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In 1991, the union absorbed the Pattern Makers' League of North America. [16] The Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) merged with the IAM, after a TCU member vote in July 2005. [17] On September 7, 2008, the union began a 57-day strike against Boeing over issues with outsourcing, job security, pay and benefits. [18]
Sigma Gamma Tau was created to recognize academic and professional achievement in aeronautical engineering and to foster ethics and professional practices within the field. [4] With the merger of the two societies, it started with fourteen chapters, [ 2 ] representing 1,900 initiates.
Purdue students have built and restored several aircraft as part of the program. The sole Curtiss P-6 Hawk was restored by students and resides at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. In 1971 students restored a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, and completed a homebuilt Schreder HP-14 glider. [6]
In Canada, the term "engineering society" sometimes refers to organizations of engineering students as opposed to professional societies of engineers. The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students, whose membership consists of most of the engineering student societies from across Canada (see below), is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada.
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001 is a professional labor union representing more than 24,000 engineers, technical workers and other professionals in the aerospace industry. SPEEA represents employees at The Boeing Company, Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and Triumph Composite Systems.
As of 2023, there were at least 156 US graduate student employee unions and 23 graduate student employee unions in Canada. [3] Prior to the 2000s, almost all US graduate employee unions were located in public universities, most of which formed during the 1990s. However, that is no longer true today with many private universities now being ...
The Higher Learning Commission is the institutional accrediting agency that has historically accredited many colleges and universities in Indiana. Additionally, Indiana is home to three public university systems: Indiana University, the Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, and the Purdue University System.
ACUI (Association of College Unions International) is one of the oldest associations in North American higher education, and dates to 1914. [ 1 ] [ non-primary source needed ] This association is the largest organization that represents student activity centers and student unions in the United States.