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Jay Leno, host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, called the new health care law the “Do As We Say, Not As We Do Act” after a decision to continue employer contributions to the health insurance premiums of members of Congress and Hill staffers. Late-night comedian Jay Leno took a jab at the White House for
Read moreBeginning September 3, 2013, longtime Machinists friend, talk radio host and author Bill Press will be moving The Bill Press Show to Free Speech TV. The show joins a lineup of several leading progressive voices like Thom Hartmann, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, Openline News with Davey D and The David Pakman Show. Free Speech
Read moreThe 2013 IAM Automotive Conference is scheduled for October 1 to 4, 2013, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson will chair the conference, which will focus on new approaches to expanding IAM automotive membership in North America. The deadline for making hotel reservations is August 30,
Read moreThe IAM mourns the death of California District Lodge 725 Assistant Directing Business Representative Robert “Bob” R. Gutierrez, who passed away on July 12, 2013. A member of the IAM since 1977, Gutierrez served as Shop Steward at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, CA. In 1994, he was elected to become the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Read moreSurrounded by congressional leaders, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965 in the President’s Room of the Capitol. Tuesday, August 6, 2013 marks the 48th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Voting Rights Act. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill into law in 1965 saying, “Millions of
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