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IAM District 142 has withdrawn their involvement from the maintenance Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) at Comair, a regional subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, because the company punishes workers for reporting maintenance problems. “We have discussed the problems with this dysfunctional program with both Comair and the FAA for months,” said District 142 President and
Read moreIn an interview with international labor radio station RadioLabour, IAM Woodworker Department Director William Street reports on the progress of the IAM campaign to unionize workers at Swedwood USA, an IKEA subsidiary in Danville, VA. “Given the fact that the workplace is phenomenally hostile and intimidating, that they have a ruthless termination policy that they
Read moreWorkers at Bombardier Learjet hear the good news from Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson as he announces that the new Learjet 85 will be assembled in Wichita. The community of Wichita had a big win when Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson announced that Bombardier Learjet will assemble the new composite Learjet 85 business jet in Wichita in
Read moreCiting a failure to grasp the depth and misery of the jobless crisis he helped create, Ur Union of Unemployed (UCubed) today called for the resignation of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. “In a recent New York Times opinion piece, Secretary Geithner cherry-picked the facts to portray an America on the ‘path to recovery,’” said
Read moreThe IAM has filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) seeking a single carrier ruling for Delta Stores employees. A single carrier ruling is required before having a union representation election, and a separate ruling must be made for each classification seeking an election. This follows previous applications for Fleet Service (Ramp &
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