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Boeing’s bid for the Air Force’s $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract is the clear choice for investing in American workers, skills, security and future, according to the presidents of 10 AFL-CIO state federations in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. “Given the current state of the U.S. economy, taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be funding
Read moreIAM District 26 took time out from their non-stop battle to save Connecticut aerospace jobs to deliver a public “thank you” to the Connecticut congressional delegation for their help defeating legislation that would have cost up to 3,000 jobs. Attending the event at the Local 700 union hall in Middletown, CT, was Senator Joe Lieberman,
Read moreUp to 100,000 workers and supporters are expected at a mass demonstration this week in Mexico City to protest a decision by Mexican President Felipe Calderón to seize control of Luz Y Fuerza, the publicly-owned electric utility. Calderón also ordered the firing of all employees, dissolved their union and replaced them with workers brought in
Read moreThe pain of the unemployment axe continues as new numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor show employers cut 263,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.8 percent, a 26-year high. The rate would have been much higher had 571,000 people – frustrated over not being able to find a job –
Read moreIAM Community Services and Retirees Director Maria Cordone was re-elected as Executive Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Seniors Coordinating Council during the recent fall meeting of the 2009 Democratic National Committee in Austin, TX. “Seniors could very well swing the 2010 mid-term elections and the 2012 presidential race,” said Cordone. “We must ensure
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