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Protesters in Washington, DC, speak out against the horrendous treatment of garment workers in the Southeast Asian country of Cambodia. A new Machinists News Network video sheds light on a horrific workers’ rights violation in Cambodia, a Southeast Asian country where government forces allegedly tortured and murdered striking garment workers asking for a raise. The
Read moreOxfam Canada Executive Director Robert Fox, third from right, presented IAM Canada with a commemorative plaque in recognition of the union’s contribution towards Oxfam’s relief and reconstruction work in areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. Joining IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie, right, in accepting the honour were
Read moreIn a new Machinists News Network video, IAM Chief of Staff and Trade and Globalization Director Owen Herrnstadt says companies use the threat of moving jobs to Mexico to stifle worker’s rights to form their own union. A new Machinists News Network video highlights the job loss and wage reduction that has come from the
Read moreIn January of 1994, the U.S. government agreed to a destructive trade deal that decimated the American middleclass manufacturing sector. The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, economically fused Mexico, Canada and the United States. Since NAFTA’s implementation, almost 700,000 jobs have moved south of the border, leaving many American communities without hope.
Read moreEarlier this month, Cambodian government forces allegedly tortured and murdered a group of striking garment workers who were simply seeking a pay increase in minimum wage. The IAM Globalization and Trade Department is calling for an end to violence, intimidation and atrocities allegedly committed against poor garment workers in the Southeast Asian country of Cambodia.
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