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The winners in the 2011 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest have been chosen. The District and Local Lodge first place winners for each category are: In the Newsletter Category – Top honors for General Excellence goes to NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, DC for The Federal Employee and to Local Lodge 869 in Montreal,
Read moreFrom left, ExpressJet Flight Attendants Sara Gonzales, Nicole Washington-Fears, Cori Horowitz, Julie Martin and IAM Deputy General Counsel Carla Siegel answer questions during a special webcast from IAM Headquarters about the upcoming representation election at the combined ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Hundreds of ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Flight Attendants logged on and listened in
Read moreIn an op-ed published on The Hill, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) rebukes Republican attempts to convince Americans the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is somehow responsible for the down economy, and that getting rid of the board will somehow spark job growth. Sen. Harkin asserts these attacks on workers will not create jobs and it’s
Read moreSeattle Local 751-A members working for defense contractor URS Corp. at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington State are reaping the rewards of their first IAM contract This month, the nearly 250 URS workers received a 3 percent wage increase thanks to the agreement ratified in July 2011. It was in December 2010 that
Read moreWashington, DC (Nov. 9, 2011) – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Issa raising serious concerns with new documents that suggest that Boeing inappropriately sought to use its political influence in Congress to prevent the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from filing its enforcement action against Boeing for discriminating against
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