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IAM Announces Leadership Changes The IAM Executive Council announced a series of retirements and successions that will ensure IAM members benefit from tested leadership, experience and dedication in the years to come. After serving the IAM for more than 40 years, Headquarters GVP Robert V. Thayer will retire on June 1, 2006, and be succeeded
Read moreTeamsters, TWU Threaten US Airways Workers The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and Transport Workers Union (TWU) have filed requests with the National Mediation Board (NMB) seeking representation of US Airways workers. The IBT is asking for an election for the Mechanic & Related classification and the TWU applied to represent Fleet Service employees. The
Read moreFebruary 14, 2006 – The White House is on the defensive again following the release of a draft report by a Republican-only House Committee investigating the government’s response to the storm. “Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare,” said the
Read moreFebruary 9, 2006 – A proposal by State of Connecticut officials to rewrite a law designed to protect high-tech jobs in the Nutmeg State drew a strong rebuke from IAM representatives. “Why is a state agency – the Office of Consumer Counsel – taking it on itself to challenge a law that helps preserve and
Read moreFebruary 9, 2006 – U.S.-based air carriers are attempting to make up for failed business plans and ineffective management by eliminating high-quality jobs and outsourcing work to low-wage workers overseas. Major U.S. airlines like United, Northwest, American and Delta currently employ foreign nationals from overseas locations as flight attendants, depriving U.S. workers of much-needed job
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