The right-wing screech-fest over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against Boeing is reaching circus-like proportions, with conservative commentators and Republican presidential candidates competing to see who can make the most outrageous and incendiary remarks about the case. The always reliable anti-union demagogue from South Carolina, Republican Senator James DeMint, blasted the complaint against
Read moreFrom left to right: Bee Fugate, Barbara Tudela, Ron Jackson, Lalia Valdez, Vilma Santos, Paula Segal, Cynthia Iverson, Laurel Baker, Jack Hegg, Marvin Fernandez and Linda Hiton Santos An enthusiastic group of IAM-Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants visited the IAM’s Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland to help coordinate resources for the upcoming representation election.
Read moreVoter backlash against Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker’s unfair campaign against public employees and collective bargaining rights continues with voters electing Democrat Steve Doyle over Republican John Lautz for a seat in the State Assembly that Republicans have held for 16 years. Doyle won 54 percent to Lautz’s 46 percent in a special election to
Read moreThe deadline for the IAM Photo Contest and the Newsletter and Website Contest has been extended to June 13, 2011. The 2011 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest is open to all local and district lodges that publish an official newsletter or website. The contest is also open to TCU lodges. Click here for the official
Read moreDemocratic Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a Republican attempt to make New Hampshire a right-to-work (for less) state, citing a lack of evidence that the legislation would actually benefit New Hampshire workers. “In my time as a CEO, in my years spent in the private sector turning around companies, and in my seven years as
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