Former 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
Read moreVoters in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, Pennsylvania and Oregon are getting primary election season started today, May 20th. If you live in one of these states, make the time to vote. Tuesday’s primaries will shape critical 2014 contests for working families across the U.S. Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky are battleground states for Democrats trying to
Read moreMembers of IAM Local 2249 voted 41-7 on Tuesday, May 20 to ratify a new proposal from Lockheed Martin that will end the five-day strike at Stennis Space Center (SSC). The settlement includes improvements to wages and benefits but replaces the defined benefit pension plan with a 401k retirement plan. While united in opposition to
Read moreU.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), speaking at the 2014 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, has made a name for herself in Congress by pushing the envelope on financial reform. (Photos: Bill Burke / Page One Photography) The odds weren’t in favor of Elizabeth Warren becoming the first female Senator from Massachusetts. Warren, the daughter
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