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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has sent a letter to Congress requesting support for thousands of IAM members and retirees who have seen their wages, benefits and pensions shredded as airlines and manufacturing companies use bankruptcy to gut union contracts, while at the same time rewarding executives with big bonuses. The scenario has played out
Read moreJust two weeks after a federal judge issued an injunction against Pratt & Whitney to keep them from closing the Cheshire and East Hartford CARO plants in Connecticut, the company announced that it intends to lay off 119 workers at Cheshire and 44 in East Hartford. Pratt President David Hess then announced that the company would
Read moreA top Federal Reserve official warns the current jobs crisis could go on until 2013 as more employers become comfortable with doing more with less. An article in the Huffington Post says Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen refers to it as a “paradigm shift,” a case in which businesses have learned
Read moreIn anticipation of International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, 2010, the IAM Women’s and Human Rights Department is encouraging members to take part in the IAM campaign to create JOBS Now! for 30 million unemployed Americans. Reports from the U.S. Department of Labor show the long-term unemployment rate for women between 45 to 64 years
Read moreThe IAM Government Employees Department is conducting two programs in June at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Southern Maryland, and enrollment deadlines for both classes are nearing. Completed Participant Registration Forms must be submitted no later than March 26 for the “Federal Employees Advanced Program” being held June 6-11.
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