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A 68-year-old Wall Street veteran echoes UCubed in calling on President Obama to create a 21st century version of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). Leon Cooperman’s 9-point plan, made public alongside an open letter from the tycoon to the president, includes a call for a peacetime WPA effort to rebuild U.S. infrastructure. UCubed
Read moreIn an announcement that made front-page news around the world, leaders of IAM District 751 in Seattle said that union members in Washington, Portland and Kansas will vote next week on a four-year contract extension that includes a commitment by the Boeing Co. to build its 737 MAX passenger jet in Washington state. With over
Read moreAfter Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry stated that he would reassign government workers “to some really god-awful place” if they disagreed with his “core philosophy,” NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 President William Dougan (pictured to left) shot back with this statement on behalf of our members and all workers in the federal government: “Governor Perry’s comments
Read moreIAM Director of Community and Membership Services Charlie Micallef (left) and District 54 President T. Dean Wright examine scorched remains of Janesville Acoustics in Newcomerstown, OH, where a fire put nearly 60 IAM members out of work. A fire at the Janesville Acoustics factory in Newcomerstown, OH destroyed the facility and left members of Local
Read moreOn December 8, 2011, the IAM will join the AFL-CIO and affiliates in a National Prayer Vigil for the unemployed, demanding Congress renew unemployment insurance benefits for millions of jobless Americans. Congress has until December 31st to extend unemployment insurance. If benefits are left to expire, as many as 6 million Americans could see their
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