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Few people realize that in 2014 child labor is still a major concern in the United States. Even fewer people realize a significant amount of that concern is centered around children working in tobacco farms in the South. Under U.S. law, children under the age of 18 can’t buy cigarettes, but they can legally work
Read moreToday, fast food workers around the world engaged in a one-day strike for higher wages and the right to join a union. The events – which are a part of the growing “Fight for Fifteen” movement – took place on May 15 as a symbol of the $15 minimum wage U.S. workers deserve to be
Read moreThe IAM announced it filed an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to conduct a representation election for fleet service employees at Spirit Airlines. “Today we took the first step toward gaining power and respect on the job,” said Spirit ramp agent Mauricio Oviedo-Falcon from Fort Lauderdale, FL. “The time is now for all
Read moreHundreds of IAM political activists are in Washington, DC this week to lobby for workers’ rights on Capitol Hill during the 2014 IAM Legislative Conference. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are bracing themselves for an onslaught of Machinists Union activists this week. Speakers kicked off the 2014 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC by calling for
Read moreCongress failed once again to help America’s most vulnerable workers when it killed the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. In an op-ed published in Roll Call, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger made a strong case for why Congress was wrong and why raising the minimum wage is
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