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  • iMail , News May 10, 2011

    UCubed to Jobless: ‘Tell It Like It Is’

    UCubed is asking the jobless for their help in designing a bumper sticker that sums up what it means to be unemployed in America. The grassroots organization for the unemployed and underemployed is holding the bumper sticker contest as another way to remind folks that America needs JOBS Now. The contest is part of UCubed’s

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  • News May 10, 2011

    Boeing shouldn’t blame NLRB for doing its job

    THE National Labor Relations Board complaint against Boeing has caused quite a stir. According to the NLRB charge, Boeing chose to set up its second 787 production line in North Charleston, S.C., in retaliation against the Machinists’ Union because of repeated strikes against the company and the possibility the union could go on strike again.

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  • News May 10, 2011

    NLRB’s Solomon Responds to Boeing Letter As Controversy Continues Over Legal Dispute

    Addressing the controversy over his authorization of an unfair labor practice complaint against Boeing Co., National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon May 9 said there was “nothing remarkable or unprecedented” about his action, which he took only after a thorough investigation and careful review by NLRB employees. Solomon’s comments accompanied the

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  • News May 10, 2011

    Less Rhetoric and More of the Law in the NLRB’s Boeing Action

    The complaint that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued against the Boeing Company on April 20th has touched off a storm of comment and controversy, much of it wrong. We need to get past rhetoric and look at what the case is really about. In every state in our nation, the law provides important

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  • iMail , News May 5, 2011

    IAM Supports ‘Make it in America’ Agenda

    The IAM welcomed House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer’s effort to restore the national focus on creating and preserving U.S. jobs as the primary pathway back to national economic prosperity. “Each month that passes without a comprehensive national plan to rebuild our manufacturing infrastructure is another month that this nation will suffer,” said IAM International President

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