Local Lodge 610 has a new president and other new members on the executive board! Steve Mosley was elected president on December 17, and took his new position along with other members on the executive board and delegates who were uncontested. New elected positions are: Secretary-Treasurer Tony Dickson Recording Secretary Don Pierce (formerly Secretary-Treasurer) Trustee […]
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Pentagon funnels billions to foreign factories ignoring Buy American laws
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is hopping mad and for good reason. The former co-chair of the Congressional Buy American Caucus is accusing the Pentagon of ignoring Buy American laws, procuring goods overseas when they are available domestically, and sacrificing good-paying American jobs by opting for supposedly cheaper imports. Senator Murphy says that the Pentagon is […]
IAM Takes First Place For Organizing Wins
The IAM had the highest representation election win rate among the 10 largest U.S. unions in the first six months of 2014, winning over 90 percent of its elections, according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data analyzed by the Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs. AFL-CIO affiliate unions as a whole won two-thirds of elections […]
Labor Rallies to #StopFastTrack
The #StopFastTrack Week of Action is in full swing as labor and other trade advocacy organizations across the country rally to stop Congress from passing “Fast Track Trade Authority,” legislation that would allow for the swift passage of the highly-flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Thousands of protesters took to the streets with door-to-door canvassing […]
ULA Master Negotiation Preps
Tell Congress Fair Trade, Not Free Trade, in the TPP
Negotiations for America’s next job-killing trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), are underway. The massive trade deal, which the White House hopes to conclude by year’s end, would link the United States and 11 other countries. Just like NAFTA, TPP has the potential to destroy hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs, erode workers’ rights, undermine […]
IAM Wins Election for Spirit Airlines Ramp Agents
In a hotly contested election overseen by the National Mediation Board (NMB), nearly 220 Spirit Airlines ramp agents voted overwhelmingly, by 80 percent, to be represented by the IAM. The victorious ramp agents, who work at airports in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Detroit, Atlantic City, NJ and Myrtle Beach, SC, began their campaign for IAM representation […]