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After a career as labor activist that spanned more than four decades, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker has announced her retirement. Holt Baker will be leaving her position after the AFL-CIO national convention in September. “Arlene Holt Baker has been a devout, dedicated and inspirational advocate for working families and the U.S. labor
Read moreIn the July issue of the IAM Journal, the most diverse Executive Council in IAM history is sworn in, the August 28, 2013 March on Washington is fast approaching, A. Philip Randolph is profiled as the key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Young Workers’ Summer School convenes
Read moreITF Organizing Globally Coordinator and Youth Officer Ingo Marowsky addresses students from 24 countries who took part in the 2013 ITF Young Workers Summer School hosted by the IAM at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The IAM’s William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center recently played host to
Read moreAugust 28, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the backdrop to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. As part of a week-long series of events to commemorate the anniversary, the IAM is joining thousands from civil rights, labor, faith-based and community
Read moreNearly four years after forming a union over strong resistance, 120 workers in Washington, DC known as “Downtown SAMs” have ratified their first contract and are now full members of the National Federation of Federal Employees-IAM. The Downtown SAMs, short for Safety, Hospitality, and Maintenance workers, are employed by the non-profit Downtown Business Improvement District (BID)
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