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The cut-off date for discounted room rates for the 32nd Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to Benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is October 22, 2012. To reserve your room, call the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, at 866-227-5944. Register with the group code SCDOG2 to get the special GDA rate. The
Read moreA Pennsylvania judge has blocked an unjust, Jim Crow-like voter ID law from going into effect on election day. However, the judge ruled the law – put in place by GOP lawmakers to discourage minorities and the elderly from voting – will go into effect next year. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson also ruled that
Read moreNFL referees voted in a new labor agreement over the weekend and are back to work. Their 115-day lockout by NFL owners, primarily to try and strip traditional pension benefits from the refs, was so out-of-bounds that even the political poster boy for union busting, Scott Walker, called for the regular referees’ return. All of
Read moreEach week without action by Congress to stop massive sequestration cuts brings the nation closer to a fiscal doomsday that will destroy a million American jobs and expose U.S. troops to new dangers. Sign up here to join the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Second to None coalition and help keep the heat on Washington until
Read moreThe International Transport Workers Federation’s (ITF) Youth Conference was held in Montreal, Canada last week exclusively for young transport workers. Attendees included youth activists from 54 ITF affiliate unions from 28 countries, including IAM Transportation members. The conference explored strategies to build and mobilize international solidarity in the global transport sector. Youth activists also grappled
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