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JANUARY 12, 2006 - Since November 2, 2005, IAM members working at the Boeing facility in Huntsville and Decatur Alabama continue to walk the picket line after the company proposed to raise heath care costs and eliminate retiree medical benefits for new employees.
Read moreJanuary 12, 2006 - After requesting a meeting with IAM Aerospace Coordinators, the Boeing Company then balked at restarting formal negotiations over issues that led to a strike at Boeing space and defense facilities in Florida, Alabama and California.
Read moreThe IAM is launching an air campaign to force Halleen Chevrolet, in North Olmstead, Ohio, to recognize the rights of its workers to seek union representation. A 30-second ad http://www.goiam.org/video-select.cfm?cID=6046 began running today on Cleveland-area cable television stations asking viewers to hold the dealership accountable for denying its employees the same democratic rights Americans have
Read moreWashington, D.C., December 15, 2005 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) routed the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) in an election to determine representation rights for nearly 1,800 truck drivers employed at multiple locations by Auto Truck Transport (ATT). The vote total as reported by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Read moreCape Canaveral, FL, December 5, 2005 – The IAM is calling on NASA to cease launch preparations on the plutonium-powered New Horizons project due to safety concerns over Boeing’s use of inexperienced replacement workers. “Boeing recently congratulated itself over the delivery of a Star 48 upper stage motor to the New Horizons facility atKennedy Space
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