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A union that began with a few on the island of Vinalhaven has now grown to include members all along Maine’s nearly 3,500 mile coastline. With two legislative victories under its belt, the IAM’s Maine Lobstering Union is now headed by Rocky Alley, who hopes to continue the union’s growth and influence to help save
Read moreThe International Labor Rights Forum continues its coordination of a major union solidarity campaign against the alleged killing and imprisonme nt of garment workers in Cambodia.
Read moreCome this November, voters in California and Iowa will go to the polls and replace two legislative friends of the IAM. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and California Congressman George Miller are leaving Washington’s Capitol Hill after decades of service.
Read moreOn Tuesday, February 11th, progressive members from the House of Representatives gathered outside in the ice-cold Washington, D.C. winter to pledge political support for the federal government’s unionized workforce, a middle-class sector that’s been hurt recently by pay cuts and a senseless government shutdown.
Read moreThe IAM/Boeing Joint Apprenticeship Program’s Class of 2013 includes six apprentices, who were honored with a graduation banquet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington February 7. The graduates are Duane Erickson, Harvey Hussey, Ken Inglet, Lurelee Lorenzen, Brian Meyer and Slaveck Moraru. Meyer was also presented with the Arnie Durall Achievement Award for
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