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Machinists, Passenger Rights Group Join Forces The IAM and the nation’s largest passenger rights group are joining forces to oppose any combination of United Airlines, American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and Delta Airlines. The Machinists and the Coalition for an Airline Passengers Bill of Rights (CAPBOR) will coordinate legislative efforts and make the case
Read morePresident Buffenbarger Rips into Obama Before a raucous crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters in Youngstown, OH Tuesday night, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger ripped into Senator Barack Obama, taking aim at Obama’s lackluster record as a state Senator and his unwillingness to fight for working families. “He took a walk every time there was a tough
Read moreNegotiations Begin for 6,000 at Lockheed Martin IAM Leadership (L to R – GVP Headquarters, Rich Michalski, IP Tom Buffenbarger, Aerospace Coordinators John Crowdis and Ray Moffatt) at opening round of negotations with Lockheed Martin. After months of preparations and in the midst of record-breaking profits for the aerospace industry, IAM leaders this week launched
Read moreRecord Turnout Fuels Close Contest Despite unprecedented interest in the upcoming presidential election and record-breaking voter turnout, the race to win the Democratic nomination for president remains excruciatingly close. While more than 18.3 million Democrats have taken part in primaries and caucuses so far, fewer than 4,500 votes separate the two Democratic front runners, New
Read moreOpposition Grows to ‘Worst Ever’ NLRB Chairman Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill declared this week that she will oppose President Bush’s nomination of Robert Battista to serve again as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Battista, whose five-year term ended in December, recently told a joint Senate-House hearing that he doesn’t believe the
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