Human Rights

Julie Frietchen, IAM Director of Women’s and Human Rights, talks about the recent Moral March on Washington. The Machinists Union supported the protest, along with thousands of others from around the country who converged on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Activists joined Rev. William Barber to speak out for the millions of Americans who struggle

Pride month is celebrated during the month of June as a remembrance of the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid on June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City.  Although society has progressed in its treatment of the

Today there are more than 300,000 living Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American people. Our nation has seen a rise in racist, violent acts against Asian Americans all across the country, according to STOP AAPI HATE.  Anti-Asian racism has a long history in the United States, and even the labor movement has not