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The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) celebrates five years of uniting the union community and expanding and improving access to hunting, fishing, and wildlife. More than 250 union partners, sponsors and friends helped USA celebrate its anniversary with a special event at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Hosted by USA Board Chairman and AFL-CIO President Richard
Read moreFather and son team Clayton (left) and Johnny (right) Provine of Local Lodge 837B work together on the F18 Super Hornet at Boeing in St. Louis. The duo signifies how important generational aerospace jobs are to the country. A new Machinists News Network (MNN) video shows the notion of “generational shops” is not a thing
Read moreThe IAM praises the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule that guarantees Flight Attendants are not denied protections afforded by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The passage of the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act in 2009 established new FMLA leave eligibility requirements that addressed the unique issues of Flight Attendant scheduling. The
Read moreStates are wasting billions of dollars by using taxpayer subsidies to lure existing jobs from each other, rather than creating new jobs from scratch. The study, by the progressive advocacy group, ‘Good Jobs First,’ outlines how companies solicit economic development subsidies, by threatening to relocate existing jobs from one state to another. The practice also
Read moreFormer President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on Feb. 5, 1993. Two decades later, the bill has helped more than 100 million workers keep their jobs while sick or caring for a new baby or seriously-ill family member. February 5, 2013 marked the 20th birthday of the Family and Medical
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