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On December 8, 2011, the IAM will join the AFL-CIO and affiliates in a National Prayer Vigil for the unemployed, demanding Congress renew unemployment insurance benefits for millions of jobless Americans. Congress has until December 31st to extend unemployment insurance. If benefits are left to expire, as many as 6 million Americans could see their
Read moreVoting Instructions are in the mail for ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Flight Attendants who will now have the chance to cast ballots for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the only union that negotiates mainline-quality Flight Attendant contracts at regional airlines. The Voting Instructions are NOT sent by either union or either carrier
Read moreDemocratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor yesterday against the Republicans’ so-called Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. Below are some excerpts from her speech: “More than 75 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill which created the National Labor Relations Board and said he did so to give every worker ‘the freedom
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging lawmakers to vote “no” on a GOP-sponsored bill aimed at delaying and ultimately preventing union representation elections. The so-called Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (HR 3094) would give employers more opportunities to thwart workers’ efforts to unionize by causing
Read moreThe Grand Lodge monthly per capita tax for 2012 will be $31.78, reports GST Warren Mart in a letter to all IAM District and Local Lodges. The figure was calculated using the formula approved by Delegates to the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 3.41 percent increase is based on “the average of the percentage increase
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