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Machinists’ Union representatives met with acting director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Vince Snowbarger and his staff this week to discuss the impact a merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines could have on employee pension plans. General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., District 141 President Rich Delaney, District 142 President Tom Higginbotham
Read moreThe National Mediation Board (NMB) had published in the Federal Register its final change to rules governing representation elections conducted under the Railway Labor Act. The complete text of the rule change is available here. “Thousands of Machinists Union members and hundreds of members of Congress told the NMB that it was time to end its
Read moreThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. today issued the following statement in response to the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines: “A Continental/United combination must have what many past mergers failed to achieve: broad employee support. The Machinists will work closely with members of Congress and
Read moreOn the heels of a single article that quoted an unnamed source about the prospect of additional mergers in the airline industry, US Airways stock surged as much as 26 percent in after hours trading and UAL stock jumped by eight percent. In a subsequent article by Ted Reed published in TheStreet.com, IAM Transportation General
Read moreThe IAM Transportation Department led a week-long, nationwide organizing blitz of Delta Air Lines workers that was so successful the airline’s CEO resorted to the threat of arrest in hopes it would impede the organizers’ progress. He was wrong. More than 100 organizers from the Transportation Department, Grand Lodge Organizing Department, Southern Territory, Districts 141,
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