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A recent editorial published in the Richmond Times Dispatch by IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger and Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President Marion C. Blakey warns of grave threats to the nation’s national security if Congress allows the tsunami of across-the-board spending cuts known as “sequestration” to go forward. Recalling the lessons learned when America’s industrial
Read moreLast week, the Union of the Unemployed (UCubed) registered on the radar screens of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Daily Caller, Human Events aka the John Birch Society, the Drudge Report, the Romantic Poet, Fox Business News and literally thousands of their fruitcake friends went bananas over the idea that UCubed would even try to organize
Read moreIAM District 142 and Alaska Airlines this week reached a tentative agreement for approximately 600 Ramp and Stores employees at the carrier. The proposed deal took less than four months to bargain and the negotiating committee has unanimously recommended ratification. “Job security was our number one issue heading into these negotiations, and this agreement delivers not
Read moreWith Father’s Day on June 17th, and graduation season in full swing, Union Plus is offering many opportunities to save on gifts for dads and grads. Save 15% with your union discount on AT&T wireless service. Save on cell phones and accessories, too. Plus, you’ll be supporting fellow union members working at AT&T, the only
Read moreThe 6th Triennial Pride at Work Convention will take place September 12-15 in Cleveland, Ohio. As an official AFL-CIO constituency group, Pride at Work educates and advocates on behalf of union and non-union members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. In 30 states, it is legal to fire someone because of their
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