The IAM is calling on lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to oppose the admission of Russia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) until that country can provide evidence of substantive improvements in its abysmal labor and human rights record. “Russia’s labor code fails to secure fundamental labor rights and its application is worse; human rights leaders
Read moreThe Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants in the United States, welcomed a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to include all U.S.-based Flight Attendants into the risk-based, Known Crewmember (KCM) program. The KCM program allows for expedited screening of authorized and trusted crew members at security screening checkpoints
Read moreDistrict 75 in Daleville, AL recently negotiated a three-year first contract for workers at TKC Aerospace, Eglin AFB, FL. The 30-member bargaining unit, which organized with the IAM in March and will become part of Local 20 in Niceville, FL, is responsible for Aerospace Ground Equipment support of the Test Wing at Eglin. The new
Read moreJohn Conley, Vice-President TWU; Captain David Bates, President APA; Doug Parker, CEO US Airways; Laura Glading, President APFA; Notably absent; All US Airways unions. US Airways CEO Doug Parker spoke recently at a National Press Club luncheon, arguing emphatically for a merger between US Airways and American Airlines. Parker was flanked by leaders of the
Read moreThe July 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, activists spotlight the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) anti-middle class, pro-corporate agenda and the Machinists News Network talks with a group of Local 1976 retirees on a mission to provide much-needed medical equipment to those in need in Panama. You
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