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H.R.7H.R.7More than 2,000 Amtrak workers could lose their jobs if the House version of the Surface Transportation Bill (H.R. 7) is passed into law. At a time when Amtrak ridership is at record highs, privatizing those positions will adversely affect service, safety and security on every train. In addition to privatizing the Amtrak jobs, many
Read moreDo manufacturers need special treatment? Not only do they need it – they deserve it, says IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan and Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation, in an op-ed published on The Huffington Post. Together Sloan and Hindery refute a New York Times article written by
Read moreCalling it “deeply flawed” and “a capitulation that upsets carefully balanced safeguards that have long existed in the Railway Labor Act,” IAM President Tom Buffenbarger urged President Obama to veto the “FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.” Approved by both houses of Congress after four years of temporary extensions and intense political wrangling, the
Read moreWith 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
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