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In a letter to President Obama, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger warns of significant domestic job losses, potential security breaches and the loss of important new technologies if the administration moves forward with its plan to have NASA rely on the private sector to develop and operate the nation’s manned space program. “NASA plays a critical
Read moreIn a major legal victory for Connecticut’s IAM members, the U.S. District Court issued an injunction against Pratt & Whitney, prohibiting them from moving work and equipment out of their Cheshire and East Hartford CARO operations. The decision by Judge Janet Hall sustains a lawsuit brought by IAM District 26 on behalf of more than
Read moreThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has existed on eight short-term funding extensions since the funding legislation first expired in September 2007. Meanwhile, the FAA needs updated safety, infrastructure and modernization programs, as well as protections for worker rights. An updated bill would also bring thousands of jobs. Please visit www.ttd.org to contact your Senators to
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) this week mailed telephone and Internet voting instructions to nearly 100 Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Flight Simulator Technicians (Sim Techs), opening a three-week voting period in the first IAM election since Delta acquired Northwest. “Voter participation is critical in this election,” said Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. “NMB
Read moreJust one year after executives in the troubled Financial Products Unit at AIG split $168 million in “retention bonuses,” the same group is poised to get another $100 million in bonus money. The Wall Street Journal cites the Financial Products Group as “responsible for the soured trades that precipitated the government rescue of the company.”
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