As NAFTA negotiations continue in Washington, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, recently met with union leaders and politicians. After a several-hour meeting of labor minds, Trumka says working-class leaders didn’t waver and strongly agreed on mandatory conditions of a new NAFTA model: good jobs and great pay.
Read moreMachinists members, labor leaders and civil servants hit the ground running during day one of the first-ever IAM National Government Employees Conference in Clarke County, Nevada.
Read moreWatch IAMAW Special Representative Craig Hughes name names during a hearing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal and Management Control Board hearing on September 18, 2017 in Boston, after Local Lodge 264 rallied outside to stop privatization. For more information: https://dontgiveawaythembta.net
Read moreMassachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, wants to privatize hundreds of MBTA bus maintenance services at the Lynn, Quincy and Boston facilites by bidding out jobs to for profit companies.
Read moreIAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr. says he, and thousands of Machinists members, are ready to assist and support relief efforts after deadly hurricanes pounded parts of North America. If you’d like to donate money to aid efforts, please visit IAM Disaster Relief Fund.
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