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The fight to protect workers’ rights and defeat anti-union legislation in our nation’s statehouses continues in Indiana as working families rev-up for an expected voter referendum to repeal the state’s new right-to-work (for less) law. The Republican-led Indiana General Assembly passed the bill last week. Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed it into law on February
Read moreIn an unholy alliance that could cost tens of thousands of U.S. jobs, Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson is teaming up with the ultra-conservative Club for Growth to lobby against any increase in the funding cap for the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. The bank, which provides loan guarantees rather than direct loans to foreign
Read moreNational Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton (center) is joined with allies from the labor, womens’ and immigrant rights community to announce a five-day march that will trace the route of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March. Thousands of marchers from the civil, labor and human rights community are expected to take part
Read moreThe William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center (W3 Center) is looking for IAM members who are musicians, singers and/or poets and interested in producing the next chapter in the history of labor music and poetry. If you play an instrument, sing, or write music or poetry, the W3 Center is asking that you use
Read moreThe Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has issued a report accusing China of unfair trade policies and actions which threaten future employment in the auto-parts industry. The Report, authored by Rob Scott and Hilary Wething, concludes, “Every one of the United States’ auto-parts jobs is individually at risk from China’s unfair trade practices.” The IAM represents
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