AFL-CIO President, Richard Trumka, talks about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Read moreUnion members and community activists protested outside Rep. Steny Hoyer’s Waldorf, MD office, asking the Congressman to take a stand and vote no on Fast-Track or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). The process would allow the President to secretly negotiate trade deals and send those deals to Congress for a yes or no vote without any
Read moreSeveral hundred Machinist members gathered in Washington, D.C. for the annual IAM Legislative conference. While there, attendees politically strategized and mobilized against a potentially disastrous U.S. trade deal known as the Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP.
Read morePopular minister Dr. William J. Barber II, a pastor from North Carolina, is encouraging organized labor unions to fight for the middle-class, a cause he calls Biblically based.
Read moreThe IAM honored its fallen members during the Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony at the William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland on April 28. There was also a special remembrance. Relatives, friends and colleagues of those who have passed away during the past year attended the annual event, which aims to mourn
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