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Included in the recent legislation that repealed the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) was a little noticed but extremely important provision extending credit for accrued sick leave to federal workers enrolled in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). Under the new law, FERS employees will receive a boost to their retirement annuity based on the
Read morePictured in the photo from Local 2069: Rick Gasaway, Molly Watson, Louann Prokop, Betty Sleeper, John Blankenberger, Chris Holland, Tom Carter, Kyle Hamm and his wife, Darla Miller, Kaycee Dance and Miranda Cassel. When the popular ABC-TV show ‘Extreme Makeover’ chose the Cowan-Brown family in Miami County, IN, for the program, IAM members of Local
Read moreThe $787 stimulus package passed earlier this year is being credited with creating or saving over 640,000 jobs, most in education and construction. A great start, says IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, but far from the kind of recovery American families are in need of now. “The White House should be commended in its efforts
Read moreMembers of Local 2418 in Newcastle, New Brunswick, have ratified a new collective agreement with Lounsbury Chevrolet. The three-year agreement provides wage increases of two per cent in the first year retroactive to September 1, 2009 and two six-month increases of one per cent in each of the remaining two years. Among the contract’s highlights
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) this week took the first step toward overhauling the union representation election rules for air and rail workers in the United States. The NMB is proposing to change the participation threshold for a successful union election from a majority of eligible voters in a classification to a majority of voters
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