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The 2010 Employee Assistance Professional -II Program (EAP-II) at the William W. Winpisinger Center, will be held March 21 to March 26, 2010. This class is for members interested in EAP studies and who have previously attended EAP-I. The EAP-II provides additional training f or union members to become EAP coordinators to help fellow members
Read moreMore than thirty people spoke at the National Mediation Board’s public hearing this week on the board’s proposal to implement a fair representation election voting process for air and rail workers. Among those who testified from personal experience with the current voting guidelines was Marianne Bickler, a former Delta flight attendant supervisor, who told how
Read moreAccording to a distinguished quartet of business and labor leaders, the U.S. financial system will remain vulnerable to crisis until a reasonable balance exists between the nation’s manufacturing and services sector, with at least 12 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coming from manufacturing. Writing in the December 21 issue of The American Prospect, business
Read moreMachinist Local 1746 members at UTC Power in South Windsor, CT, overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining agreement covering wages, benefits and other working conditions for 150 hourly workers who manufacture fuel cells. The three-year agreement includes annual raises of 2.5 percent, a $1,000 signing bonus, continued Cost of Living Adjustments and increased pension and
Read moreThe old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same” is sure to come to mind upon reading this letter to all locals and districts from former IAM International President Al Hayes. The letter, dated December 22, 1949, encourages locals to provide members with information about National Health Insurance, a top IAM
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