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The IAM announced it reached tentative agreements with US Airways on contracts covering approximately 11,000 mechanic and related, fleet service, maintenance training specialist and stock clerk employees. The three-year accords provide for substantial wage hikes, significant job security improvements and maintain industry-best healthcare benefits, among many other improvements. A ratification schedule is being developed. “We
Read moreThe Local 1943 Negotiating Committee helped secure a new three-year contract that holds the line on health care costs. From left, James Smith, Grand Lodge Representative; Steve Hollon, Committeeman; Neil Douglas, Local 1943 President and Directing Business Representative; Troy Witte, Committeeman; Tom Singhoffer, Local 1943 Vice President; Jason Black, Committeeman; Tim Combs, Committeeman; Shawn Coffey,
Read moreIAM Local 684 members at Sydney Car Railway (SCR) in Sydney, Nova Scotia recently ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement that will boost their pay more than 10 percent in the first year. The members consist of locomotive engineers, conductors and Maintenance of Way employees. “After nearly 16 years in my role as a General
Read moreSouth Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has repeatedly voiced her disdain for union jobs. Haley once said that she wears heels so she can “kick those unions hard.” In a recent interview on America’s Work Force (AWF) Radio, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger tells the story of an interesting encounter he had with anti-union South
Read moreNFFE-IAM members recently helped defeat an amendment that would have virtually prohibited federal employees from using official time for union activities. The anti-union amendment, stealthily proposed by Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) as part of a routine spending bill (H.R. 4745), was struck down 254-167, with 60 Republicans and 194 Democrats opposing. It was the result
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