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Pratt & Whitney has informed IAM District 26 in Kensington, CT that the company plans to cut 129 hourly jobs at their Overhaul & Repair center in Cheshire, CT. These layoffs coincide with Pratt’s original plan for emptying the plant prior to contract negotiations – a plan that was ruled illegal by the District Court
Read moreThe Machinists Union has filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to represent Ground Instructors at Continental Airlines. Ground Instructors provide classroom training for Continental’s pilots. The IAM already represents workers in the Ground Instructor classification at United Airlines (UAL), Continental’s proposed merger partner. Under the terms of the IAM-UAL Fleet Technical Instructors
Read moreMachinists District Lodge 751 in Seattle, WA has launched a new YouTube channel with videos that show Machinists making a difference in their communities. The new site — www.youtube.com/iambuildingcommunity — features videos of members of the Machinists Volunteer Program working on their community service projects and videos from District 751’s fundraising efforts on behalf of
Read moreUr Union of Unemployed (UCubed) today cited the unexpected rise in new unemployment claims as further proof that the nation can no longer afford the economic stewardship of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. “Another 500,000 Americans applied for unemployment last week,” said Rick Sloan, Acting Executive Director of UCubed. “The pace of job losses is
Read moreThe General Executive Board of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) has unanimously voted to rejoin the AFL-CIO, effective October 1, 2010, four years after the 500,000-member union disaffiliated from the federation. In their statements, LIUNA General President Terence O’Sullivan and AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka emphasized the importance of a strong, unified labor
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