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Federal Workers Take Aim at NSPS With the newly-elected Democrats now in control of Congress, the IAM is working closely with the United Defense Workers Coalition (UDWC) to repeal the Bush administration’s faulty National Security Personnel System (NSPS). Despite a ruling last February by District Court Judge Emmett G. Sullivan declaring certain parts of NSPS
Read moreLockout Shuts Down Harley-Davidson Officials of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) planned to meet today with IAM and Harley-Davidson representatives in an effort to resolve the 4-day old lockout at Harley’s largest U.S. facility. More than 2,700 members of IAM Local 175 in York, PA voted last week by 96 percent to reject
Read moreMachinists Slam Harley ‘Betrayal’ More than 2,700 Machinists union members at Harley-Davidson in York, PA, were forced out of their workplace today after voting to reject a contract that union leaders called a betrayal to workers at the iconic company. “Harley-Davidson has no business behaving like they’re on the brink of bankruptcy,” said IP Tom
Read moreTexas District 776 DBR Pat Lane to Retire With only two days before District 776 DBR Pat Lane closes the books on an IAM career than spanned nearly three decades, the Ft. Worth Star Telegram took a look back at the man who began life “with patches on his patches” and went on to become
Read moreMachinists Address Pensions, Airline Management at Senate Merger Hearing General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., was the sole labor representative at an important Senate hearing on airline mergers and industry consolidation. “Proposed mergers must be scrutinized to ensure that employees’ hard earned pensions are preserved,” said Roach before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
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