GoIAM.org - Enough Is Enough - 2007 IAM Day Of Action -
From air and rail to auto and trucking, transportation is essential to our lives. But the industry has fallen on tough times over the last few years, leaving its workers unsure about the future. GoIAM.org
United Airlines has come up with a plan. It's going to pay its stockholders a special, one-time per share dividend to keep them coming back for more. But labor leaders wonder why United isn't worried about its employees coming back.
Presidential hopefuls Senator Hillary Clinton and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee joined delegates at the 2007 IAM National Staff Conference in Orlando, FL. Both candidates were allowed 45 minutes to discuss six key issues: Jobs, trade, education, health care, manufacturing and energy.
GoIAM.org -According to the Department of Transportation, a decade ago, airlines outsourced about 10% of their maintenance work. Today, more than 60% of aircraft repairs is sent overseas. Some say this is a huge security risk, with no accountability.- GoIAM.org
GoIAM.org - The last generation only knows space travel by the shuttle. That's going to change in 2010 when the shuttle fleet is retired and replaced with a new program. GoIAM.org
GoIAM.org - Since June 14, 2007 nearly 500 members from IAM's Local Lodge 2061 have been on strike at the Kennedy Space Center. The place that once helped to launch a man on the moon, can't seem to put a fair contract on the table.