Register now for the IAM’s Young Workers and Emerging Leaders Conference to be held in San Antonio, TX, January 16-18, 2014. The conference will be in conjunction with the AFL-CIO’s 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance which is also taking place in San Antonio. “This is an exciting opportunity to focus on our own young
Read moreMonday, November 11, 2013 is Veterans Day. Please take time out to honor the men and women in the armed forces who are serving and have served our nation. “IAM members and our nation cannot thank enough those among us who serve and have sacrificed so that others may live in freedom,” says IAM President
Read moreA group of Senate Democrats are doing what most of this gridlocked Congress refuses to do – introduce bills that put Americans back to work. The Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative, spearheaded by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), aims at boosting employment in U.S. manufacturing by increasing workforce training, expanding access to capital and fixing trade
Read moreCandidates for governor, mayor, and a host of ballot issues are on the ballot Tuesday as voters across the country take to the polls for Election Day 2013. Here are just some of the top races to watch as experts warn this year’s election results could serve as a test-run of what’s to come in
Read moreIn this photo, IAM Local 31 Journeyman John Stroy and Apprentice Kirk Allen rebuild a coal mill gearbox at the Omaha Power District’s North Station in Omaha, NE. Local 31 member Michael Milledge won first place for this photo in the 2013 IAM Photo Contest. Results of the 2013 IAM Photo Contest are in and
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