The AFL-CIO has released a new survey of working women to capture a multifaceted picture of the lives of working women across the country, both union and nonunion. WATCH: Working Women Need a Voice on the Job The National Survey of Working Women is an opportunity for advocates and the media to understand the challenges
Read moreThe IAM Federal Employees Basic Program will take place in February 2016 at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM is conducting the Federal Employees Basic Program February 7-12, 2016 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Applications should be returned by November 30, 2015. The
Read moreSandy Gardner Michael Manzo IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has announced the appointment of Sandy Gardner and Michael Manzo as Transportation Department Special Representatives. Gardner initiated into Denver Local 1886 in 1998 after the IAM’s historic organizing victory of approximately 20,000 Passenger Service Employees at United Airlines. She was instrumental in the organizing campaign and
Read moreBrothers and Sisters, Today in the United States and Canada, we honor heroes among us – the men and women who have served or continue to serve in our armed forces. They’re family, friends, IAM brothers and sisters, or complete strangers. They’re veterans, and today we salute them. We’re proud of our enduring bond with
Read moreThe IAM this week joined with a coalition of labor unions and more than 20 individual retirees to file a federal class action lawsuit against General Electric Corporation in the Northern District of Ohio. The union coalition contends that GE violated federal labor law and the Employer Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by unilaterally depriving
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