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The U.S. Justice Department is embarking on a suit against a new restrictive voting law in North Carolina, which requires photo identification for in-person voting and cuts back on early voting and same-day registration. The announcement of the suit comes just a month after the Justice Department began its challenge to a similar voting law
Read moreIAM members at Aerojet Rocketdyne attended a week-long class at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Training Center to prepare for upcoming contract negotiations with the company. IAM District 725 and affiliated Local 946 members prepared for upcoming negotiations with Aerojet Rocketdyne by developing a multifaceted strategic plan at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education
Read moreNot content with playing Russian roulette with the operation of the federal government and careening toward default on the nation’s debt, the U.S. House is trying to block common-sense rules being developed by the Labor Department (DOL) to protect workers from deceptive or abusive practices whenever they seek investment advice about their retirement savings. House
Read moreCongressional Republicans appear willing to delay a fight on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), allowing the federal government to remain open into the next fiscal year that begins October 1. House Republicans had passed a spending bill that stripped funding for the health care law, setting up a potential showdown between the Democratically-controlled Senate and
Read moreHarold Rohr (Chris Dunker / Beatrice Daily Sun) The IAM congratulates Local 1569 retiree Harold Rohr on his induction into the Nebraska Labor Leaders Hall of Fame. Rohr, a more than 40-year member of the Machinists Union, was nominated by his state AFL-CIO chapter for his many achievements and contributions to the labor movement and
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