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Saturday March 8, 2014 is International Women’s Day and women’s transport workers rights in Qatar is this year’s focus. The global campaign, led by the International Transport Workers Federation’s (ITF) Civil Aviation Section, in coordination with ITF-affiliated women and the Arab World regional office, this year will focus on the violations occurring at Qatar Airways.
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) has scheduled meetings between the principal representatives in the US Airways – IAM negotiations. The meetings are set for March 18 and 19, 2014 at the offices of the NMB in Washington, DC. While preparations continue for a proffer of arbitration, rejection of that proffer and the establishment of a
Read more“IAM members can finally expect to receive their hard-earned retroactive wages with interest,” said IAM District 141 President Rich Delaney “It’s unfortunate it took the threat of a federal lawsuit to get United to honor the contracts it agreed to last fall.” The agreement mandates that full retroactive payments plus an interest penalty based on
Read moreIAM District 141 Assistant General Chairman Gil Simmons briefs US Airways workers on contract talks. After more than two years of intense bargaining by your IAM negotiating committees, US Airways management continues to demand that US Airways IAM represented employees accept second-class contracts compared the industry and to merger partner, American Airlines. IAM District 141
Read moreAfter months of face to face negotiations with US Airways and after several meetings called by the Chairperson of the National Mediation Board, discussions have ended with no agreements in sight. Both IAM District 141 and 142 negotiating committees made very serious efforts to pare away issues that could be negotiated in the future while
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