In the second week of January, what do legislators in states nearly 1,300 miles apart have in common? If you guessed working on laws to help improve the lives of the citizens of their states, you would be wrong. Lawmakers in Missouri and New Hampshire are the latest to conduct hearings on so-called “right-to-work” laws […]
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IAM airline crew members from across the United States are showing their support for striking British Airways Mixed Fleet crew. Watch our Stand in Solidarity video. The Mixed Fleet crew, which operates some long and short haul flights, has been subjected to lower pay and substandard employment conditions compared to other British Airways employees since
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Seasonal firefighters and other part-time federal workers represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) have finally won the right to fairly compete for permanent jobs in the federal government. With the signing of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, NFFE-IAM members celebrate a victory for temporary and term employees at federal land management
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Wisconsin IAM District 10 and Local 873 have struck another huge win for IAM members and working families throughout the state in the fight against GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s right to work (for less) law. A U.S. District Court judge has sided with the Machinists Union and ruled a portion of the law, which prohibited
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“The principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” That’s how Dr. Martin Luther King described the labor movement. He stood with working people, and on April 4, 1968, he died fighting for them. King believed we could all play a part in uplifting humanity through acts of kindness and community service.
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Norway’s OSM Aviation and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recognizing the right of employees to organize and laying the basis for genuine representation and collective bargaining rights to raise standards and working conditions, and to ensure professional services in the international aviation sector. “We’re a newcomer in
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Time is running out! Get registered now to be part of the March 12-17, 2017 Basic Web Development Class held by the IAM Communications department. The registration deadline is Thursday, January 12, 2017. Click here for the official call letter, course requirements and details. This is a basic-level class for lodges just beginning new websites and
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IAM crew members from across the United States are showing their support for striking British Airways mixed fleet, as they fight for fair wages and better working conditions. Solidarity is victory. Read the British Airways Solidarity Letter from IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja. The post IAM Flight Attendants Stand With British Airways Strikers appeared
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It’s just a few short days into 2017 and union workers across the county are under attack by their state legislators. Kentucky lawmakers seem to be the frontrunners in the race to crush middle-class workers by proposing anti-worker legislation in both chambers, including “right-to-work” and repealing the state’s prevailing wage laws. If legislators pass “right-to-work”
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United Airlines last week settled a lawsuit brought by the Labor Department (DOL) over working conditions for its Ramp Service workers at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport. The agreement between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and United Airlines will eliminate hazardous conditions that required workers to bend, twist, reach and lift in ways
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