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50 years ago today, two sanitation workers were crushed to death in a faulty city-owned trash truck. The event marked a pivotal moment in labor rights as the city’s sanitation workers went on strike and demanded better pay and safer working conditions.
Read moreAs Congress bickers over a potential government shutdown, the Machinists Union is speaking out about the sad political spectacle, one that could hit IAM federal workers hard.
Read moreOn January 17, 1962, President John F. Kennedy took unprecedented pro-labor action by signing Executive Order 10988 which grants federal employees the right to collectively bargain for better working conditions.
Read moreMachinists Union members joined the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil & Human Rights Conference in Houston, Texas and marched in the city’s parade. The theme was Reclaiming Our Dream: Strategize, Organize, Mobilize.
Read moreThe Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) recently held a two-day policy summit in Washington, DC about the dwindling state of working-class pensions. Speakers included labor leaders, retirement specialists and middle-class activists. Robert Roach, Jr., President of the ARA, shared his frustration at Congress’ inability to protect pensions in public and private sectors. Richard Fiesta, Executive
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