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Unions paved the way to the middle class for millions of workers and pioneered benefits along the way, including paid health care and pensions. Even today, union workers earn significantly more on average than their non-union counterparts, are nearly 54 percent more likely to have employer-provided pensions, and are 28 percent more likely to be
Read moreTomorrow, January 15, 2010, marks the start of a movement. The IAM will launch Ur Union of Unemployed – or UCubed for short – an online community that aims to unify the unemployed in a unique and useful way. Over 31 million Americans have lost work and wages in this Grave Recession. More than 35,000 members of our
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) has announced the dates for a union representation election for flight simulator technicians (Sim Techs) at Delta Air Lines. The NMB will mail voting instructions to eligible voters on February 3, 2010, and tabulate votes on February 25, 2010. Voting will be conducted electronically by phone and through the Internet.
Read moreA top labor relations executive for Pratt & Whitney testified in federal court Tuesday that the company purposely hid plans from the IAM to shut down its Cheshire, CT, plant. As reported by The Hartford Courant, P&W Vice President of Industrial Relations Rick Warters told a federal court the company deliberately evaded a direct inquiry
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