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Union of Unemployed leaders and activists are being urged to ramp up their efforts to let Congress know how the latest tax cut package fails to address the plight of the nation’s long-term unemployed. “Congress is giving $540 billion – over half a trillion dollars – in tax breaks to corporations and wealthy Americans,” said
Read moreDecember 17, 2010 is the last day to take advantage of the reduced registration fee for the 2011 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance. The MLK observance will be held January 13-17 in Cincinnati, OH, a city with a rich civil rights history and one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad.
Read moreIAM membership nearly doubled in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico recently with the addition of 141 workers for Frito Lay/Pepsico. The work force at Frito Lay has been searching for some time for a strong union to affiliate with. After several meetings and discussions with the IAM, the workers overwhelmingly selected the IAM. A union
Read moreLa matrícula de la IAM en la Isla de Puerto Rico se duplicó recientemente con la adquisición de 141 trabajadores de Frito Lay/Pepsico . Puerto Rico es un Estado Libre Asociado de los Estado Unidos, y se encuentra en el noreste del Mar Caribe, al este de la República Dominicana y al oeste de las
Read moreThe IAM campaign to bring fairness and union representation to workers at Swedwood, a Virginia facility supplying furniture giant IKEA, is gaining global momentum. An IAM website www.goiam.org/Ikea about the campaign has already generated more than 1,000 letters to the IKEA CEO, with more on the way every day. Postings on the AFL-CIO website and
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