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Acting under authority granted by the U.S. Constitution, President Obama announced the recess appointments of two Democrats and a Republican to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), ensuring the agency will have the quorum needed to issue rules and regulations through 2012. The recess appointments bring an end to an unprecedented blockade of the president’s
Read moreIn a move that will cost 2,100 jobs, the Boeing Company announced this week it will close its military aircraft plant in Wichita, KS and move the work to Texas and Oklahoma. The IAM represents about 450 members at the facility, which performs modifications of military aircraft, in addition to work on Air Force One.
Read more“The December unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be misleading,” said Rick Sloan, Executive Director of the Union of Unemployed. “Since the start of this recession, 7.3 million Americans have dropped out of the workforce. They stopped looking for jobs. They’re not counted by the government but should be,” added Sloan. Adding
Read moreHard bargaining by Local 423 in Montreal, Quebec, produced a new four-year collective agreement and saved 22 jobs at Goodrich Engine Control Systems. “This was a tough set of negotiations,” said District Lodge 11 Business Representative Pierre Brisebois. “There were several discussions with the top management of the company and we were able to obtain
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that January 17, 2012 will be the starting date for a five-week election that can establish the IAM as the collective bargaining representative for 17,930 Passenger Service and Reservation employees at the airline formed by the merger of United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia. “Passenger Service and Reservation
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