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The IAM’s 2010 Legislative Conference will be held May 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC. To receive the reduced room rate, participants must make their hotel reservations no later than April 1, 2010. Call the Hyatt Regency directly at 202-737-1234 to make your room reservations. Registration starts at 9:00 Monday morning, May 10,
Read moreEfforts are under way in Congress to do away with the temporary extensions on legislation that allows laid-off workers to receive help with COBRA health care premiums. The Senate passed a bill to extend the 65 percent subsidy through the end of 2010. The measure is now under debate in the House. Without the subsidy,
Read morePresident Barack Obama signed the controversial $938 billion health care bill into law today, with opponents and advocates still arguing over what the legislation will or will not accomplish. The ceremonial signing follows a 219-212 vote earlier this week in the U.S. House of Representatives, where last-minute deals with moderate Democrats were enough to secure
Read moreIAM President Tom Buffenbarger (left), Spirit AeroSystems CEO Jeff Turner (center) and former Missouri Representative and current Spirit Board Member Dick Gephart (right) take questions from union and company representatives at a meeting in Wichita, KS. In a meeting with the potential to redefine labor-management relations in the U.S. aerospace industry, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger,
Read moreCongress is poised to let the unemployment insurance benefit clock once again run out for America’s jobless. The temporary 30-day extension put in place a few weeks ago is scheduled to end at the end of this month. However, members will be breaking for Easter recess Friday – which means millions will lose their unemployment
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