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Technicians employed by LifeLabs Laboratories in Toronto, ON, are the latest in a growing number of Health Care professionals to join the ranks of the IAM. The 30 new members of Local 1295 in Toronto perform blood and E.C.G. tests at laboratories in Oshawa, Whitby and Ajax and Markham, ON. Since the beginning of this
Read moreRetro Pay Highlights Accord for 5,300 IAM Members Members of District 142 will vote on a tentative agreement reached this week with Southwest Airlines that covers the carrier’s 5,300 customer service and reservation agents and features retroactive pay going back to the contract’s amendable date of October 31, 2008. Negotiations for the new contract began
Read more04.30.2009 – Sixty production and maintenance workers at the Aluminum Rolling Mill of Koenig & Vits in Manitowoc, WI recently voted for the right to collectively bargain for wages, benefits and working conditions. “This group really was solid and determined,” said IAM Organizing Department Grand Lodge Representative Bob Anderson. “They need seniority rights, job security
Read moreSebelius Confirmed as HHS Secretary By a 65-31 vote, the Senate this week confirmed President’s Obama’s pick of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to lead the $750 million enterprise known as the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. In addition to coordinating the federal government’s response to the recent Swine Flu outbreak, Sebelius will press for
Read more04.28.2009 – More than 800 Automated Flight Service Specialists (AFSS) at Lockheed Martin are now represented by the Machinists union after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the results of their vote for the IAM. The Flight Service Specialists work at twelve sites and three hub facilities across the continental United States and Hawaii.
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