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Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is going to need a new entrance song. The anti-union governor, best known for stripping collective bargaining rights for most Wisconsin public employees, played the Dropkick Murphys’ hit song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” as he bounced onto an Iowa stage to deliver remarks this past weekend. The outspokenly pro-worker
Read moreThe 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 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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