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A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia swept aside a lawsuit by the Air Transport Association (ATA) and upheld the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) revised voting rules for air and rail representation elections. The nation’s transportation workers will now have the same voting rights enjoyed by workers in all other U.S. industries. The
Read moreMembers of District 837 in St. Louis, MO voted 1,237 to 838 to ratify a revised agreement with the Boeing Company that provides for a $5000 lump sum and three percent annual wage hikes starting in the second year. The four and a half year contract also calls for workers hired after January 2012 to
Read moreWinpisinger Center instructor Dave Miskolczi (left) and members of the Local 1260 Bargaining Committee work on contract proposals for upcoming negotiations with Worthington Cylinders. The latest group to benefit from the Winpisinger Center’s unique Bargaining Preparation Class is from Local 1260 in New Holstein, WI, where the contract with Worthington Cylinders is set to expire
Read moreL to R: Charlie Fleming, President, Atlanta CLC, Rita Rogers, Vice President SSC, Rickey Wallace, President SSC, Bob Martinez, GVP Southern Territory, Judy Pierce, Secretary-Treasurer SSC. Conference President Rickey Wallace dropped the gavel to begin the inaugural Southern States Conference of Machinists last week in Marietta, GA. The conference was the creation of Southern Territory
Read moreThere’s still time to get an entry into the 2010 IAM Photo Contest. Don’t pass up the chance to have your lodge members featured in the 2011 IAM Calendar. The deadline for entries for the 2010 IAM Photo Contest has been extended to July 9, 2010. Winning photos will be featured in the 2011 IAM
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