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NAACP 100th Anniversary Convention in Full Swing One hundred years of service continues this week as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its 100th anniversary convention in New York City with theme “Bold Dreams-Big Victories.” The NAACP was founded in 1909 in New York City. More than five-thousand attendees, both
Read moreSenate to Vote on F-22 Raptor Funding Soon In a critical vote for the future of the F-22 Raptor program, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to take action on the 2010 Defense Authorization bill, S. 1930, that includes funding for seven additional F-22’s. Some Senators are certain to offer an amendment that will strip funding
Read moreMachinists Renew Call for Second Stimulus In a four-page letter to President Barack Obama, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger made a strong case for a second economic stimulus program that would generate millions of jobs in the critical manufacturing sector. Citing the successful programs employed by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression, Buffenbarger called for an
Read moreMachinists Urge Far Reaching Industrial Policy The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) began a new chapter in its 121-year history with the installation of new officers, members of the Law Committee and delegates to the AFL-CIO and Canadian Labour Congress in a ceremony at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. The new
Read moreIAM Files for Representation Election at AirTran The IAM this week announced it filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to hold a representation election for more than 2,000 fleet service, passenger service and reservation employees of Orlando-based AirTran Airways. “The two main issues driving this campaign are respect and wages,” said Transportation
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