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From left to right, IAM Headquarters General Vice President Bob Martinez, Jr., Local 340 Vice President Willis Pinney, Local 340 President Mervyn Constantine, Jr., and International President Tom Buffenbarger at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. Two IAM Local 340 members have made history by becoming the first IAM members from the U.S. Virgin Islands
Read moreIAM District Lodge W24 was recognized for leadership and strength in the Oregon Organizing Project at the 53rd Oregon AFL-CIO Convention held in Bend, OR on September 29, 2013. The Oregon Organizing Project was started by Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain. The project develops and maintains a network of labor unions and constituency groups in
Read moreIt’s time to speak out against the senseless shutdown and get federal workers back on the job. The ripple effect from the shutdown hurts not only federal workers, but people and businesses all over the country. Click here to send a message to your Senators and Representative or call them at 202-224-3121 and demand they
Read moreGovernment agencies, national parks and monuments, including the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, have been closed for three days due to a government shutdown, brought on by Republican lawmakers’ refusal to pass a budget unless Democrats agreed to defund Obamacare. The government shutdown poses severe risks for federal workers and their local communities, says NFFE-IAM
Read moreThe growing trade deficit with China cost the U.S. economy $37 billion in wages in 2011 alone, and eliminated over 2.1 million manufacturing jobs from 2001 to 2011, according to a new Economic Policy Institute report. Manufacturing jobs have long been a staple of the U.S. economy; providing good jobs and livable wages to workers.
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