- United and machinists' union reach tentative
agreement.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD United Airlines and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) reached a tentative contract agreement on Friday (17 June), formalizing an agreement in principle reached in May. Members of the IAM, which represents 20,000 baggage handlers, customer service representatives and other ground workers, ......
- UPDATE: United and machinists' union reach
tentative agreement.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD (Adds further information in paragraphs 3 & 4.) United Airlines and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) reached a tentative contract agreement on Friday (17 June), formalizing an agreement in principle reached in May. Members of the IAM, which represents 20,000 baggage ......
- CONNECTING PEOPLE AND BUSINESS AT ROLLS-ROYCE
Creating unity within the communication team is the first step to more consistency PROFILE : LISA LANGE Turbine engine manufacturer, Rolls-Royce North America, consists of 60 different sites across the US and Canada. As director of internal communications, Lisa Lange has the task of bringing the 8,000-strong dispersed workforce closer ......
- The Value of Knowledge Sharing
Merriam-Webster defines knowledge as a body of facts learned by study or experience. During this year, as I served as president of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, I can attest to how knowledge sharing is the most critical means by which we can work together to advance manufacturing.
- ADVANCED TOOLING PAYS OFF
HEADNOTE Buying the latest tools costs more, but productivity payoff's worth the investment IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Advanced cutting tools like those of Kennametal initially may cost more but offer manufacturers improved processes. Justifying the higher cost of advanced tooling can often be easily done by manufacturing engineers seeking to improve ......
- Dangerous Disconnect
HEADNOTE MILLIONS OF DISPLACED MANUFACTURING WORKERS REMAIN UNEMPLOYED. SIMULTANEOUSLY, AN INCREASING SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY SKILLED PRODUCTION WORKERS IS THREATENING U.S. MANUFACTURING. IF EXECUTIVES DON'T ADDRESS THIS COMPLEX CONUNDRUM HEAD-ON, RHETORIC COULD OVERCOME REASON IN THE EFFORT TO RECREATE THE U.S. MANUFACTURING LABOR FORCE. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 JOHN ......
- Liberty Precision becomes outlet for German SW
machining centers.
Twin-spindle and quad-spindle machining centers built by Schwabische Werkzeugmaschinen G.m.b.H. (Schramberg, Germany) are now offered to the North American market through a partnership with Liberty Precision Industries (Rochester, N.Y.). Liberty will sell, service, and support the SW machines, and future plans call for co-engineering, joint product development, and U.S.-based manufacturing....