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IAM members stood side-by-side with Brazilian metalworkers as they aired their grievances over unsatisfactory wage increases at aerospace company Embraer. Visiting Brazil as part of a labor exchange trip between Brazil and the U.S., the Machinists delivered a message of solidarity to brothers and sisters of Sindacato dos Metalúrgicos, a labor union that represents metalworkers
Read moreStanding at the site of the April 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, families hold pictures of their loved ones still to be traced. A group of survivors of the collapse say they are encouraged by news of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, a landmark agreement that aims to improve factory safety
Read moreThe growing trade deficit with China cost the U.S. economy $37 billion in wages in 2011 alone, and eliminated over 2.1 million manufacturing jobs from 2001 to 2011, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report. Manufacturing jobs have long been a staple of the U.S. economy; providing good jobs and livable wages to workers.
Read moreThe Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement is an overly-ambitious, extremely-flawed plan that must have congressional oversight, says IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger in a recent letter to House members, urging their support of Reps. Rosa DeLauro’s (D-CT) and George Miller’s (D-CA) letter to President Obama demanding an end to the “fast track” process being
Read moreOwen Herrnstadt IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger today announced IAM Trade and Globalization Department Director Owen Herrnstadt as the new Chief of Staff to the International President, effective September 1, 2013. Herrnstadt began his union career in 1987 as Associate General Counsel in the IAM Legal Department. He has also served as Counsel for Legislative
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