Court to Pratt: ‘Stay Where You Are’

February 5, 2010 Kensington, CT – Connecticut’s US District Court tonight issued an injunction against Pratt & Whitney, prohibiting them from moving work and equipment out of their Cheshire and East Hartford CARO operations. The decision by Judge Janet Hall sustains a lawsuit brought by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 26 on behalf of its members working in those locations.

Employment Data Doesn’t Add Up

February 05, 2010 - In a telling example of how the government’s official employment numbers don’t paint a reliable picture of the nation’s economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today announced the unemployment rate fell from 10.0 percent to 9.7 percent. Meanwhile, the same department reports that 20,000 more jobs were lost in January.

Voter Participation Critical in First Delta Election

The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week mailed telephone and Internet voting instructions to nearly 100 Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines Flight Simulator Technicians (Sim Techs), opening a three-week voting period in the first IAM election since Delta acquired Northwest.

New AIG Bonuses Top $100 Million

Just one year after executives in the troubled Financial Products Unit at AIG split $168 million in “retention bonuses,” the same group is poised to get another $100 million in bonus money.

IAM Urges Jobs Priority in Export Control Review

The IAM is calling on President Obama to proceed with caution during the administration’s ongoing export control review, and to not assume that easing export controls will necessarily lead to U.S. job creation.

IAM Mourns Ohio State Council President Harold Langford

Long-time Ohio State Council of Machinists President Harold Langford of Galion, OH passed away today at the age of 77. Langford, a 54-year member, was also serving as Local 1151’s President.