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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
Read moreToday 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
Read moreTransgender Day of Visibility recognizes the generations of struggle, activism, and courage that have brought our country closer to full equality for transgender and gender non-binary people. Their trailblazing work has given countless transgender individuals the bravery to live as themselves, openly and authentically. This hard-fought progress is also shaping an increasingly accepting world in
Read moreMarch 15th is Women’s Equal Pay Day March 15th this year marks the day by when a women (on average) will catch up to what a man made in 2021. If you look at a typical 9:00-5:00 work day, it would be as if women started working for free at 2:40 p.m. every day. 83
Read moreThis year, for Black History Month, the IAM is highlighting some of our current history makers within the organization. All this month, we will be running stories on current Black activists in the IAM.
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