreKathy Delio Effective June 1, 2012, IAM Assistant Director of Membership Services Kathy Delio will become Director of the newly-formed IAM Membership Services Department. The department currently exists as part of the IAM Information Systems Department. IT Specialist Cathy Russell will succeed Delio as Assistant Director. Cathy Russell “The Membership Services staff provide critical services
Read moreA new documentary film, produced by director Robert Greenwald, uncovers the socioeconomical corruption behind billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. Koch Brothers Exposed details the brothers’ relentless and stomach-turning efforts to undermine the interests of working-class Americans on issues ranging from Social Security to the environment to civil rights. Koch Industries, the second largest privately
Read moreThe IAM delegation to the CBTU’s 41st Annual Convention in St. Louis, MO included representatives from the United States and Canada. By a unanimous vote, delegates at the 41st annual convention of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) elected Terrence (Terry) L. Melvin to succeed Bill Lucy as president of the one of North
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