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The Machinists are bargaining a contract with the airline giant for the first time in 16 years, and members are gearing up for strike votes this summer.

Bob Petroff left Machinists District Lodge W24 headquarters this month, the close of 49 years of involvement with the union.

but to be fair politicians make a lot of promises to get your vote that they dont keep. maybe they intend to keep some of them. maybe they dont. politifact.com tracked more than 500 promises that president obama made during his campaign in 2008 when he was candidate obama. hes kept 37% of those promises. hes working on 23% of them. hes broken 16% outright and compromised on 14% to get the job done. the rest, some of you like to tweet me a lot and point out the many promises that he has...

will join me in a minute. ill ask him whether mitt romney was absent or sleeping when he approved that claim. but to be fair politicians make a lot of promises to get your vote that they dont keep. we tracked more than 500 promises that president obama made during his campaign in 2008 when he was candidate obama. hes kept 37% of those promises. hes working on 23% of them. hes broken 16% outright and compromised on 14% to get the job done. the rest, some of you like to tweet me a lot ...