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By a 272 to 152 vote marking the end of a months-long battle between Democrats and Republicans, House lawmakers passed an unemployment insurance extension for 2.5 million jobless Americans. The measure now goes to President Obama for his signature. The vote to restore jobless aid comes after Republicans blocked numerous attempts to pass the benefit
Read moreIn a new IAM video that examines the devastating impact of flawed trade agreements, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) discusses legislation that would give American lawmakers the long overdue opportunity to scrap faulty trade deals and negotiate replacement agreements. The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act, authored by Brown and Rep. Mike
Read moreA new report on furniture-maker IKEA, suggests that the firm’s Swedwood operations in Danville, Virginia may be the most dangerous plant in the wood furniture industry. According to the report: “Injury Analysis for Swedwood Corporation: Danville Virginia,” certain types of injuries are routinely several times above the national average for other companies in the same
Read moreTo make navigation more user-friendly, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) has launched a redesigned website. Easily-accessible navigation panes on the home page now make it simpler to find information. New to the website is a Virtual Tour, which allows everyone a chance to see and “experience” the GDA facilities in Sylmar, CA, without actually being
Read moreThe IAM faulted British Petroleum (BP) this week for ordering the use of low-cost repair facilities in China to modify critical safety equipment on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. According to The Observer, BP ordered the use of a Chinese repair facility to overhaul the rig’s blow-out preventer, a device that
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