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Members of the IAM’s Joint Air Transport Safety Committee (JASC) met this week at the Winpisinger Education Center with the goal of coordinating the ground and flight safety programs of Districts 140, 141, and 142 and to review a pair of accidents that led to the deaths of two IAM members. The JATSC was formed
Read moreCongress needs to hear from working families and the unemployed on two important bills now stuck in the legislative process. Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mark Begich (D-AK) have introduced S. 1517, the 21st Century Works Progress Administration (WPA) Act, a bill
Read moreThe Union of Unemployed (UCubed) launched a campaign to enable its unemployed and underemployed leaders to say “thank you” to politicians who have stood by them throughout this Great Recession. The UCubed Thank You page allows the jobless to post a personalized message to a senator, governor, Member of Congress or state legislator. “The political
Read moreIAM District 947 members working at DirecTV in Los Angeles, CA are engaged in an ongoing battle with their employer over unfair labor practices. It’s been more than two years since workers voted to join the IAM. After the company stalled the process through legal appeals, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final decision
Read moreFriday, May 11, 2012, is the deadline to enter the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest. The contest is open to ALL good-standing local and district lodges who regularly distribute official newsletters and/or maintain regularly-updated websites. A panel of independent judges will consider newsletters published between April 2011 and April 2012 and websites operating online
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