President Obama is encouraging the congress to allocate $50 billion to pay for a new wave of domestic infrastructure projects, a move many Machinists support, especially IAM members living in rural areas with little job opportunities.
Read moreThe IAM’s “unioNation” band recorded its first CD during the last two weeks of July. The CD will feature 24 original labor songs. Twenty-two musicians and vocalists traveled to the Winpisinger Center to collaborate on the project. The band hopes the songs will inspire union and non-union workers to fight for justice on the job.
Read moreIAM GVP Dora Cervantes weighs in on a recent “roundtable” discussion event about immigration reform featuring Congressman Xavier Becerra, a democrat, and republican Senator John McCain.
Read moreAs President Obama crisscrosses the country to promote his economic record, some IAM members, who support the president, still say their working-class communities are in need of good stable jobs.
Read moreForty young unionists from twenty-four different countries came together at the Winpisinger Center for a week to talk about the future of the movement and issues specific to this generation.
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