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  • iMail , News September 20, 2012

    IAM Wins Representation Rights for Instructors at United Airlines

    The National Mediation Board (NMB) has certified the IAM as the authorized representative of 185 Fleet Technical Instructors (FTIs) at the airline formed by the merger of United, Continental and Continental Micronesia. In proceedings before the Board dating back to 2011, IAM attorneys countered United’s attempt to split off portions of the craft or class

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  • iMail , News September 20, 2012

    Applications Available Now for 2013 IAM Scholarships

    Applications are now available for the 2013 IAM Scholarship Competition. The scholarship competition is open each year to eligible members of the IAM throughout the United States and Canada and their eligible children. The IAM Scholarship Fund, which is used exclusively to make these awards possible, was first established by the delegates to the 1960

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  • iMail , News September 20, 2012

    Deadline for Communicator Class Registration is October 12

    The enrollment deadline for the IAM Communications Department’s Communicator Course is October 12, 2012. The class will be held December 9-14, 2012 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The Communicator course is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and need help

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    U.S. Files WTO Suit to Block China Auto Subsidies

    The Obama White House filed a lawsuit against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for illegally subsidizing exports in its autos and auto parts sectors, a practice that puts U.S. auto parts manufacturers and some 800,000 American workers at a competitive disadvantage and encourages the outsourcing of auto parts production to China. The U.S.

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  • iMail , News September 18, 2012

    Court Overturns Gov. Walker’s Attack on Bargaining Rights

    A Wisconsin judge overturned most of Republican Governor Scott Walker’s attack on public employee collective bargaining rights last week. The ruling by Dane County Judge Juan Colas overturns parts of Walker’s ban on collective bargaining and returns the law to its status before the legislation was passed and signed by Walker in March 2011.    The

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