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By a vote of 92 percent in favor, members of Montreal IAM Local 712 have accepted their next collective bargaining agreement with Bombardier Aerospace. “We have made the choice of making certain compromises for advancing the aerospace industry and to secure the defined pension plan,” said IAM Quebec Coordinator David Chartrand. “We hope in return
Read moreFor the third time in three years, a study released by the Federal Salary Council shows federal employees make 35 percent less than comparable private-sector employees. The Federal Salary Council, of which NFFE’s National Secretary/Treasurer Randy Erwin is a member, is made up of numerous pay experts and advises President Obama and the Administration on
Read moreThe White House released the complete text of the deeply flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership between the U.S. and 12 Pacific Rim nations. The IAM today expressed grave concerns over details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which were released today by the White House after months of secret negotiations. “The IAM’s worst fears about the TPP materialized early
Read moreReauthorization of the Export-Import Bank is closer now that the House of Representatives has rejected several severely constraining amendments. The House of Representatives this week rejected a series of proposed “poison pill” amendments to a bill that that would reauthorize funding for the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im). The terms are a part of a six-year
Read moreThe 2016 election will be the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) thanks to the Supreme Court’s gutting of it in 2013. Twenty-one states have put new voting restrictions in place since the 2010 election, with voters in 15 states facing these obstacles for the
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