Outsourcing Articles  

IAM, Local 192 Team Up To Stop Outsourcing   The IAM's Legal Department, Government Employees, and IAM Local 192 combined resources to battle the governments attempt to out-source union jobs at Florida's Pensacola Naval Air Station.   Well fight tooth-and-nail any plans the government has to farm-out the Federal jobs of our members at Pensacola, said IP Tom Buffenbarger. The IAM is devoting its full resources to this issue.   The government routinely conducts A-76 studies to move Federal jobs to private contractors. The Pensacola study has gone well past its four-year time limit and the IAM believes it is skewed in favor of the contractors. The IAM has undertaken a coordinated litigation, arbitration, and political strategy to stop the competition and preserve jobs. Ironically, one portion of the study has been completed, and it showed IAM members beating the closest outsourcing competitor by approximately $3 million.