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The first African American to represent New Jersey in Congress, Rep. Donald Payne, died this week from colon cancer. The New Jersey Democrat, first elected to Congress in 1988, was 77. His top priorities were closing the achievement gap, providing equitable funding for public schools and making college and health care more affordable. Payne served
Read moreCommemorating a long career at Pratt & Whitney that included more than 30 years as a full-time IAM representative, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger presents retiring District 26 Assistant DBR Jim Parent with a replica of a CFM56 jet engine from rival engine builder General Electric. Buffenbarger, a former GE Tool and Die maker, quipped the
Read moreA new report refutes right-wing claims about unions by revealing some of the benefits of unions that extend far beyond union members themselves. Beyond the Weekend by American Rights at Work (ARAW) shows union members are having positive impacts on jobs, health care, education and their communities. The report’s key findings show that building trades
Read moreConstruction of the Hoover Dam employed more than 21,000 Americans at the height of the Great Depression. Seventy-six years ago on March 1, 1936, contractors completed their work on the Hoover Dam two years ahead of schedule and turned it over to the U.S. government. The project was one of many infrastructure investments made during
Read moreThere is less than a week to vote in one of the largest airline elections in history for more than 17,000 Passenger Service and Reservations employees at the new United Airlines. The voting deadline is 2 PM Eastern Standard Time on March 7, 2012. The election is being conducted by the National Mediation Board, the
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