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With less than two weeks before votes are counted in the representation election for nearly 18,000 Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at United Airlines, the National Mediation Board (NMB) ruled that nearly 1,000 United/Continental employees are ineligible to vote in the election that will conclude on February 21. The ruling, which was sought by United
Read moreThe IAM, representing Technical Maintenance and Operation Support workers employed at Air Canada, have reached a tentative agreement with the carrier. “This agreement represents a huge amount of hard work by our bargaining team under extremely trying circumstances,” explained IAM District 140 President and General Chairperson Chuck Atkinson. “The Committee had to bargain hard for
Read moreGeneral Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., today announced the appointment of Dora Cervantes as a Special Assistant to the General Secretary-Treasurer effective March 1, 2012. Currently a Grand Lodge Representative (GLR) in the Transportation Department, Sister Cervantes initiated into IAM Local Lodge 2198 in Houston, TX in 1989 as a Reservations Agent for Southwest Airlines. She
Read moreThe IAM announced they are endorsing Paul Dewar for the leadership of Canada’s federal New Democratic Party (NDP). “We believe Paul Dewar projects our values and those of the average Canadian,” explained IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. “We were looking for someone that not only can maintain the gains we made in the last federal
Read moreSenate Democrats have offered an emergency plan for extending unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for millions of jobless Americans whose benefits are set to expire on February 29, 2012. The Democratic proposal rejects GOP calls to require jobless applicants pass a drug test and enroll in GED classes in order to receive benefits – two issues
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