Members of IAM Local 3 won a new two-year deal restoring previous cuts in wages and debt benefits. Pictured from left to right, Local 3 Secretary-Treasurer Bruce M. Cole, President Andre` Gipson, District W2 ADBR Valerie J. Rodriguez and Local 3 Steward Ken Hardin. Not pictured: Local 3 Steward Stephen E. Leet, Vice President James
Read moreAttorney Robert Gregory, General Vice President Gary Allen, Local Lodge 933 retirees David Lillie and Mark Argraves, and Western Territory Chief of Staff Bobby Martinez. IAM Local 933 retirees at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ are celebrating their long battle for justice after finally receiving retirement funds totaling nearly $2.5 million. It was the
Read moreFormer IAM Headquarters GVP Rich Michalski has retired after over four decades of service to the Machinists Union. Recently-retired IAM Headquarters General Vice President Rich Michalski has been publicly recognized by two members of Congress for his long career of service to the IAM, the labor movement and working families. Michalski became a familiar face
Read moreOn April 24, 2013, an eight-story garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,127 workers and injuring more than 2,500. Labor and workers’ rights groups are protesting the most recent attempt by Wal-Mart, Gap and 15 other American retailers to skirt meaningful safety reforms in the Bangladeshi garment industry. The mega-retailers’ plan is nonbinding, not
Read moreFood court workers at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC are some of the hundreds of federally-contracted employees to speak out against unjust wages. (Credit: AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council) Hundreds of federally-contracted low-wage workers, mobilized by the new labor coalition Good Jobs Nation, are joining together in a call
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