Aerial view of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, OK, where IAM member George Rogers found his 9-year old son alive after a mile-wide tornado destroyed the structure. IAM members in the nation’s midsection are no strangers to the wrath of Mother Nature; from hurricanes on the Gulf Coast to twisters in the nation’s
Read moreA group of 139 House Democrats are urging the quick confirmation of Labor Secretary Nominee Thomas Perez. The letter to Senate leadership lauded Perez’s “distinguished record of accomplishments and experience from his career in public service at the local, state and federal levels. “Known by those who have worked with him for his consensus-building, collaborative
Read moreThe 2013 Guide Dogs of America (GDA) Online Silent Auction is now open. The event will run to June 5, 2013. The Online Silent Auction is the companion to the GDA Open House Silent Auction which takes place during the annual Guide Dogs of America celebration in Sylmar, CA, on June 8. Most of the online
Read moreJerry Dargitz District 751 lost a long-time union activist with the passing of Grand Lodge Rep/Organizer Jerry Dargitz on April 7. Dargitz spent decades improving the lives of workers and their families. His union leadership was instrumental in securing contract language changes that still have a huge impact on the membership today. Dargitz hired into
Read morePressman Marcus Hedger was wrongly fired for participating in legal union activities on behalf of his coworkers. Now his case is being held up because of the handcuffing of the National Labor Relations Board by the conservative D.C. Circuit Appeals Court. Everyday Americans are being hurt by the political game of disarming the National Labor
Read more