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The GOP promise in the 2010 elections that “getting government out of the way” by cutting spending would create jobs is turning out to have the effect most economists expected – more layoffs. The cuts in government spending and especially aid to cash-strapped states are causing mass layoffs in the public sector, which in turn
Read moreLocal 839 member Brett Graham of Wichita, KS, will appear tonight on USA’s Brotherhood Outdoors, a television show that features union members on hunting and fishing trips. IAM Local 839 member Brett Graham, a machinist at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, will be featured tonight on the new TV show from Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), Brotherhood
Read moreIAM Local 733 Bargaining Committee: Front Row, L to R: Chief of Staff to the International President Diane Babineaux, District 70 Directing Business Representative Steve Rooney, Aerospace Coordinator Ron Eldridge, Southern Territory General Vice President Bob Martinez, International President Tom Buffenbarger, Headquarters General Vice President Richard Michalski, District 70 Assistant Directing Business Representative Rita Rogers,
Read moreIAM-represented Ramp workers at United Airlines and Fleet Service workers at Continental and Continental Micronesia – who are represented by another union – began voting this week by phone and internet in a representation election conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB). The NMB began mailing voting instructions to more than 13,000 eligible voters on
Read morePresident Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are in private talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling – the legal limit on borrowing by the federal government. The $4 trillion deal is expected to include a mix of spending cuts and new taxes – but nothing to create jobs. “Cutting programs put in place to
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