Archive for June, 2009

Transportation Unions Applaud Re-Appointment of Hoglander to National Mediation Board WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement today in reaction to the Obama Administration’s intent to nominate Harry Hoglander as a Member of the National Mediation Board:
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June 9, 2009 There have been questions about the observance of the July 4th holiday.  Article 7(c) states that if the holiday falls on your day off, your next workday will be observed as the holiday providing that you are on a 5/8′s schedule.  In this case the July 4th holiday will fall on...
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PDF Tuesday, May 26, 2009 – U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.3 percent more pilots and 5.9 percent more maintenance workers in 2008 than in 2007 while total industry jobs declined by 3.0 percent, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today (Table 1).
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