Dora Cervantes, Assistant Secretary to the General Secretary-Treasurer of the IAMAW, discusses the need for immigration reform and how an improved pathway to citizenship would protect worker dignity and preserve human rights.
Read moreMechanics Local 701 in Chicagoland upheld a long tradition this year by organizing the Automotive Service Tech program for Illinois SkillsUSA, which serves high school and college students enrolled in technical, skilled and service occupations. IAM members set up and judged 20 stations where 60 students competed.
Read moreIAM’s District Lodge 837 pulled in nearly $4,500 for the Guide Dogs of America during this year’s charity bowl night.
Read moreEqual Pay Day raises awareness about how long women must work in order to make the equivalent wages as men. In 2013, the day fell on April 9, meaning women had to work all of 2012 and an additional 99 days into 2013 to make what men earned the previous year. The National Committee on
Read moreAssociates of the Aspen Institute, a policy think-tank organization in Washington, DC, recently discussed a desperate need for new high-skilled U.S. manufacturing workers to replace a growing number of baby-boomer retirees.
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