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Despite a public campaign of complaints and accusations that representation elections for airline workers are too lengthy, Delta Air Lines is among the biggest backers of a new lawsuit aimed squarely at new voting guidelines recently issued by the National Mediation Board (NMB). The lawsuit, filed last week in federal district court by the Air Transport
Read moreThe Senate Appropriations Committee this week voted unanimously to reinforce a current law requiring congressional approval before cutting funds for the Constellation program. Click here to view a new IAM video about efforts to preserve the U.S. Space program. The amendment mandates that funds budgeted for Constellation in fiscal 2010 must be used for the
Read moreFor the second time in three years, workers at Toyota assembly plants in Cambridge, ON, and Woodstock, ON, have launched a drive for IAM representation. The IAM currently represents thousands of members in the Canadian automotive transportation sector at manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. “The inside organizing committee has been canvassing
Read moreJoining John Jefferies at his Tribute last night are, left to right: Retired GLR Jim Lautar, Special Asst. to GST Paul Shemanski, Executive Assistant to the IP Diane Babineaux, GST Warren Mart, Jefferies and retired GLR Rosa Lemon. Long-time IAM and political activist John Jefferies was recognized by family, friends and peers in
Read moreLawmakers are preparing to vote on a bill that would create jobs and provide much-needed assistance to the unemployed. The “American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes and Preventing Outsourcing Act” (HR 4213) extends unemployment insurance benefits and reduced COBRA payments to the end of 2010, creates thousands of new jobs by extending the Temporary Assistance for
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