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In the March issue, President Obama makes the case for the middle class in the first State of the Union address of his second term, sequestration takes a toll on working families, IAM members fight for voting rights, female civil rights leaders share their stories, the U.S. Labor Department suspends job corps enrollment, Flight Attendants
Read moreHarry Kelber (1914 – 2013) After over seven decades in the labor movement as a union leader, critic, educator and academic, Harry Kelber passed away Sunday in New York City. He was 98 years old. A self-described “front-line observer” of labor, Kelber was a catalyst in the 1962-1963 New York City newspaper strike that lasted
Read moreFriday, April 5 is the last day to sign a White House petition demanding the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) overturn their decision to allow knives on commercial flights. IAM Flight Attendants staged an informational picket Tuesday at Dulles Airport and spoke to passengers about signing the petition. As of Tuesday, the campaign still needed over
Read moreHolding the Line: Members of Local 1441 in Springfield, TN on strike at Unarco Materials Handling for a share of the success they helped create. In the wake of a contract offer described as “low and outside,” over 150 members of Local 1441 in Springfield, TN set up picket lines and commenced a strike to
Read moreAll eyes were on the U.S. Supreme Court last week as it heard arguments from both sides of the same-sex marriage debate. Cases were brought forth questioning the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in the state, and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which limits federal marriage benefits to opposite-sex couples.
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