May 21 is the deadline to register for the first-ever AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit set for June 10-13 in Washington, D.C. The Summit is part of a major union outreach effort and follows a series of forums organized by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler to hear the concerns and goals of today’s young workers. Workshops and
Read moreFlight Service Specialists play a critical role in ensuring the safety of America’s skies, providing weather, flight and other vital information to civil aviation pilots across the country. Yet, when the Federal Aviation Administration privatized Flight Service in 2005, Specialists were deprived of their early retirement federal pensions – a benefit for which they had
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) announced this week that it would investigate the IAM’s charges that Delta Air Lines illegally interfered in the representation election for 91 flight simulator technicians. NMB General Counsel Mary Johnson wrote, “After reviewing the submissions provided by Delta and the lAM, I find that because the lAM’s allegations and supporting
Read moreIAM members of District 751 helped perfect a production line at the Interiors Responsibility Center (IRC) in Everett, WA (above). Boeing is now planning to build a duplicate facility in South Carolina. The Boeing Co. claims it will create at least 150 new jobs somewhere in South Carolina when it opens a parts fabrication plant
Read moreAs shareholders of AutoNation, Inc. gathered this week for their annual meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Machinists union members rallied to protest the company’s refusal to recognize the IAM after being elected to represent the auto mechanics at an AutoNation dealership in Orlando. IAM representatives, joined by a former Auto Technician at AutoNation’s Mercedes-Benz of Orlando, attended the shareholder meeting.
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