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A scathing article in Rolling Stone by investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, entitled “Looting the Pension Funds,” takes a harsh look at how “all across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers.” The piece explains how the small state of Rhode Island was used as a testing ground for an eventual-nationwide push to
Read moreFederal employees and their unions, including the IAM-affiliated National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), now in the eighth day of the government shutdown, continue to demand that Congress end its standoff and reopen the federal government. Click here to watch a new Machinists News Network video of a rally on Capitol Hill. As the shutdown
Read moreFrom left to right, IAM Headquarters General Vice President Bob Martinez, Jr., Local 340 Vice President Willis Pinney, Local 340 President Mervyn Constantine, Jr., and International President Tom Buffenbarger at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. Two IAM Local 340 members have made history by becoming the first IAM members from the U.S. Virgin Islands
Read moreIAM District Lodge W24 was recognized for leadership and strength in the Oregon Organizing Project at the 53rd Oregon AFL-CIO Convention held in Bend, OR on September 29, 2013. The Oregon Organizing Project was started by Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain. The project develops and maintains a network of labor unions and constituency groups in
Read moreGovernment agencies, national parks and monuments, including the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, have been closed for three days due to a government shutdown, brought on by Republican lawmakers’ refusal to pass a budget unless Democrats agreed to defund Obamacare. The government shutdown poses severe risks for federal workers and their local communities, says NFFE-IAM
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