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Two IAM family members are among the winners of the 2010 Union Plus Scholarship awards program. From the more than 5,000 applications submitted this year, 121 students representing 42 unions were awarded a total of $150,000 in scholarships. The IAM winners, both receiving $1,000 scholarships, are Lynda Meheula, whose husband, Lee, is a member of
Read moreTransportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. (right) testified this week before three congressional committees about airline consolidation and the need for re-regulation. Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and called for re-regulation of the airline industry. “It is clear that airline deregulation has failed to deliver on its promises of
Read moreIAM members in Wichita, KS, held a rally to support their negotiators and to oppose additional outsourcing of work to Mexico. Gathered in the heat outside the hotel where negotiations are taking place between District 70 and Spirit AeroSystems, workers and their families carried ‘Jobs Worth Fighting For’ signs and cheered as union leaders praised
Read moreThe problem behind America’s jobless recovery is shortsighted CEOs, says Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation. In an op-ed published in Bloomberg Businessweek, Hindery says too many CEOs focus on shareholders and short-term results. He says what the U.S. needs is stronger unions, a manufacturing surge and less
Read moreCongressional leaders unveiled a pair of plaques honoring African-American slaves who helped build the U.S. Capitol. African-American slaves who worked 12-hour days, six days a week between 1793 and 1800 to help build the U.S. Capitol building, were honored this week with a pair of commemorative plaques that will be permanently displayed inside the Capitol
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