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Pictured left to right, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) President Baldemar Velasquez, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and British Members of Parliament Ian Lavery and James Sheridan tour a North Carolina tobacco field to speak with farmworkers during FLOC’s summer 2014 “Respect, Recognition, Raise!” organizing campaign. (Credit: FLOC) Reps.
Read moreIAM Headquarters members took time to refurbish a building that will be a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Silver Spring, MD. IAM members from Headquarters helped refurbish a building that will house a new Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Silver Spring, MD. The project involved scraping, painting and moving items into place in anticipation of
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has appointed IAM Local 776A member James Little as Education Representative for the Southern Territory, effective October 1. Little joined the IAM in 2002 while working on the F-16, F-22 and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programs at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX. He held positions of Shop Steward, President
Read moreMembers of the IAM Local 2053 Bargaining Committee, representing approximately 180 production and maintenance employees at Maysteel, LLC in Allentown, WI, attended the Negotiation Prep program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Members of the IAM Local 2053 Bargaining Committee, representing approximately 180 production and maintenance employees at Maysteel,
Read moreThe battle for control of the U.S. Senate is rightfully getting a lot of press going into the November midterm, but voters will also cast ballots in 27 governor’s races – over a dozen of which could be very close contests. The races are important because anti-worker legislation is increasingly being passed at the state
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