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The IAM has announced the 2015 dates for all four stages of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM’s EAP program equips assistance coordinators with the skills and resources to assist members who are seeking help for problems involving addictions and other psychosocial
Read moreIn a move that will allow deep cuts to earned pension benefits for millions of U.S. retirees, members of Congress are expected to vote this week on a spending bill that includes significant changes to the 1974 law outlawing such cuts. The legislation, which was brokered behind closed doors by members of the House Education
Read moreIAM Local 2105 members hold strike signs as they enter their 11th week on the picket line against sweeping health care and pension cuts imposed by fusion cast refractory-maker RHI Monofrax in Falconer, NY. More than 300 people attended a rally in Falconer, NY as a show of solidarity for more than 130 IAM Local
Read moreHundreds of protestors gather at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office in Washington, DC, as negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership meet to advance the harmful free trade agreement. A blustery and cold day in Washington, DC wasn’t enough to keep hundreds of labor, environmental and consumer advocates from protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, or
Read moreThe GOP’s takeover of the U.S. Senate got a lot of attention post-Election Day, but the widening Republican majority in state houses around the country could prove equally as destructive for working families. Beginning in January, Republicans will control 68 of 98 partisan state legislative chambers – the highest in the party’s history. Their first
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