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Machinists to Defend Airline Pensions at Merger Hearing

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr., will testify on July 30, 2008 before the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions about the Delta Air Lines – Northwest Airlines merger proposal’s affect on workers.
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Airlines Lobby for Regulation of Oil Industry

In an ironic twist, the CEO’s of 12 major U.S. airlines are urging their customers to help lobby Congress for government regulation of the oil ...
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Clinton Backs U.S Workers in Tanker Debate

New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton took a strong stand on behalf of U.S. aerospace workers this week when she challenged Air Force officials to ...
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National Labor College Honors IAM Graduates

July 1, 2008 - Eleven IAM members who earned Bachelor of Arts degrees from the AFL-CIO’s National Labor College (NLC) were honored this weekend at ...
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Flood Victims Need Your Help

July 1, 2008 - As rain swollen rivers begin to recede in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, residents there are coming to grips with ...
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Machinists Fight Back in Wichita

July 8, 2008 - In a well-timed and well-placed editorial, District 70 President Steve Rooney saluted generations of aerospace workers in Wichita, KS, who built ...
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Machinists Union Wary on Tanker Rebid Rules

Washington, D.C., July 10, 2008 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling on Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to ...
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Machinists Welcome GAO Tanker Report

Washington, D.C. June 18, 2008 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today welcomed the report by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) ...
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Branch chief departs

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More than 700 “great days to be the Aviation Branch Chief” are about to come to a close for Fort Rucker’s senior leader, but the people Maj. Gen. Virgil L. Packett II and his wife, Ululani, touched during those days and during a 37-year Army career will not soon forget the graceful, energetic couple. ...
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