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Sandy Gardner Michael Manzo IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has announced the appointment of Sandy Gardner and Michael Manzo as Transportation Department Special Representatives. Gardner initiated into Denver Local 1886 in 1998 after the IAM’s historic organizing victory of approximately 20,000 Passenger Service Employees at United Airlines. She was instrumental in the organizing campaign and
Read moreBrothers and Sisters, Today in the United States and Canada, we honor heroes among us – the men and women who have served or continue to serve in our armed forces. They’re family, friends, IAM brothers and sisters, or complete strangers. They’re veterans, and today we salute them. We’re proud of our enduring bond with
Read moreThe IAM this week joined with a coalition of labor unions and more than 20 individual retirees to file a federal class action lawsuit against General Electric Corporation in the Northern District of Ohio. The union coalition contends that GE violated federal labor law and the Employer Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by unilaterally depriving
Read moreThe IAM is entering contract talks early with United Airlines. (Photo: Bill Burke/Page One Photography) The IAM has announced an agreement with United Airlines to open contracts covering approximately 30,000 workers early, more than one year ahead of the scheduled amendable date, and enter into expedited negotiations to amend the current IAM-United contracts. Part of
Read moreBy a vote of 92 percent in favor, members of Montreal IAM Local 712 have accepted their next collective bargaining agreement with Bombardier Aerospace. “We have made the choice of making certain compromises for advancing the aerospace industry and to secure the defined pension plan,” said IAM Quebec Coordinator David Chartrand. “We hope in return
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