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Advanced Leadership Class Hits the Road
High winds, driving rain and the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida weren’t enough to deter a bus load of Advanced Leadership participants who traveled from the Winpisinger Center in Southern Maryland to Jenkintown, PA, to support an IAM organizing drive at SPS Technologies.Trumka Puts Spotlight on JOBS
Echoing the IAM’s months-long JOBS Now! campaign, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka and a coalition of labor and civil rights leaders today announced they will push the White House and Congress for urgent action to address the ongoing jobs crisis.Washington Wakes Up to Jobs Crisis
It appears last week’s sobering unemployment numbers have finally jolted lawmakers in Washington to the reality of the nation’s ongoing jobs crisis.U.S. Jobless Rate is Worst in 26 Years
Unemployment in the U.S. climbed to the highest rate since April 1983, prompting IAM President Tom Buffenbarger to liken the crisis to ‘Midnight in America.’Renowned Economist Offers Recession Prescription
With more than 31 million Americans still facing rising unemployment, poverty and foreclosures, PBS host Bill Moyers interviewed renowned economist James Galbraith, professor of economics at the University of Texas, about how to get the U.S. out of the current economic crisis.Stimulus Program Shows Initial Results
The $787 stimulus package passed earlier this year is being credited with creating or saving over 640,000 jobs, most in education and construction. A great start, says IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, but far from the kind of recovery American families are in need of now.The Geography of a Recession
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 31 million people currently unemployed.Jobless in America: Is Double-Digit Unemployment Here to Stay?
BY JOSHUA COOPER RAMO
The American economy is shedding jobs. Can we fix it?
The Decline: The Geography of a Recession
According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 31 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working part-time and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one.Minnesota Rail Member Urges Support for JOBS Now!
IAM Railroad Local 112 committeeman Royce Braaten of Minneapolis, MN, is talking the talk and walking the walk in an effort to help millions of unemployed Americans get back to work.Mass Layoffs Impact 248,000 in September
New jobs numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor show employers took 2,561 mass layoff actions involving 248,006 workers during the month of September ...Report: Hydro Power Could Generate 700,000 Jobs by 2025
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell joined IAM representatives and members
of Local 1400 at Voith Hydro in York, PA, to unveil a report intended
to steer the U.S. towards the creation of 700,000 family-supporting
jobs by 2025.
IAM President Addresses Business Aviation Convention
IAM President Tom Buffenbarger highlighted the importance of the nation’s business aviation industry in an address to the 62nd Annual Convention of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).The Twisted Saga of Mercury Marine
When the nominations for the 2009 Corporate Hall of Shame are unveiled, it should come as no surprise to see Mercury Marine and parent company Brunswick Corporation leading a very crowded pack.The Twisted Saga of Mercury Marine
When the nominations for the 2009 Corporate Hall of Shame are unveiled, it should come as no surprise to see Mercury Marine and parent company Brunswick Corporation leading a very crowded pack.Connecticut AG Battles Pratt & Whitney over Job Cuts
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is fighting back against claims by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) that his “friend of the court” brief in support of an IAM lawsuit against Pratt & Whitney is both partisan and unnecessary.
JOBS Now!
Over 31 million Americans need our help! Idled by this Grave Recession, the unemployed, involuntary part-time workers and discouraged job hunters have run out of options. They need JOBS Now!
IAM Exhibit Highlights Human Cost of Unemployment
For many people, unemployment numbers are abstract statistics. But for the people who are laid off, it’s a grim reality of no paycheck, no health care, skimpy unemployment benefits and a bleak job market.
Lou Dobbs and JOBS Now!
CNN’s Lou Dobbs has begun a new series of special reports appropriately titled “Jobs Now!” In his first segment, Dobbs says the series will focus each evening on what our leaders in Washington, DC, are doing to create quality jobs in this country.
Machinists Rally in NYC for Air and Rail Jobs
More than 500 IAM members marched on Times Square in New York City this week for a rally to support Delta Air Lines workers’ right to organize into unions and to urge government investment in high-speed rail.
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IAM ACTIVIST CENTER- Tell Congress to Support Real Health Care Reform
- Tell Congress to Support Public Option
- Tell Senate to Extend Unemployment Benefits
- Tell Congress to Support a 2.9 Percent Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees in Fiscal Year 2010
- Tell Congress America Needs JOBS Now!
- Oppose Taxing Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits
- Tell Congress to Support the Employee Free Choice Act
- Tell Congress to Support Fair Trade, HR 3012
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