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Four years ago today, a newly elected President Barack Obama delivered on a campaign promise and signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The law makes it easier for women to effectively challenge unequal pay. Ms Ledbetter, who discovered her employer was paying her less than men for the same work, took her
Read moreThe IAM submitted comments to the Department of Transportation regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s Policy Statement on Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Aircraft Crewmembers. “For many years the IAM has been concerned about the occupational safety of Flight Attendants and has advocated for OSHA to play a role in regulating safety standards for flight
Read moreU.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) have reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation to help close the wage gap between women and men working the same jobs. Women make just 77 cents for every dollar made by a man for equal work, costing women and their families $434,000 over their
Read moreThe GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to raise the nation’s debt ceiling until May, staving off one of three quickly-approaching deadlines, each of which threaten to put the country back into recession. Right now, the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit by mid-February. The House bill, if passed in the Senate, would suspend
Read moreMock bargaining sessions that prepare IAM Bargaining Committees for the real thing are a feature of the popular Negotiation Prep Program offered by the Winpisinger Center. Among the uninformed, it’s fashionable to suggest that unions spend a disproportionate amount of time, money and resources defending the small percentage of members who face disciplinary problems at
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