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A delegation of 10 Brazilian unionists met with IAM members in Nashville, TN, as part of a labor exchange through the Solidarity Center. The IAM recently strengthened its international ties by hosting a group of Brazilian unionists who were in the U.S. to learn more about American labor and manufacturing. Click here to watch the
Read moreThe Workers’ Memorial at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, MD, is surrounded by bricks bearing the names of fallen IAM members. The IAM will remember members who have died on the job during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, April 28, 2014 at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center
Read moreDistrict 751 in Puget Sound and others from Washington State were among dozens of locals and districts recognized for their support for MNPL. The combination of the Supreme Court’s Citizens v. United decision and the unrelenting Tea Party stranglehold on the GOP will combine to make the 2014 midterm elections a critical test for labor
Read moreMassachusetts Treasurer Receiver-General and candidate for governor Steve Grossman (second from left, front) and TWU members join IAM members’ informational picket at Boston’s Logan Airport. IAM-represented ground workers at US Airways conducted informational pickets across the country to protest the carrier’s insistence that they accept second-class status and agree to lower wage rates than other
Read moreAllowing passengers to make in-flight cell phone calls would create needless and potentially deadly safety issues, says Transportation Trades Department President Ed Wytkind. It would also make flying next to chronic cell phone chatters a lot less pleasant. Overturning the long-standing ban would “interfere with the ability of Flight Attendants and pilots to deliver important
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