The Town Hall meeting that was a featured event at the 2011 IAM Human Rights Conference in Orlando, FL will air on the Joe Madison radio program on September 27, 2011. The program airs at 6:00 am and 8 pm Eastern time and can be heard on “The Power,” Channel 128, Sirius XM and in
Read moreMembers of Local 992 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, have ratified a new collective agreement with Dettson Incorporated. “We began negotiations on June 7 and came to a tentative agreement by September 15,” explained Grand Lodge Representative Mario Clermont. “This is a new employer and the creation of a joint labor relations committee to look over the
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart (right) and Ted Young of Pyramid Landscaping & Development, Inc. display the beautification award from Prince George’s County, MD. IAM-represented groundskeepers in Maryland were honored with awards for landscaping excellence at private and commercial properties in Prince Georges County, including the grounds at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. More
Read moreThe enrollment deadline for the IAM Communications Department’s Communicator Course is Friday, September 30, 2011. The class, to be held December 4-9, 2011 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland, is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and need help in basic
Read moreThe IAM filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) asking the Board to rule that United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia are now operating as a single transportation system for union representation purposes in the Passenger Service classification. Such a ruling is a necessary first step before union representation issues can be
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