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Outside the U.S. Capitol, IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. joined other labor leaders, airline executives and politicians to call for an extension of the airline Payroll Support Program (PSP) which offers emergency funding to airline workers that have been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The act, which will save over 100,000 jobs if extended,
Read moreThe IAM and working people will miss Justice Ginsburg’s pro-labor presence in the U.S. Supreme Court and warns of a brutal Senate battle to fill her seat.
Read moreChris Garlock, a Washington, D.C. based labor history aficionado and activist, discusses Labor Day’s founding and the historical lessons that are motivating a new generation of union activists.
Read moreUnion members at IAM District 4 recently participated in a charity golf tournament in Maine that benefited Guide Dogs of America and Tender Loving Canines.
Read moreMore than 4,300 IAM Local S6 members at Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, voted 87 percent to ratify a three-year collective bargaining agreement at the Maine shipbuilding company. IAM Local S6 members, who build destroyers for the U.S. Navy, returned to work beginning with third shift on Sunday, Aug. 23.
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