Committees:
- Community Service
- FMLA
- F/A Resource
- Grievance
- Good & Welfare
- Hotel
- Human Rights
- Legislative
- Professional Standards
- Reserve
- Safety
- Women's
Chairperson:
Christine Diaz
Committee Members:
Jessica LaForce
Julie Martin
Maureen Samuels
Virginia Stogner McDavid
Kelly Tucker
Angela Wells
Many laws and regulations,especially in our industry, affect our working daily lives are decided by the policymakers we elect to office. Health care, pension, workplace safety, job security, overtime rules, worker’s compensation, trade policy, minimum wage, and the right to organize are all issues that are determined by our elected officials.
It is extremely important that we elect policymakers who will fight to improve worker’s rights. The Legislative Committee is committed to educating and promoting pro-worker legislation to our members.
Currently, many of the laws that protect workers are being dismantled. We encourage members to write to elected officials when there is critical pending legislation that affects working families. We must continue to voice our dissatisfaction against anti-labor practices. As constituents, our opinions and personal stories are powerful tools we have to make change.
So next time you vote, look at where a candidate stands through the eyes of a worker. You spend a lot of time at work, why wouldn’t you?
Support Airline Workers,Create Jobs: Complete the FAA Bill
The Federal Aviation Administration has existed on eight short-term funding extensions since it first expired in September 2007. Meanwhile, the FAA needs updated safety, infrastructure and modernization programs, as well as protections for worker rights.
An updated bill would also bring thousands of jobs. Please visit www.ttd.org to contact your Senators to urge them to pass the Federal Aviation Administration bill.
NMB Rule Change is Historic Opportunity for Unions
With the looming prospect of additional consolidation in the airline industry, workers at United, Continental and all carriers need to understand how a rule change proposed by National Mediation Board (NMB) would dramatically increase their chances of retaining their contracts, retirement benefits and seniority rights.
The IAM is encouraging all members and family members to contact the NMB and support what could be the biggest and most positive change to U.S. labor law in decades.
Representation elections are most often the result of a successful organizing campaign at a non-union facility; however, they can also be required by the NMB following a merger of union-represented carriers to determine if the merged carrier will be union or non-union.
Under the proposed rule change, union representation elections will be determined in the same way that American voters choose their presidents, senators and state legislators - by a majority of voters who choose to cast ballots.
By contrast, current election rules count non-voters as “no” votes and dramatically increase the possibility of decertification, giving employers the opportunity to unilaterally dictate wages, benefits and working conditions in an “at will” environment.
Airline executives and their corporate allies are mounting an intense campaign against the rule change, which would close a loophole they hoped to use to de-unionize large portions of the highly unionized airline industry.
With progressive issues like health care, the Employee Free Choice Act and regulation of the financial industry mired in partisan wrangling, the NMB proposal to strengthen voting rights for transportation workers stands out as a golden opportunity to quickly achieve positive change for workers in an industry that desperately needs it.
To learn more about the proposed NMB Rule change click here.
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The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League is the political arm of the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers. It was created in 1947 to allow IAM members to gather individual contributions, coordinate political activity, and elect candidates who support IAM members and their families.
Candidates we support know that the MNPL stands for economic justice, security in the workplace and equality for every member. They do not take us for granted.
The MNPL scrutinizes each candidate thoroughly. We ask tough questions such as their positions on trade, labor law reform, economic conversion, transportation policies, and enhancement of the U.S. manufacturing base.
The top ten multi-national corporations contributed over $23.6 million to federal candidates during the 2004 election cycle. Each year, the top ten lobbying organizations for Corporate America spend over $108.7 million to influence Congress and the White House. To fight back, MNPL needs your help. Please contribute what you can.
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