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UCubed, the IAM Community Service project designed to help 30 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, has been nominated for a Shorty Award. The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter and other social media. Nominations made through Twitter and the award website culminates in an awards ceremony that recognizes winners in dozens
Read moreFor more than a decade, the IAM has fought for better working conditions for Flight Attendants. Above, IAM Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. testifies with IAM Flight Attendants and safety coordinators at a FAA hearing in 2000 in favor of extending OSHA protections to air cabin crews. IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger today called on
Read moreThe union currently representing United Airlines Flight Attendants failed to include hundreds of Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants in its single carrier request to the National Mediation Board (NMB). This omission would prevent 300 Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants from voting in the upcoming representation election. The IAM responded to the single carrier application and is arguing
Read moreIKEA’s Swedwood operation in Danville, VA, announced at a recent staff meeting that the company was eliminating 66 percent of its workers’ voluntary vacation time. The furniture-maker workers would only have four days of voluntary vacation time a year. Use of remaining days would be at the company’s discretion. “First, Swedwood took away these workers’
Read moreEach year, the IAM honors the hard work and dedication of its many newsletter editors and web stewards by holding a Newsletter and Website Contest. The deadline for submissions for the 2011 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest is May 13, 2011. The contest is open to all local and district lodges that publish an official
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