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IAM Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. addressed a rally in Washington, D.C., calling for an end to the prohibition against union representation for nation’s 40,000 Transportation Security Officers. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the AFL-CIO are calling for an end to the Bush-era policy that has been used to prevent lawful
Read morePainters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) member Robin De Haven is being hailed nationally as a quick-thinking hero for his actions after anti-IRS fanatic Joseph Stack crashed his private plane into an Austin, TX, office building. De Haven, a 26-year-old Iraq war veteran, who is also a graduate of the Helmets to Hardhats program, immediately drove
Read moreThe ‘Jobs for America Now’ coalition is hosting a National Call-in Day on February 23, 2010, to urge members of Congress to support a full year extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA subsidies. Click here for more information and call-in instructions as well as tips how to make your call as effective as possible. Cutting off
Read moreA last-minute provision put in place by Congress which allows jobless workers to receive up to 15 months of help with COBRA payments is set to expire. After February 28, 2010, anyone who loses their job will not only be out of work, but possibly out of health coverage. Without the 65 percent COBRA subsidy
Read moreHawker Beechcraft announced this week that more than 250 high-skill, high-paying jobs will be eliminated when it closes a factory in Salina, KS. A company spokesperson confirmed that half the jobs would go to a facility in Mexico and half to outside vendors. When the closure was first announced in November 2009, company officials indicated
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