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In an op-ed published on The Huffington Post, IAM Communications Director Rick Sloan reminds America to think responsibly this St. Patrick’s Day: remember the unemployed. Sloan recounts for readers “the worst chapter in the history of the Emerald Isle” – the Irish Famine of 1846 to 1850. “How horrific was the famine?” writes Sloan. “In
Read moreInstead of a Spring Break full of sun, sand and surf, IAM stewards and local leaders from Local 2725 in San Juan, Puerto Rico were hitting the books in a leadership training course provided in Puerto Rico by the Winpisinger Center. Winpisinger Instructor Anne Wiberg led the all-Spanish training with assistance from Southern Territory
Read moreEn vez de unas vacaciones llenas de sol, arena y olas, los delegados y líderes de la Logia Local 2725 se dieron a la tarea de estudiar mientras que el Centro Winpisinger viajó a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Anne Wiberg, instructora del Centro, ayudó con el adiestramiento de liderazgo, que se llevó a cabo completamente
Read moreOn April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding the right to bargain collectively for a voice at work and a better life. Beginning with worship services over the April 1 weekend, and continuing through the week of April 4, unions,
Read moreCapitol Square in Madison, WI was filled to capacity with nearly 200,000 union activists who welcomed home the 14 state senators who stood up against Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on collective bargaining rights. More than 185,000 union members and supporters gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to deliver a full-throated welcome
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