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Seniors know elections matter. It’s why older Americans vote at a higher rate than anyone else. With the stakes so high and a choice so clear, we need every union retiree to be engaged in this election. That’s why we’re excited to invite all IAM and TCU retirees to a can’t-miss opportunity to show your
Read moreU.S. senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio, a friend of the Machinists Union, spoke in Washington about the dangers of a potentially troubling tyrannical trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). If the TPP is ratified, it will control 40 percent of the worldwide economy and could kill the American manufacturing sector.
Read moreIAM International President Bob Martinez was sworn-in this week as an executive Board member of the 4.4 million-member Alliance for Retired Americans. The swearing-in marks the latest chapter of the IAM’s ongoing association the Alliance, where former IAM International Presidents George Kourpias and Tom Buffenbarger served as President and Board member, respectively. Retired IAM Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr. serves as the current president of the Alliance.
Read moreThanks to massive public opposition, there’s little chance that the job-killing, planet-destroying Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be voted on before the November election. Thanks to IAM members like you speaking out, being pro-TPP has become a huge political liability for any elected official. So what are the corporations behind the TPP trying to do? They
Read moreJust days after an IAM delegation testified and offered job-saving amendments to a bill affecting how Air Canada conducts its aircraft maintenance, the Canadian Senate voted to allow the carrier to take more work out of the country. When the Senate passed Bill C-10, the Air Canada Public Participation Act, it immediately endangered hundreds of
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