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U.S. Jobless Figure Tops 11 Million The U.S. economy is in a free-fall and taking millions of U.S. jobs down with it. The Department of Labor reports the unemployment rate soared to 7.2 percent last month – the highest since World War II. According to the department, 2.6 million people lost their jobs last year
Read moreNMB Rejects Delta’s Rush to Judgment In an announcement with significant implications for thousands of employees at Delta and Northwest Airlines, the National Mediation Board (NMB) this week issued a single carrier ruling for pilots, flight dispatchers and meteorologists only at the recently merged carrier. The decision is a major setback for management at Delta,
Read moreVought Threatens Tennessee Strikers With less than a week before federally supervised negotiations are set to resume, Vought Aircraft Industries in Nashville, TN, took a page from the union-busters handbook and threatened to permanently replace any union member who refused to cross picket lines. The strike by nearly 1,000 members of IAM Local 735 was
Read moreMachinists Union Puts Skills on Display A foundation in science, engineering and mathematics are fast becoming essential ingredients for career success in today’s high-tech manufacturing sector. That was the unanimous refrain of a group of employers, government contractors, school officials and union representatives who took part in the first annual Youth in Technology summit at
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