Employees working for Defense Support Services, L.L.C. (DS-2) at Tucson International Airport have voted overwhelmingly for IAM representation, bringing to 12 the number of sites in Southern Arizona represented by Old Pueblo Lodge 933. “Brother Richard Schweiss was key in getting this worksite on board and educating these workers about what a union can do
Read moreTargeting unemployed Pennsylvanians, the Union of Unemployed this week began airing ‘Our Turn,’ a hard hitting 30-second ad that urges the jobless to vote on Election Day. To view the ad, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY32IZ9TL0E “With 629,000 unemployed and three times that number suffering through this Grave Recession, the Keystone State mirrors what is happening all
Read moreIAM members sent more than 24 thousand cards and letters to the NMB supporting the proposed rule change. The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week published in the Federal Register its long-awaited change to rules governing representation elections conducted under the Railway Labor Act. In the brief summary of the historic change, the NMB declared:
Read moreHundreds of delegates attended the opening session of the 2010 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual IAM Legislative Conference brings hundreds of the union’s most experienced political activists to Washington, D.C. for a week of face-to-face contact with lawmakers who are left without any doubt about where the IAM stands on key issues.
Read moreTargeting unemployed Pennsylvanians, the Union of Unemployed this week began airing ‘Our Turn,’ a hard hitting 30-second ad that urges the jobless to vote on Election Day. To view the ad, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY32IZ9TL0E “With 629,000 unemployed and three times that number suffering through this Grave Recession, the Keystone State mirrors what is happening all
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