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Employers took 1,546 mass layoff actions in August which resulted in 150,192 workers losing their jobs, says the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). A mass layoff is defined as when 50 or more people file for unemployment insurance benefits against a single employer during a five-week period. This does not include workers who lost their
Read moreThe IAM filed election request cards with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to support its application for a representation election for more than 700 Stock & Stores employees at Delta Air Lines. The NMB will now review the cards to determine if the minimum showing of interest of 35 percent has been met before scheduling
Read moreReaction was swift to remarks this week by Washington Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi, who told editors of the Tacoma News-Tribune on Monday that he saw no reason for including the subsidy issue in the Pentagon’s tanker evaluation. Rossi later backtracked from his statements, saying everyone had misunderstood his answer. He later issued a statement saying
Read moreThe U.S. Senate today blocked an attempt by Georgia Republican Senator Johnny Isakson to overturn the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) recent rule change allowing voters in union representation elections in the air and rail industies to vote for or against union representation. Prior to the new rule, which took effect July 1, 2010, any eligible
Read moreUnion of the Unemployed (UCubed) invites the unemployed, underemployed, IAM members and other jobs activists attending the One Nation Working Together March on Washington to join us at a pre-event on 10.2.10. Speakers from an array of unions and groups advocating for the jobless will participate in this sanctioned pre-event. JOBS Now! signs, t-shirts and
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