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In addition to creating the largest global trade agreement since NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens to provide unprecedented perks and protections for pharmaceutical companies while threatening the sustainability of public health programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Older Americans should be very concerned about this deal,” warned Alliance for Retired Americans President Robert Roach, Jr.
Read moreCongress has decided to defer, until 2020, an excise tax on many employer health plans that will have a significant impact on middle-class workers. Following a groundswell of opposition led by the IAM and other labor organizations, members from both houses of Congress have delayed the tax’s implementation. The year-end budget deal struck by Democrats
Read moreThis year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference theme is “Change the Rules, Be the Power” and will take place January 15-18, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Click here to get the details and register. Hurry because special rates end Friday, December 18, 2016. The conference was established to reinforce the
Read moreThe IAM has announced the 2016 dates for its Employee Assistance Program (EAP) classes at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM’s EAP program equips assistance coordinators with the skills and resources to assist members who are seeking help for problems involving addictions and other psychosocial issues. The curriculum
Read moreThe American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) announced its endorsement of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. “Secretary Clinton shares AFGE’s vision for a strong and vibrant government workforce that has the necessary tools and support needed to deliver vital programs and services to the American public,” said AFGE
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