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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor yesterday against the Republicans’ so-called Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. Below are some excerpts from her speech: “More than 75 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill which created the National Labor Relations Board and said he did so to give every worker ‘the freedom
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives urging lawmakers to vote “no” on a GOP-sponsored bill aimed at delaying and ultimately preventing union representation elections. The so-called Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (HR 3094) would give employers more opportunities to thwart workers’ efforts to unionize by causing
Read moreThe Grand Lodge monthly per capita tax for 2012 will be $31.78, reports GST Warren Mart in a letter to all IAM District and Local Lodges. The figure was calculated using the formula approved by Delegates to the 2008 Grand Lodge Convention. The 3.41 percent increase is based on “the average of the percentage increase
Read moreThe IAM App for Android phones is now available, but we need your help testing it. Please search for the “IAM Journal” in the Android Marketplace. Then drop IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan an email at rsloan@iamaw.org, and let him know how it works on your ‘droid.
Read moreWith organizing rights increasingly under attack by right-wing politicians and their well-funded corporate allies, it’s unusual to find a major company that respects workers’ collective bargaining rights and their elected representatives. AT&T Mobility is one of those companies. As the only national unionized wireless provider with 45,000 workers represented by the Communications Workers of America
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