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Strong grassroots opposition from IAM members led to three anti-union, anti-working family amendments to the Defense budget bill being withdrawn this week in the U.S. House. The amendments sought to eliminate key worker protections under the Service Contract Act (SCA), including one that attempted to strip contracted union members of their right to strike. The
Read moreHouse members are preparing to vote on three GOP amendments to the Defense budget bill that will eliminate key worker protections under the Service Contract Act (SCA). Tell your Representative to vote “No” on the Rogers, Rigell and Fleming amendments to the Defense budget bill by clicking here. GOP Rep. Mike Rogers (AL) has offered
Read moreIAM Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson, second from right, is leading a team of more than 30 IAM representatives at the opening of negotiations with UPS and UPS Freight that will cover more than 100 locations nationwide. (photo by Bill Ingram) Negotiations between the IAM and United Parcel Service (UPS) and UPS Freight formally opened today
Read moreFormer NTSB officials, from right, Greg Feith and John Goglia (also an IAM member at US Airways) teach participants how to conduct an accident investigation, and protect themselves from site contaminants, as part of the District 142 Flight Safety Committee training at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Southern Maryland. The IAM’s pioneering Flight Safety
Read moreIAM and TCU-IAM members at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will strike on Sunday, July 20, 2014 if the commuter rail company continues to refuse contract negotiations, say union leaders. “After a unanimous vote from the Long Island Rail Road Local Chairmen and pursuant to my authority under Article 13, Section 22 and Article
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