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General Vice President Sito Pantoja and IAM/TCU-represented Amtrak workers joined US Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx at Philadelphia’s 30th St. Station and lauded the inauguration of Amtrak’s new Cities Sprinter electric locomotive service due to begin tomorrow. The new ACS-64 electric locomotives will travel at speeds up to 125 mph on
Read moreDelta Air Lines Flight Attendants’ quest for IAM representation arrived in Europe this week, as grassroots Delta Flight Attendant activists kicked off a week of organizing activities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Monday January 6, 2014. The week’s activities in Amsterdam will offer Delta Flight Attendants the chance to sign or renew their election authorization
Read moreCanadian Pacific announced its intention to sell a portion of its Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) line to Genesee and Wyoming Inc. Per IAM District 19 policy, the law firm of Guerrieri, Clayman, Bartos and Parcelli has been retained to ensure that all labor protective provisions and collective bargaining agreements are strictly enforced under the
Read moreTurkish Airlines and Hava-Is, a Turkish affiliate of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), reached an agreement that will reinstate 305 terminated Turkish Airlines workers and end a 20-month dispute at the airline. The 305 workers were terminated after taking action in May 2012 to protest legislation banning strikes in the Turkish aviation industry. Despite
Read moreInternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) representatives participated in a series of meetings hosted by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF)—which the IAM is affiliated—to ensure IAM members’ interests are represented on the global stage. A meeting on Flags of Convenience, a common practice in the maritime industry that is spreading to aviation,
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