Food 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
Read moreIAM Maine Lobstering Union member Chris Radley sets out along the Maine coastline to catch lobsters. He and his fellow union brothers and sisters are working together to make sure the estimated 5,000 lobsterers statewide have a voice in the industry and state legislature. Two new videos on the Machinists News Network highlight the hard
Read moreThirteen Union members attended the IAM/National Labor College Port-of -Entry week at the William W. Winpisinger Center. First row: Steve Wilhelm, TCU/IAM Local T1908; Mike Hicks Local W261; George Mejia, Local 701; Tim Stone, Local 56. Second row: Paul Gibson, NLC Instructor Living Labor History; Jerry Regehr, Local 1992; James Allen, IBEW; Josh Diaz, Local
Read moreA new video on the Machinists News Network showcases labor’s presence at the 2013 Paris Airshow as an IAM delegation led by members of the Executive Council stood in solidarity with unions from across the world. In a special labor conference organized by the newly-formed global union IndustriALL, IAM leaders marked the contributions of thousands
Read moreMissouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have forced public unions to seek annual written permission before collecting dues from employees. Missouri’s GOP-led legislature passed the bill in an effort to restrict the collective bargaining rights of state workers. The law, which Republicans in the state called “paycheck protection,” would have
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