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Washington, D.C., June 13, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today called for the reversal of the controversial tanker refueling contract following news that the U.S. Air Force awarded the $35 billion contract based on errors that favored the Airbus tanker over a version of Boeing’s 767. “This process has
Read moreJune 5, 2008 – A new study of the decision to award a $40 million taker contract to EADS/Airbus instead of Boeing reveals just how many jobs will not be created in the U.S. once production gets underway. “Because roughly half of the parts and labor that go into making the NG/Airbus will come from
Read moreJune 3, 2008 – Ignoring a veto threat from the Bush administration, the Senate last week voted overwhelmingly to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. More than 200,000 workers a month exhaust their unemployment benefits and roughly 3.5 million workers will lose their unemployment insurance this year. With many workers struggling to find jobs,
Read moreJune 3, 2008 – The IAM/National Federation of Federal Employees (IAM/NFFE) is endorsing H.R. 5752, legislation that would end the foreign manufacture of U.S. passports and require the travel and identity documents be manufactured in the United States. H.R. 5752 was introduced in the House of Representatives after it was revealed that the Government
Read moreMay 27, 2008 – By a unanimous vote, 40 members of Local W356, in Adel, GA, who build wooden crates at the Elberta Crate and Box Company facility in Avon Park, FL, rejected a contract offer from the company with annual wage rates that did not even meet the 2007 federal poverty level for a
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