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With the unemployment rate at its highest point in decades, the U.S. economy continues to shed much-needed manufacturing jobs. The loss of manufacturing jobs can be tied directly to our so called “free trade” policies, which have facilitated the movement of production to cheap-labor sites across the globe. The cheap-labor model of trade was instituted
Read morePratt & Whitney is adding insult to injury by filing an appeal of the court decision castigating them for failing to make an effort to preserve work in Connecticut. The appeal comes a day after the company announced layoffs in the locations they were barred by court order from closing. Since last July, Pratt and United
Read moreIAM retired General Counsel Allison Beck has been appointed as Deputy Director for National and International Programs of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), effective March 2, 2010. In announcing her appointment, FMCS Director George Cohen said that Beck “shares my vision of an agency dedicated to proactively offering a variety of services all
Read moreTwenty employees of the Days Inn in London, ON, are the latest hospitality workers to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The certification of housekeeping and maintenance staff at the 150-room hotel in the Forest City marks the second successful organizing campaign in the hospitality sector for the Machinists in 2010. Earlier
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed, or UCubed, generated record-breaking numbers over the last 24 hours, with membership jumping from almost 480 job activists yesterday to well over 800 today. Ninety-six new cubes were created within the same time period, adding to the 84 cubes already created (six people within the same zip code make one cube).
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