Boeing CEO Jim NcNerney sent a companywide message saying a comment he made during an earnings call with reporters last week was a “joke gone bad.” McNerney had said he won’t retire after turning 65 next month because “the heart will still be beating, the employees will still be cowering, I’ll be working hard.” “Boeing’s
Read moreAmong the items auctioned off at the 2014 Tennessee Hawgs for Dogs event was a Jack Daniels whiskey barrel. From left, District 711 Business Representative Tim Wright, Local 1501 President Paul Buckner, GDA Volunteer Teresa Blevins, and Asia. Also auctioned was a unique handmade quilt made by IAM members Angela Duren and Paula Skelton. More
Read moreAdam O’Neal, Republican mayor of Belhaven, NC, holds up a picture of Portia Gibbs, who at 48 died from a heart attack while waiting for an airlift to a hospital in Norfolk, VA. The hospital 25 minutes from her house closed just a week before. Gibbs’ son Justin (left), and Moral Monday movement leader
Read moreSusan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, moderates a panel on “Rising Mortality Rates in Women in the U.S.” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. New research yields particularly troubling trends in female mortality rates across much of the United States, said a panel of health experts at a recent forum
Read moreStruggling with the financial burden of your student loans? The IAM and Union Plus may be able to help. Three lucky union member winners will be able to put a major dent in their student loan debt by receiving a grand prize of $10,000 or one of two $5,000 loan payments. Other prizes include: SAT/ACT/GRE
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