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MNPL Targets Elections, Tanker Deal The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL) held their annual planning meeting this week in Nashville, TN, against a backdrop that included the $40 billion tanker contract and a host of economic indicators that have many experts convinced the nation is already in recession. “The deepening mortgage crisis, soaring energy costs
Read moreIAM Survey: Voters Support Tech Training The Machinists Union has released results of a national survey that found widespread support among likely voters for two years of tuition-free, post-secondary education for every qualified American. The survey, which is available here, was conducted for the IAM by Fingerhut Granados Opinion Research and examined voter attitudes about
Read moreAirbus Distorts Tanker Job Numbers Union members in Washington state held a spontaneous protest in the wake of the Air Force decision to award a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers to Airbus/EADS. Less than a week after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) launched a review of the controversial $40 billion tanker contract, comes
Read moreGAO to Investigate $40 Billion Tanker Contract If the Air Force officials who awarded a $40 billion contract to Airbus and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.) were betting the outrage over the deal would die out quickly, they gambled wrong. A formal protest filed today by the Boeing Co. will be considered by
Read moreTell Congress: U.S. Forces Deserve U.S. Tankers Outrage continues to grow over the U.S. Air Force decision to award a $40 billion aerial refueling tanker contract to European company EADS a contract which could eventually be worth $60 billion. Appearing on CNN’s Lou Dobb’s Tonight, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger ripped into the Air Force’s decision.
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