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Two top members of the House Committee on Homeland Security have lent their voices and their influence to the IAM effort to include Flight Attendants among the flight crew members authorized to use the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) expedited security screening system. Under current TSA guidelines, only pilots are entitled to access secure areas using
Read moreGeneral Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart and Eastern Territory GVP Lynn Tucker were among the speakers addressing the West Virginia Machinists Council meeting on April 9 in Sutton, WV. The annual meeting gave union leaders and members in the Mountain State an opportunity to examine efforts in nearby states where Republican governors are using the deficit as
Read moreDon’t forget the deadline for the IAM Photo Contest and the Newsletter and Website Contest is May 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 or the official call,
Read moreMore than 800,000 federal employees breathed a sigh of relief when Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a tentative agreement to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. Finalized with less than two hours before the government would shut down, the agreement will
Read moreApril 12, 2011 marks Equal Pay Day for 2011, the length of time women must work into 2011 to make what men earned in 2010. “ Almost 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, equal pay for equal work remains elusive for millions of working women,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
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