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Reaction was swift to remarks this week by Washington Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi, who told editors of the Tacoma News-Tribune on Monday that he saw no reason for including the subsidy issue in the Pentagon’s tanker evaluation. Rossi later backtracked from his statements, saying everyone had misunderstood his answer. He later issued a statement saying
Read moreThe U.S. Senate today blocked an attempt by Georgia Republican Senator Johnny Isakson to overturn the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) recent rule change allowing voters in union representation elections in the air and rail industies to vote for or against union representation. Prior to the new rule, which took effect July 1, 2010, any eligible
Read moreUnion of the Unemployed (UCubed) invites the unemployed, underemployed, IAM members and other jobs activists attending the One Nation Working Together March on Washington to join us at a pre-event on 10.2.10. Speakers from an array of unions and groups advocating for the jobless will participate in this sanctioned pre-event. JOBS Now! signs, t-shirts and
Read moreUrge your Representative in Congress to support HR 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. This bill will apply duties to the goods produced by countries that illegally manipulate their currency, most notably China. Currency manipulation enables countries like China to artificially lower the cost of their exports to the U.S. while increasing the
Read moreThe 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 14,000 Fleet Service Workers at Delta Air Lines. “This election is only possible because of the overwhelming support from Delta Fleet Service workers,” said Transportation GVP Robert Roach,
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