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Health care costs topped the list yet again as the Machinists of Local Lodge 639 at Bombardier Learjet in Wichita, KS hit the picket lines after voting down the company’s unfair contract offer and voting by a 79 percent margin to strike. Workers in Wichita build the Learjet line of business jets, including the new
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 moreSpeaking at the union’s quadrennial convention in Portland, OR, and representing 110,000 federal employees in 40 separate departments and agencies, NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 President William Dougan announced NFFE-IAM’s enthusiastic endorsement of Barack Obama for a second term as President of the United States. “President Obama is a friend of the federal employee, no question,”
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