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States 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
Read moreIn the January issue, President Obama embarks on a second term, the debt battle continues to threaten the American economy, union members honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Delta Flight Attendants meet at the Winpisinger Center, IAM protects pensions at Hawker Beechcraft and Amtrak stands to win better funding. Download the IAM Journal via the
Read morePresident Obama is urging Congress to delay the more than $1.2 trillion in automatic sequestration cuts, set to take effect March 1, through a suggested mix of minor revenue-raising tax reforms and spending cuts. The proposed plan would merely buy the deadlocked Congress time, once again kicking the task of creating a more comprehensive solution
Read moreEffective February 1, 2013, IAM Reports Technology Clerk Rebecca McMullen will become Assistant Director of the IAM Membership Services Department. The great-granddaughter of a Lifetime Member of Local Lodge 174 and daughter of a Steamfitter, McMullen will assistant IAM Membership Services Director Kathy Delio in the coordinating and collecting of local lodge monthly reports, the
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