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In a move that echoes the worst practices of the Bush administration, the current Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a proposal that would allow bargaining units at certain federal facilities to be combined without requiring contractors to retain the existing workforce. As many as 60,000 DOE workers could be affected, including 3,500 IAM members
Read moreMembers of Local 794 who are employed by Lockheed Martin Training Solutions, Inc. at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM, have ratified a new three-year agreement with a 92 percent acceptance vote. Highlights of the Service Contract agreement include a nine percent general wage increase in the first year, followed by three percent raises in the
Read moreIn an April 15th letter to the Vice President of Labor Relations at Delta Airlines, IAM General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. repeated a request for a face-to-face meeting to discuss a number of issues, including access to Delta employees and to respond to company allegations that the IAM has been harassing Delta employees at
Read morePublic outrage and pressure from labor leaders speaking on behalf of thousands of unemployed aerospace workers led to the cancellation of a conference in Wichita, KS, on how to promote additional outsourcing of U.S. aerospace jobs to Mexico. Wichita is the home of Cessna Aircraft, LearJet, Hawker Beechcraft, Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems. According to an
Read moreCivil rights activist and longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height died this morning. She was 98. Height was president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than 40 years. Known as the “founding matriarch” of the Civil Rights Movement, Height was the leading female voice amongst a cast
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