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The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week announced results of an investigation into allegations of misconduct by the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA) during last year’s representation election for Flight Attendants at the airline formed by the merger of United Airlines, Continental and Continental Micronesia. While the NMB did find that the
Read moreIn an act of solidarity that secures their place in union history books, members of Local 851 in Joliet, IL, voted overwhelmingly this week to reject a concession-packed contract from heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar, Inc. Nearly 800 members walked off the job on May 1 after rejecting an initial offer that froze wages, doubled health care
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
Read moreAircraft maintenance workers employed at Keewatin Air in Winnipeg, MB, are the newest members of the IAM and will join more than 18,000 workers in the Canadian Air Transport Sector. Keewatin Air serves the Canadian Arctic from its main base in Winnipeg with a fleet of Beech 1900 and King Air 200 aircraft. Keewatin Air
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