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Every three to five years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is funded through legislation in the House and Senate. This is one of the few opportunities for Congress to provide direction and oversight to this agency which is so critical to airline workers. The previous FAA reauthorization expired in September of 2007. Since that
Read moreIAM President Tom Buffenbarger and Hawker Beechcraft Chairman and CEO W.W. (Bill) Boisture Jr. shared the head table at the opening of negotiations for a new contract covering 2,400 members of Local 733 in Wichita, KS. All eyes in the aviation community were on Wichita, KS last week, where IAM leaders gathered to open
Read morePratt & Whitney has informed IAM District 26 in Kensington, CT that the company plans to cut 129 hourly jobs at their Overhaul & Repair center in Cheshire, CT. These layoffs coincide with Pratt’s original plan for emptying the plant prior to contract negotiations – a plan that was ruled illegal by the District Court
Read moreThe Machinists Union has filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to represent Ground Instructors at Continental Airlines. Ground Instructors provide classroom training for Continental’s pilots. The IAM already represents workers in the Ground Instructor classification at United Airlines (UAL), Continental’s proposed merger partner. Under the terms of the IAM-UAL Fleet Technical Instructors
Read moreMachinists District Lodge 751 in Seattle, WA has launched a new YouTube channel with videos that show Machinists making a difference in their communities. The new site — www.youtube.com/iambuildingcommunity — features videos of members of the Machinists Volunteer Program working on their community service projects and videos from District 751’s fundraising efforts on behalf of
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