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The National Mediation Board (NMB) today acted on an International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) application and ordered a union representation election for more than 700 Stock & Stores employees at Delta Air Lines. “The Stock & Stores employees at Delta understand the airline industry is changing and they need protection from some
Read moreThe merger mania that cut the nation’s major network carriers to just four, is spreading to low-fare carriers this week with the announcement that Southwest Airlines will acquire AirTran Airways for $1.42 billion. The merger is expected to close in the first half of 2011, pending approval by shareholders and federal regulators. For representation purposes,
Read moreRussian space officials blamed a series of “small glitches” for a 24-hour delay in the scheduled return of a Soyuz space capsule from the International Space Station (ISS). American astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and a pair of Russian cosmonauts were preparing to return after six months in orbit when a computer on the Soyuz signaled
Read moreMachinists members in Toronto, ON, who are employed at TBH (Toronto Baggage Handling) have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. “The members have ratified a 23-month agreement and the alternative after a year of often intense negotiations was strike action,” said District 140 Organizer Ian Morland. “I can’t say enough about the hard work and
Read moreEmployers took 1,546 mass layoff actions in August which resulted in 150,192 workers losing their jobs, says the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). A mass layoff is defined as when 50 or more people file for unemployment insurance benefits against a single employer during a five-week period. This does not include workers who lost their
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