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The Office of Personnel Management recently proposed a new rule that would make temporary federal employees who work at least 90 days eligible for the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. After years of fighting for health benefits for all temporary federal employees, NFFE-IAM achieved an enormous victory when the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently proposed
Read moreMembers of Iowa’s congressional delegation are calling out United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek for the carrier’s decision to outsource more than 600 jobs at 12 U.S. airports, including 48 jobs at Des Moines International Airport. United has also announced plans for contract workers to replace United employees at airports in Albuquerque, NM; Buffalo, NY; Charleston,
Read moreIAM Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson, second from right, led a team of more than 30 IAM representatives at negotiations with UPS and UPS Freight. More than 4,000 IAM-represented mechanics at United Parcel Service (UPS) and UPS Freight have ratified new contracts that cover over 100 locations nationwide. The two IAM-UPS national agreements, one for UPS
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its official determination on the election of Grand Lodge Officers of the IAM. According to the DOL, IAM members in 884 Local Lodges cast ballots in April 2014 and properly elected R. Thomas Buffenbarger as International President, Robert Roach, Jr. as General Secretary-Treasurer and the following nine
Read morePresident Obama signed an executive order to penalize federal contractors that treat their workers poorly. President Obama has issued an executive order cracking down on federal government contractors that engage in wage theft, discrimination and other labor violations. The “Fair Pay and Safe Workplace” measure will require prospective contractors to disclose labor law violations from
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