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Machinist Survey Highlights Latino Voter Priorities

Washington, D.C., June 12, 2008 – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today released results of a poll that found Latino voters
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GAO Sustains Boeing Tanker Protest

They said it couldn’t happen. The industry experts and defense analysts who track the aerospace industry said there was no way the Government Accounting Office ...
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Hawker Beechcraft Plans Mexican Assembly Plant

Wichita, KS, June 24, 2008 - In a move that will send economic shock waves across Kansas for generations, Hawker Beechcraft is planning to build ...
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Union Support Grows for Boeing Tanker

Twenty-two unions, labor federations and affiliated organizations have signed and delivered a letter to House and Senate lawmakers calling for Boeing to immediately be awarded ...
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Machinists Vote 'Present' in AFL-CIO Endorsement

Washington, D.C., June 25, 2008 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and its affiliate, the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) today voted ...
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Negotiations Herald New Era at Hawker Beechcraft

Negotiations opened May 29th for 4,600 members at LL 733 and LL 2328 in Wichita and Salina, KS at Hawker Beechcraft. The contract expires Aug. ...
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Florida Auto Techs Torqued Off

Florida Auto Technicians protest unfair labor practices as they continue their quest for a union. ...
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Kentucky Local Wins Big in Overtime

57 Members of LL 681 in Louisville, KY shares a $149,000 payoff in an arbitration win. ...
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Negotiations Herald New Era at Hawker Beechcraft

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The IAM marked an historic occasion this week with the opening round of contract talks between Locals 733 and 2328 and Hawker Beechcraft, the newly-formed company that resulted from last year’s sale of Raytheon’s aircraft division to Onex Corporation....
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Florida Auto Techs Torqued Off

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Anti-union activities by a Florida auto dealership drew a formal complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a stiff penalty from an Administrative Law Judge for wrongful discharge of a union supporter. ...
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Kentucky Local Wins Big in Overtime

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Persistence and attention to detail paid off for 57 members of Local 681 in Louisville, KY, who recently shared a six-figure arbitration settlement over a company policy that unfairly restricted overtime in their workplace. ...
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Machinists Slam Tanker Accounting Error

Washington, D.C. – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today called for the reversal of the controversial tanker refueling contract following news ...
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Machinist Survey Highlights Latino Voter Priorities

Washington, D.C. – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today released results of a poll that found Latino voters would reward any ...
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Take Action to End U.S. Passport Outsourcing

In the latest outsourcing outrage, the federal government has authorized the outsourcing of United States passport book covers and the RFID electronic security chip to ...
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IAM Salutes 2008 Scholarship Winners

Two dozen IAM members and members’ children will be following their educational dreams thanks to the IAM Scholarships Program. A full list of the winners ...
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Unemployment in Biggest Monthly Spike Since `86

Shrugging off the promised effects of the Bush Administration’s so-called “economic stimulus” program, the U.S. economy stumbled badly in May, with unemployment jumping from 5.0 ...
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EPI Study Fuels Debate on Tanker Jobs

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 ...
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New Law Would End Passport Outsourcing

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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....
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Local 2003 Test Pilot Wins Reinstatement

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June 3, 2008 - Brian Buchanan, a member of Local 2003 in Daleville, AL, is being reinstated as a helicopter test pilot for Army Fleet Support (AFS) at nearby Fort Rucker, AL, after an arbitrator ruled he was wrongfully terminated for misreporting safety violations....
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Shareholders Urged to Scuttle NWA-Delta Merger

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The IAM sent letters this week to the largest shareholders o fNorthwest Airlines and Delta Airlines to express serious concerns over the proposed Northwest-Delta merger....
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‘Unleash the beast’

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The Soldiers of B Co., 46th Eng. Bn. stand ready for their deployment ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Army Aviation Museum. The Soldiers will begin a 15-month deployment to Iraq later this week....
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