The month of June is nationally recognized as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) Pride Month in commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969 in New York City.
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 moreMay 3, 2022 is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAHPI) women’s Equal Pay Day. This marks the date it takes for these women’s earnings to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made in 2021 for doing the same work. On average, AANHPI women earn only 75 cents for every dollar that
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes recently received the United Latinos of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Champion of Justice Award at its Education Conference in Las Vegas. The award recognizes leadership that strengthens and supports Latino workers and the Latino community at large. Each recipient must demonstrate work that improves the lives of
Read moreThe IAM was the proud sponsor of a recent charity event benefitting Mothers Abandoned or Widowed (MAW), a non-profit that provides a range of assistance to previously married mothers with children who have been abandoned by their husbands or whose husbands have died prematurely. The IAM’s silver sponsorship of the April 1 charity golf tournament
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