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The IAM joins labor in strongly opposing two bills that seek to increase the threshold at which employers are required to either offer health care coverage or pay a penalty under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Both the “Save American Workers Act” (H.R. 2575) and the “Forty Hours is Full Time Act” (H.R. 2988) would
Read morePresident Obama announces plans to restore American manufacturing at a GE Gas Engine facility in Waukesha, WI. GE Energy and IAM District 10, Local 1377, hosted President Barack Obama at the GE facility in Waukesha, WI, Thursday. President Obama began his road trip promoting issues he highlighted in the State of the Union address by
Read moreHundreds of public sector union members, other union members and supporters pack the Pennsylvania Capitol for a huge rally against two identical bills in the state House and Senate to defund public-sector unions. (Credit: Kate Giammarise/Post Gazzette) Nearly 600 IAM public-sector members, other union members, supporters and Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania are preparing for a
Read moreThe livelihood of public employees is at stake in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court recently heard arguments in Harris v. Quinn, a case that questions whether public employees who benefit from union representation can be required to share the costs of collective bargaining. Lawyers from the Big Business-funded National Right to Work Foundation are
Read morePrivate-sector union representation rose in 2013, but political assaults on workers’ rights led to a loss of 118,000 public-sector union jobs, says newly-released figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recovery in hiring in the construction and manufacturing industries led to the largest number of U.S. private-sector workers covered by a union contract
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