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The IAM has filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) seeking a single carrier ruling for Delta Stores employees. A single carrier ruling is required before having a union representation election, and a separate ruling must be made for each classification seeking an election. This follows previous applications for Fleet Service (Ramp &
Read moreMerrill Manufacturing continued its practice of stonewalling negotiations and prolonging a strike that began on March 24, 2010 by members of Local 2362 in Merrill, WI. The IAM indicated through a federal mediator that it was willing to modify some of its positions to reach a settlement. During a meeting between Merrill and the IAM,
Read moreMembers of Local 1295 in Sarnia, ON, who are employed as Medical Attendants by Voyageur Patient Transfer Services are all smiles after ratifying their first collective agreement. “These people joined the Machinists for better representation, wages and respect on the job and I think we delivered that in this first collective agreement,” explained District 78
Read moreAs members of Congress return home for their August recess, greet them with demands to put America’s unemployed back to work. Rally your community by ordering Hire US, America yard signs and bumper stickers today. Hire US, America is a 21-point plan for addressing the current jobs crisis. The plan, fashioned by UCubed job activists,
Read moreIn an indication of how quickly the United-Continental merger is moving, the European Commission this week gave its approval to the $3 billion acquisition, saying they found minimum overlap on trans-Atlantic routes flown by the two carriers. The “unconditional clearance” from European Union regulators is not a pre-condition for approval in the U.S., where the
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