In July, 2011, the Communication Workers of America (CWA) filed charges with the AFL-CIO alleging the IAM violated the AFL-CIO Constitution by posting the election interference charges it filed with the National Mediation Board in the United/Continental/Continental Micronesia Flight Attendant election on a website for Flight Attendants to review. The independent umpire assigned by
Read moreAn article published this week in TheStreet.com provides a refreshingly enlightened view of the dispute involving Boeing, the IAM and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Unlike conservative publications, bloggers and pundits who continue to vilify the IAM and the NLRB as rogue zealots bent on destroying the free enterprise system, reporter Ted Reed’s article
Read moreMembers of the Aveos Negotiating Committee gear up for contract talks at a simulated bargaining session as part of the Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees program at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center. Transportation District Lodge 140 and affiliated Local Lodges 714, 764, 1681 and 1751 are preparing for their first round of negotiations with
Read moreLes membres du comité de négociation du district 140 se préparent pour les prochaines négociations avec Aveos à l’aide d’une simulation de négociation faisant partie du programme Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees au centre de formation William W. Winpisinger. Le district des transports 140 et les sections locales 714, 764, 1681 et 1751 qui y
Read moreOn the eve of voting on trade deals that will send even more North American jobs overseas, the Washington Post reports that “for the first time, lawmakers, businesses and even White House officials are courting consumers from cash-rich countries such as China, India and Brazil to fill the nation’s shopping malls and pick up the
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