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Thanks to a 2011 move by the Obama Administration to shut down and privatize NASA’s historic and admired shuttle program, the U.S. space agency will now be paying $424 million to hitch a ride to space with Russia. That’s $70.6 million per seat. NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency saying
Read moreHeadquarters General Vice President Rich Michalski welcomes House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) to the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told IAM members on the final day of the 2013 Legislative Conference that “the most important thing we can do for our families and our economy is to create jobs.” Destructive
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger addresses delegates to the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Hundreds of IAM members are making their voices heard in Washington D.C., this week, talking to elected officials on Capitol Hill and listening to industry leaders and politicians at the 2013 IAM Legislative Conference. This year, the annual conference
Read moreMembers of the IAM joined with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in a 125-person march on Reynolds American’s shareholder meeting in Winston-Salem, NC, to demand justice for tobacco farm workers. “The conditions the farmworkers toil under are inhumane,” said IAM District Lodge 110 President Teddy McNeil. “Sub-minimum wages, child labor, pesticide exposure, uninhabitable housing,
Read moreIAM President Tom Buffenbarger hailed the recently announced agreements with retailers H&M and Inditex to create a safety inspection system for clothing suppliers in Bangladesh. The agreement is the result of collaboration between the Worker’s Rights Coalition and the International Labor Rights Forum (NGO, non-governmental organizations), and IndustriALL Global Union Federation. “The IAM worked hard to
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