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19th Amendment Centennial Virtual Toolkit Introduction August 26, 2020, is the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the 19th Amendment, which gave women in the United States a constitutional right to vote. The enactment of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of over a hundred years of activism by American women. Of course, even after
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.
Read moreThe IAM is supporting recommendations issued by the AFL-CIO’s general board to take concrete action to address America’s long history of racism.
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