The IAM’s photo series unveiling the real truths behind the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) ramps up in the wake of the White House decision to submit the flawed trade deal to Congress. America’s politicians are setting us “on a destruction course of the middle class” is how one person summed up
Read moreAttending the award ceremony for 2011 National Labor College graduates, from left, Winpisinger Education Center Director Chris Wagoner; graduates John Ratcliffe, Local 2203; James Bowling, Local 912; Paul DeTrana, Local 794 and Rhonda Rogers, Local 1943. General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., right, represented the IAM Executive Council at the ceremony. (Local 751A member Duy
Read moreIn a joint letter to President Obama, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) expressed deep concern over recent comments by the President questioning the value of corporate aircraft use and proposing tax changes that would negatively impact the entire general aviation industry. The letter emphasized
Read moreAn administrative law judge in San Francisco, CA rejected “in its entirety” a motion by The Boeing Company to dismiss the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint over Boeing’s movement of 787 production from Washington state to South Carolina. Click here to read full text of the judge’s ruling. Citing established Board law, Judge Clifford
Read moreThe relative sizes of bargaining units was a key factor in the first representation election brought on by the merger of United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia Airlines. With more than 15,000 Flight Attendants at the pre-merger United Airlines, the CWA-AFA was able to overcome the 9,500 Flight Attendants at Continental and Continental Micronesia
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