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IAM members in Wichita, KS, held a rally to support their negotiators and to oppose additional outsourcing of work to Mexico. Gathered in the heat outside the hotel where negotiations are taking place between District 70 and Spirit AeroSystems, workers and their families carried ‘Jobs Worth Fighting For’ signs and cheered as union leaders praised
Read moreThe problem behind America’s jobless recovery is shortsighted CEOs, says Leo Hindery, Chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation. In an op-ed published in Bloomberg Businessweek, Hindery says too many CEOs focus on shareholders and short-term results. He says what the U.S. needs is stronger unions, a manufacturing surge and less
Read moreCongressional leaders unveiled a pair of plaques honoring African-American slaves who helped build the U.S. Capitol. African-American slaves who worked 12-hour days, six days a week between 1793 and 1800 to help build the U.S. Capitol building, were honored this week with a pair of commemorative plaques that will be permanently displayed inside the Capitol
Read moreRepublicans and conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats forced major cuts in proposals for unemployed Americans in a House bill that passed before Memorial Day and has been stuck in the Senate. To get enough support from the conservative block to win passage of the scaled back bill, the House dropped extending the COBRA subsidy for medical
Read moreThere are three Congressional hearings scheduled this week to investigate the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines. The Machinists Union has been invited to testify at all three hearings to ensure the concerns of 26,000 IAM members at Continental and United are heard. IAM members in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as
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