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The sordid love affair between corporate America and prison inmates deserves far more attention than it currently receives, and not just because unemployment is high and the nation is struggling to escape the worst recession in 70 years. A particularly outrageous example of the practice is taking place at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola,
Read moreThe IAM joins the AFL-CIO in a nationwide boycott of Palermo’s Pizza due the frozen pizza manufacturer’s blatant disregard of its workers’ choice to form a union. Palermo workers have been on strike in Milwaukee since June 1, 2012, in protest of unfair labor practices. Many workers face serious health hazards, have no sick days
Read moreThe IAM is joining with UNITE HERE, the AFL-CIO and progressive organizations nationwide to help secure fair treatment, a safe workplace and basic human dignity for house cleaning staff at Hyatt hotels. Hyatt management has garnered a reputation for abusing its housekeepers and other workers for years, replacing longtime employees with minimum wage temporary workers
Read moreA supervisor at Union Electric Steel Corp. in Valparaiso, IN is alive today thanks to the quick thinking of an IAM member who applied emergency first aid skills when the supervisor suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Jason Jerz, a 15-year member of Local 1227 in Valparaiso, IL began Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), activated the E.M.S.
Read moreIllinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn visited the IAM picket line at Caterpillar Corp. in Joliet, IL and contributed $10,000 to support the members of Local 851 who have been on strike for a fair contact since May 1. After 14 weeks, the picket line outside the Caterpillar gates in Joliet, IL is becoming a showcase
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