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The IAM is urging the Senate’s support of a bill that would stop rewarding multinational companies that offshore jobs. The “Bring Jobs Home Act” would eliminate the tax deduction U.S. companies receive for the costs associated with offshoring. “For far too long our trade and tax policies have worked for the benefit of multinational corporations
Read moreAustralian Workers’ Union member Shane Burd, right, listens to IAM Collective Bargaining Coordinator Jim Price on a recent tour of IAM Headquarters. The IAM’s “sense of community” struck a chord with a recent visitor from Australia. Shane Burd, a member of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) attended a week-long Leadership I course at the William
Read moreU.S. Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) is among a group of House Democrats calling on the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to stop using distorted trade export data. From left, Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tonko and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH). A group of House Democrats are calling on the office of the U.S.
Read moreITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton meets with Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants to let them know the ITF fully supports their efforts to gain IAM representation. Left to right, Cotton and Delta Flight Attendants, Dawn Peterson, Don McBryde, Masayo Tyner and Marianne Bicksler. Illustrating the global reach of the IAM’s Delta Flight Attendant organizing campaign,
Read moreThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reports concerns from passengers scheduled to fly on LAN and TAM flights due to a strike in Peru scheduled for Thursday, June 26. Unions report that more than 200 mechanics – over 70 percent of all LAN Peru mechanics – will not be certifying aircraft during the strike, which
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