The AFL-CIO’s Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department will host the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, Jan. 18-21, 2019 at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The conference will celebrate Dr. King’s life and his legacy of working to improve our lives and the lives of future
Read moreMore than 170 Rochelle, IL IAM Local 2068 members have been on strike with Silgan Containers for over a month. Local 2068 President Rick Pease joined Activate L!VE to bring us up to date on their fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
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Read moreThe government shutdown is now in its third week. And IAM members are still feeling the pain. More than 800,000 federal workers and contractors, including thousands of IAM and NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 members, are affected by this ridiculous government shutdown.
Read moreIAM Local 2068 President Rick Pease will join Activate L!VE this week to give us the latest on the more than 170 members who have been on strike since December 8, 2018 for better wages, benefits and working conditions at Silgan Containers in Rochelle, IL. Nakisha Lewis, Director of the AFL-CIO Civil, Human and Women’s
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