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Anita Parlberg McClure1908 – 2012 The IAM mourns the death of Anita Parlberg McClure, the former secretary to legendary IAM International Presidents Al Hayes and P.L. “Roy” Siemiller. McClure was 104 years old and living in Frankenmuth, Michigan at the time of her passing. McClure first hired on at the IAM as a File Clerk
Read moreThere is a new chapter in the ongoing saga of Aveos. Manitoba has joined Quebec in formerly accusing Air Canada of not respecting the 1988 law requiring it to maintain aircraft maintenance and overhaul centers in Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto. “This is a significant turn of events,” said IAM Canadian GVP Dave Ritchie. The IAM
Read moreThe New York Times reports the Obama administration is making much-needed strides in the issue of human trafficking – a modern day slave trade that effects more than 20 million people, mostly women and children, around the globe – including here in the U.S. “Though much remains to be done, the Obama administration has begun
Read moreWith sequestration looming, large government contractors have threatened to issue mass notices of pending layoffs as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. While the act requires large employers to provide employees with 60 days advance notice of possible layoffs, the U.S. Labor Department issued a memo saying the layoff notices would
Read moreNFL referees voted in a new labor agreement over the weekend and are back to work. Their 115-day lockout by NFL owners, primarily to try and strip traditional pension benefits from the refs, was so out-of-bounds that even the political poster boy for union busting, Scott Walker, called for the regular referees’ return. All of
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