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Let the Amtrak Countdown Begin After nearly eight years of frustrating and fruitless negotiations, the National Mediation Board (NMB) last week proffered arbitration to nine rail unions, including the IAM, in a move to resolve contracts between Amtrak and nearly 7,000 union rail workers. Key issues in the long running dispute include retroactive wage increases,
Read moreCongress Turns Up Heat on United Space Alliance Members of the United States Congress are turning up the heat on NASA and the United Space Alliance (USA) to stop their push to gut the economic security of America’s space program workforce. Last June, USA forced IAM members of Local 2061 at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center
Read moreShowdown Looms on Bush SCHIP Veto House lawmakers will vote October 18 on whether or not to override President Bush’s veto of legislation to increase funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $35 billion over five years. The highly popular program is currently being funded by a stop-gap bill in effect through
Read moreNevada Hosts Airline District 141 Convention Thirty-nine local lodges sent nearly 150 delegates from as far as Alaska and Hawaii to Reno, NV, this week for the 58th Annual Convention of District 141, where International President Tom Buffenbarger, Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr. and others addressed the challenges and opportunities facing IAM airline members. “This
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