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IAM members joined with members of AFL-CIO unions to prepare homes for low income residents in Detroit during this year’s Martin Luther King’s Holiday Observance. Few states are struggling more to overcome the effects of recession than Michigan and few cities have as many challenges as Detroit. Decades of outsourcing and fierce competition from a
Read moreThe Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC, opened to the public during the fall of 2011 to commemorate the life and work of Dr. King and honor his national and international contributions to world peace through non-violent social change. This year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance is taking place
Read moreActing on the election protest filed by the IAM, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will conduct an on-site investigation into the election conduct of the CWA-AFA and United Airlines in the United/Continental/Continental Micronesia Flight Attendant union representation election. If the CWA-AFA and/or United is found to have interfered with the election, the
Read moreWorking families in Wisconsin have until tomorrow, Friday, January 13, 2012, to sign and deliver recall petitions to recall offices and union halls. Petitions to recall union-busting Gov. Scott Walker, along with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state Senators, will be submitted to the state Government Accountability Board on Tuesday, January 17th. Organizers
Read moreA decision is expected soon on a lawsuit filed by an airline industry trade group that has the potential to cost thousands of U.S. aerospace jobs and cripple the work of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The suit, filed by Airlines for America (formerly Air Transport Association Inc.), is seeking to block the Export–Import Bank from
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