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The IAM is calling for JOBS Now! in commemoration of this International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, 2010. International Women’s Day is a day when thousands around the world gather to mark the many economic, political and social successes and struggles of women past, present – and future. Reports from the U.S. Department of Labor
Read moreHundreds of IAM activists took part in the 2009 Legislative Conference The cut-off date for reduced room rates for the IAM 2010 Legislative Conference is April 1, 2010. The Conference will be held May 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, D.C. Call the hotel at 202-737-1234 to make your room reservations. Delegate registration
Read moreOn the floor of the U.S. Senate, Kentucky GOP Senator Jim Bunning declared aloud it was “tough sh*t” if Senators disagreed with his efforts to block an extension of unemployment benefits for jobless Americans. Help make certain Jim Bunning hears the boos and hisses he deserves. Don’t stand by while Bunning throws away the chance
Read moreNearly 2,000 Space Coast workers, family members and community activists gathered near the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, to hear labor leaders call for an end to government plans to outsource critical NASA programs, including include lunar landers, moon bases and the manned shuttle program. Concern is widespread that President Obama’s proposal to pull
Read moreWith the unemployment rate at its highest point in decades, the U.S. economy continues to shed much-needed manufacturing jobs. The loss of manufacturing jobs can be tied directly to our so called “free trade” policies, which have facilitated the movement of production to cheap-labor sites across the globe. The cheap-labor model of trade was instituted
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