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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has worked out a settlement agreement for Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges filed by the IAM against Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI). SRI is a Service Contract Act employer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. The settlement allows SRI to avoid a trial on more than a dozen violations
Read moreIn a wide-ranging conversation with radio host Bill Press that included the economy, jobs, sequestration, labor law enforcement and right-to-work (for less) efforts, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger called for an aggressive strategy to overcome the right-wing’s war on unions and the middle-class. President Buffenbarger says a good offense is the best defense. “I am sick
Read moreThe 2013 Basic Web Development Course for April 28-May 3 has been rescheduled to July 14-19, 2013. This Basic Web Development class is offered by the IAM Communications Department and will be held at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Placid Harbor, MD. The course is for lodges just beginning new websites
Read moreFour 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
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