IAM members at Alaska Airlines have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract at the carrier covering approximately 3,000 clerical, office and passenger service employees at Alaska Airlines. The five-year accord includes 12.3 percent in wage increases, improved job security provisions, strengthened merger protections, improved premium pay, enhanced home agent pay protections and holds the line on
Read moreA union contract is currently the number one equalizer in closing the 23 percent wage gap between women and men. April 8 is the annual observance of Equal Pay Day, a date that marks how much extra a woman has to work in 2014 before earning what a man did in 2013. Full-time female
Read moreA recent House GOP vote to redefine full-time work under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate shows its complete disregard for U.S. workers, including those who don’t work a traditional 40-hour work week. In an attempt to help business owners circumvent health care coverage for workers, House Republicans, along with 18 Democrats, voted to
Read moreNew contract negotiations have begun for 3,500 IAM Local 2003 members employed by Army Fleet Support (AFS) at Fort Rucker in Daleville, AL. Negotiations are moving forward on a new contract that will cover 3,500 members of IAM Local 2003 employed by Army Fleet Support (AFS) at Fort Rucker in Daleville, AL. The base in
Read moreTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, right, is in hot water after newly-released documents show his administration offered incentives to Volkswagen pending a rejection of United Auto Worker representation. The plot continues to thicken in the aftermath of the controversial February 14 vote that narrowly rejected United Auto Worker (UAW) representation at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, TN plant. According
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