The bedrock principle of the labor movement is that an injustice to one is an injustice to all. We know that when we come together, workers have the strength to demand fairness on the job that we could not do alone. This is why the labor movement has always been at the forefront of fighting
Read moreAugust 13 marks the date that Black women have to work into 2020 to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned in 2019. The day helps to raise awareness about the wage gap for Black women and its impact on them and their families.
Read moreHuman Trafficking is a modern form of slavery; from forced labor to forced prostitution, human trafficking is a grave violation of human rights that permeates into the world of work. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Almost every country in the
Read moreAs IAM members continue to bravely confront the coronavirus crisis, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr., remotely attended IAM District 751’s 2020 Membership Conference.
Read moreThe IAM is lauding a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision extending civil rights protections to gay, lesbian and transgender people in the workplace. The high court ruled in a 6-3 vote that firing someone for being LGBTQ is a violation of the sex discrimination prohibition of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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