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Forty-eight Flight Attendants at OpenSkies have voted overwhelmingly for the IAM as their collective bargaining representative. In a National Mediation Board election tally held October 14, 2010, 36 Flight Attendants voted for the Machinists Union, with only 1 opposing unionization. The remaining Flight Attendants did not cast votes. OpenSkies initially tried to avoid an election
Read moreThe Tri-County Council of Labor in Eastern Kentucky presented its 2010 Community Service Awards to local volunteer activist Haley Gibson and IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Warren Mart. The Tri-County Council also presented its first-ever scholarship award and recognized the volunteer work of three apprentice plumbers who installed a new plumbing system free of charge for a
Read moreWith less than two weeks remaining before the November 2 election, UCubed activists were reminded what is likely to occur if control of the House of Representatives passes to the anti-jobless deficit hawks. “How about Tier V?” asked UCubed Acting Executive Director Rick Sloan. “Not happening. Extended unemployment benefits? Forgetaboutit. COBRA discounts? When pigs fly.
Read moreLeft to right: Owen Herrnstadt, IAM Director of Trade & Globalization; Arve Bakke, Fellesforbundet President (Norway); Jens Bundvad, Nordic-IN General Secretary (Sweden); Stefan Löfven, IF Metall President (Sweden); Mads Anderson, CO-industri Vice President (Denmark); R. Thomas Buffenbarger, IAM International President; Claus Jensen, CO-industri Vice President (Denmark); Heikki Kauppi, TEK President, (Finland); Jan-Henrik Sandberg, Swedish Paperworkers
Read moreHow important is it to get out the vote this midterm election? Ponder this… Sen. Orrin “Drug Test the Unemployed” Hatch (R-UT) with jurisdictional control over unemployment insurance benefits, Social Security, Railroad Retirement, pensions, international trade and Trade Adjustment Assistance. It could happen – if Republicans gain control of the Senate on Election Day, November
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