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National parks and monuments, including the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, were forced to close on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 because of Congress’ failure to pass a budget. As hundreds of thousands of federal employees awoke to a government shutdown this morning, William R. Dougan, National President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, a
Read moreLori Pelletier The Machinists Union applauds the election of IAM Local 700 member Lori Pelletier to become the next Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Connecticut AFL-CIO. Pelletier becomes the first openly gay woman to lead a state labor federation in the United States. She is the co-president of Pride at Work, an AFL-CIO constituency group that
Read moreThe U.S. Justice Department is embarking on a suit against a new restrictive voting law in North Carolina, which requires photo identification for in-person voting and cuts back on early voting and same-day registration. The announcement of the suit comes just a month after the Justice Department began its challenge to a similar voting law
Read moreIAM members at Aerojet Rocketdyne attended a week-long class at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Training Center to prepare for upcoming contract negotiations with the company. IAM District 725 and affiliated Local 946 members prepared for upcoming negotiations with Aerojet Rocketdyne by developing a multifaceted strategic plan at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education
Read moreNot content with playing Russian roulette with the operation of the federal government and careening toward default on the nation’s debt, the U.S. House is trying to block common-sense rules being developed by the Labor Department (DOL) to protect workers from deceptive or abusive practices whenever they seek investment advice about their retirement savings. House
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