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The July 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, activists spotlight the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) anti-middle class, pro-corporate agenda and the Machinists News Network talks with a group of Local 1976 retirees on a mission to provide much-needed medical equipment to those in need in Panama. You
Read moreMore than two dozen members of UnioNation, the IAM’s labor music project, performed 23 original numbers at a debut concert at the William W. Winpisinger Center. The IAM’s Labor Music Project, “UnioNation,” performed its debut concert at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center (W3 Center) in Hollywood, MD, to a packed audience who
Read moreThe U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York is expected to rule this week on a jaw-dropping motion submitted by Hawker Beechcraft to pay top executives bonuses that could exceed $5.3 million. Meanwhile, no monies are being set aside for thousands of hourly workers at Hawker who could have their pensions frozen or terminated. In a
Read moreThe Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing nearly 90,000 Flight Attendants in the United States, welcomed a decision by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to include all U.S.-based Flight Attendants into the risk-based, Known Crewmember (KCM) program. The KCM program allows for expedited screening of authorized and trusted crew members at security screening checkpoints
Read more“Meet Mr. 1%” is a new website from the AFL-CIO that cuts through the campaign chatter and provides an interactive, graphic-focused look at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s record—and provides a chilling look at his wrecking plan for America’s working families. The site offers fast facts on how Massachusetts suffered during the years Romney was
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