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More than 8,000 seasonal federal wildland firefighters and their families will no longer have to fear bankruptcy when being injured on the job, or if their child gets sick. President Obama announced they will now be eligible for health insurance. The news comes on the heels of a National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) campaign
Read moreThe Farnborough Air Show is one of the largest gatherings of aerospace manufacturers and suppliers in the world, such as U.S.-based Pratt & Whitney. The IAM and other aerospace members of the global union IndustriALL attended the show to ensure highly-skilled aerospace workers’ interests were represented. Nowhere on earth is there a greater concentration
Read moreThe International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), will join with representatives from IndustriALL, the newly formed global union, at the Farnborough Air Show on July 10-11 to remind visitors, vendors and customers that there would be no aerospace industry without the contributions of thousands of highly-skilled workers who belong to some of the
Read moreOn August 11, 2012, the IAM will join the AFL-CIO, affiliates, human rights activists, and many others in Philadelphia to stand for an America that works for all working men and women. The “Workers Stand for America Rally” will be a central feature of a larger campaign to serve notice to political leaders and the
Read moreAnemic employment figures released by the U.S. Labor Department mark the third straight month of weak hiring and rounds out a poor second quarter for 2012. The real unemployment rate rose to 17.3 percent as the number of real unemployed workers increased by 463,000 in June, fueling concerns that the economy has taken a turn
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