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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) refuses to take up a Senate bill aimed at extending federal unemployment insurance benefits for the jobless. Nearly 2.8 million Americans have lost their economic lifeline since House Republican leaders forced unemployment insurance benefits to expire last December. The Senate voted 59 to 38 to extend those benefits – with
Read moreAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka highlighted the destruction the Trans-Pacific Partnership would cause the middle class in a speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. Twenty years after the ratification of NAFTA, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other worker advocates are speaking out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), another free-trade deal that promises
Read moreTwenty-nine students from New York’s Aviation High School – the most in the IAM-Aviation High School partnership history – visited the William W. Winpisinger Center for a four-day program on aviation, unions and the U.S. transportation industry. For the 12th consecutive year, students from New York City’s Aviation High School visited the IAM’s William W.
Read moreAfter a long and tenacious struggle, 13 Victim Advocates who work under a Service Contract at Joint Base Lewis McChord have gained a bit of justice. The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) has just finished its investigation and reached a settlement with their previous employer, Strategic Resources, Inc. (SRI), for
Read moreThe dates for the 2014 Human Rights and Women’s programs at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD have been changed. The IAM will now conduct simultaneous Human Rights and Women’s programs on October 12-17, 2014. Members can register for either one of the two programs, which will include several joint sessions throughout the
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