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California labor leader and longtime IAM member Shelley Kessler tells the story of her start in the labor movement and discusses challenges facing women in the workplace in a Q&A celebrating Women’s History Month. Read Kessler’s interview with the California Labor Federation here. “Social and economic justice struggles have been the basis and run throughout
Read moreDan Janssen is the vice president of IAM Local 2323 in Ontario, Canada. This past weekend in Chicago, I attended the AFL-CIO Next Up Summit, which is a young workers conference. While there, I had the privilege of not only representing my union, the Machinists (IAM) and my Local Lodge 2323, but also of representing
Read moreYoung Machinists came from all over the U.S. and Canada to attend the inaugural Young Workers Strategy program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. The deadline to register for the IAM Young Workers Strategy Program, to be held May 3-8, 2015 at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Center in Hollywood, MD,
Read moreThe IAM will conduct the 2015 Federal Employees’ Advanced Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD, July 12-17, 2015. Helpful for stewards, officers and business representatives, the Advanced Program involves training in areas specific to the Federal Sector such as ULP and grievance handling, preparations for arbitration and Merit
Read moreMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to vote Thursday, March 26,on H.Con.Res. 27, the proposed Concurrent Resolution on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. The IAM urges all members to contact their members of Congress and urge them to vote “No” on this budget bill. This extreme budget would gouge hundreds of billions
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