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  • News December 7, 2011

    NMB Rejects Delta Employees’ Election Appeal

    International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. today condemned the National Mediation Board (NMB)’s indefensible dismissal of the IAM’s 2010 Delta Air Lines Fleet Service election interference complaint.  “The Machinists Union disagrees wholeheartedly with this decision,” said Roach. “The NMB’s conclusions do not accurately reflect the illegal actions

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  • iMail , News December 6, 2011

    A Victory for U.S. Labor Law

    The right-wing darlings in Congress who are so quick to wave the U.S. Constitution about and declare they favor strict adherence to the laws of the land, might want to applaud the 75-year old law that created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and set the stage for a resolution of the contentious dispute between

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  • iMail , News December 6, 2011

    U.S. Air Force Decision Bombs in Wichita

    With the U.S. light aircraft industry still in a financial tailspin, it’s hard to comprehend the recent Air Force decision favoring a Brazilian plane-maker over Wichita, KS-based Hawker Beechcraft for a $1 billion contract to build a new light air support aircraft. The issue of using U.S. tax dollars to create aerospace jobs in Brazil

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  • iMail , News December 6, 2011

    Talks to Resume in Minnesota Tanker Strike

    Contract negotiations are set to resume for members of District 165, Local 623 who are employed at Polar Tank in Opole, MN. The members voted overwhelmingly last week to strike after the company proposed contract language that would increase outsourcing, compromise seniority provisions and job security. “The company proposal guaranteed that our members would vote

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  • iMail , News December 6, 2011

    Send Congress a Lump of Coal

          UCubed needs your help in collecting 5,000 signatures for its new online petition to send Congress a lump of coal for the upcoming holiday. “Congress has been acting like bad little children squabbling all year long,” says the petition. “They’ve done little to help the 29 million jobless Americans get back to

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