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The IAM is continuing to sound the alarm to Congress on the grave danger of approving “Fast Track” trade authorization for the secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement that will allow more of the same trade policies that have hurt working families for the last 20 years. President Obama is asking Congress to
Read morePresident Obama will put forth a budget on Monday that calls for an end to the forced defense and domestic spending cuts known as sequestration, according to multiple media reports. “The President will propose to end the across-the-board sequester cuts that threaten our economy and our military,” a White House official told The Huffington Post.
Read moreAnti-worker billionaires Charles and David Koch say they are budgeting to spend $889 million on 2016 campaigns through their right-wing political organizations, effectively transforming their network into a third political party. For context, the Republican National Committee and the party’s two congressional campaign arms spent $657 million in the last presidential election. “The spending goal,
Read moreMilitary veterans were honored with an IAM Veteran’s pin at the 2015 Southern Territory Staff Conference in Bay St. Louis, MS. The 2015 Southern Territory Staff Conference in Bay St. Louis, MS wrapped up last week with a look back at a successful 2014 in organizing, and a new commitment for 2015. “This conference was
Read moreIAM members take part in the first-ever Spanish Organizing I program at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD. A truly historic milestone was achieved at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center as members from several IAM Territories took part in the first-ever Spanish Organizing I program. Click here to see
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