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The final draft of an independent report on the future of the U.S. space program finds significant shortcomings in the plan to restructure NASA as proposed by President Obama. The report, issued this week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), faults the president’s reliance on commercial launch capabilities as being “issued without
Read moreComair Airlines Bargaining Committee members participate in mock negotiations during the Bargaining Prep class. Left to right: Kerry Stewart, Duncan Sprague and Michael Stadnik. District Lodge 142’s Comair Negotiating Committee are the latest members to participate in the intense training offered by the IAM William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center’s week-long Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining
Read moreCritics who bash Congress and the Obama administration’s stimulus and jobs programs as the cause of the nation’s high deficits ignore the main sources of the wave of red ink: the Bush-era tax cuts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic downturn. A new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) is currently weighing a request from the IAM to declare that Delta and Northwest are operating as a single carrier in the Fleet Service and Passenger Service classifications. A single carrier ruling by the NMB will initiate the final steps in the government’s formal process leading to secret ballot elections for
Read moreWhen workers at Americanos USA, LLC in Laredo, TX voted ‘yes’ in May to join the IAM, they joined with IAM members across Texas and California, culminating in a first contract for IAM members at all nine Americanos locations. More than 150 members ratified the new three-year agreement by a 9 to 1 margin. The
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