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In addition to organizing 45 new members at a pair of newly-merged auto dealerships in British Columbia, District 250 also succeeded in winning a seminal ruling on seniority rights from the British Columbia Labour Relations Board. The first organizing win followed an election among workers in Nanaimo, BC, where a Pontiac dealer absorbed a Chevrolet
Read moreA preliminary report from the U.S. Department of Labor shows employers issued 1,564 mass layoff notices in the first quarter which resulted in 221,150 workers losing their jobs. That’s compared to the quarter prior, where there were 2,419 mass layoffs affecting 406,815 workers. And the first quarter of 2009, when there were 3,979 mass layoffs
Read moreEmployees working for Defense Support Services, L.L.C. (DS-2) at Tucson International Airport have voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation, bringing to 12 the number of sites in Southern Arizona represented by Old Pueblo Lodge 933. “Brother Richard Schweiss was key in getting this worksite on board and educating these workers about what a union can do
Read moreIAM members sent more than 24 thousand cards and letters to the NMB supporting the proposed rule change. The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week published in the Federal Register its long-awaited change to rules governing representation elections conducted under the Railway Labor Act. In the brief summary of the historic change, the NMB declared:
Read moreHundreds of delegates attended the opening session of the 2010 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual IAM Legislative Conference brings hundreds of the union’s most experienced political activists to Washington, D.C. for a week of face-to-face contact with lawmakers who are left without any doubt about where the IAM stands on key issues.
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