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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 218 to 208 to narrowly advance Fast Track, or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Thursday. The Fast Track bill now goes to the Senate. Left unanswered is what will happen to Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for workers hurt by bad trade agreements. TAA was
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., speaks in support of the “Keeping Our Pension Promises Act” at a press conference in Washington, DC. The legislation was introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), far right, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), second from right. IAM General-Secretary Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., gave the Machinists Union’s strongest endorsement for
Read moreFred Hochberg, chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, addressed participants at the 2015 IAM Industrial Conference in Chicago this week. The bank has always been a key partner to both large and small export businesses and American working families. It is also a target of Tea Party Republicans who are pushing to
Read moreFrom left: IAM Local 701 Training Director Lou Longhi, International President Tom Buffenbarger, Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie and General Secretary-Treasurer Robert Roach, Jr., visit the Local 701 apprentice training center in Carol Stream, IL. During IAM President Tom Buffenbarger’s keynote address to the 2015 IAM Industrial Conference in Chicago, he emphasized the importance
Read moreSisters and Brothers, As we’ve said before, this Fast Track fight is far from over. House leadership is using legislative gimmickry to again bring Fast Track for the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to a vote TODAY, Thursday, June 18. The time to defeat Fast Track is NOW: Call your member of Congress at 855-712-8441 and
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