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IAM Announces Leadership Changes The IAM Executive Council announced a series of retirements and successions that will ensure IAM members benefit from tested leadership, experience and dedication in the years to come. After serving the IAM for more than 40 years, Headquarters GVP Robert V. Thayer will retire on June 1, 2006, and be succeeded
Read moreTeamsters, TWU Threaten US Airways Workers The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and Transport Workers Union (TWU) have filed requests with the National Mediation Board (NMB) seeking representation of US Airways workers. The IBT is asking for an election for the Mechanic & Related classification and the TWU applied to represent Fleet Service employees. The
Read moreUnions Support Fairness for FAA Controllers The IAM is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow aviation union counterparts in support of legislation introduced by Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama to deny the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the ability to unilaterally impose contract terms on its workers. The “Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of
Read moreBush Fails to Connect with Workers in Annual Address In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Bush vowed no retreat in Iraq, urged a halt to “oil addiction” and even spoke of an “American Competitiveness Initiative” to make sure math and science students can compete in the global market. But he failed
Read moreGreenspan’s Legacy: Lots of Debt and No Jobs Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan steps down today after 18 years and five terms as the most powerful man behind the U.S. economy. Pundits and politicians of all persuasions have entered a realm of “irrational exuberance,” ignoring record deficits and lost jobs to heap praise on Greenspan’s
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