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Paralegals Ellen Campbell, left, and Carol Sanborn, right, helped negotiate a contract with their employer, a Topsham, ME law firm that specializes in labor law. With more than 5,000 contracts covering workers in dozens of major industries, the IAM is recognized as one of the most diversified labor unions in North America. But a recent
Read moreContinued funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is essential to a strong economy and national defense, says an op-ed written by IAM District 725, Huntington Beach, CA, Organizing Director Brian Miller in the Hanford Sentinel. “With Congress soon to debate cuts mandated in the congressional budget sequester, many believe deep cuts to defense
Read moreIAM General Vice President Diane Babineaux, left, Automotive Director Boysen Anderson, second from right, and International President Tom Buffenbarger, right, present retired IAM District 15 Assistant Directing Business Representative Mike Walsh, second from left, with the first-ever R. Thomas Buffenbarger Journeyman Award. IAM District 15 Assistant Directing Business Representative Mike Walsh, a 47-year IAM member,
Read moreCoalition of Black Trade Unionists Co-Founder Bill Lucy, left, said that public works programs are a way to lift large amounts of people out of poverty at a panel discussion at Georgetown University on the state of African-American workers. Revered labor leader Bill Lucy, a Co-Founder and former President of the Coalition of Black Trade
Read moreHouse Democrats are exploring an alternative option for breaking the political stalemate and reopening the U.S. government. They have written each of the 30 House Republicans who have expressed support for a clean government funding bill, urging the GOP members to sign onto a “discharge petition.” A “discharge petition” will force an up or down
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