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The value and power of an IAM contract was on prominent display in a recent ruling from the New York State Department of Labor (DOL), settling a dispute over how often IAM members at Northwest Airlines in New York would be paid. The dispute began when Delta management notified IAM members at Kennedy and LaGuardia
Read moreThe unemployment rate held steady at 10 percent for the month of December – but only because more people dropped out of the workforce. The U.S. Department of Labor reports the economy shed 85,000 jobs last month. But, had 661,000 people – discouraged by the downward economy – not given up looking for work, the
Read moreThree of the four students who faced extraordinary abuse and harassment in 1960 when they sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, will return to the city as guests of honor when the AFL-CIO holds its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance. The January 14-18 event, which draws labor and civil
Read moreThe IAM Collective Bargaining Department will hold its “Metal Trades Training Program” May 2-7, 2010 at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Southern Maryland. This Program is being offered to all IAM Locals and Districts affiliated with Metal and Atomic Trades Councils. All potential participants must have prior approval from their District
Read moreIn a video that rings so true it hurts, Lee Stranahan–a former Obama supporter–gives us the aspiring president’s own speech. Only a month before the 2008 election, Obama makes it plain just how bad an idea the “Cadillac” excise tax on health benefits actually is: Click here for the rest of the story.
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