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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is supporting the U.S. government’s decision to suspend Bangladesh’s trade benefits granted under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). The IAM believes that countries who benefit from preferential trade programs must comply with internationally recognized labor rights, specifically the right to non-lethal workplaces and the right
Read moreSubmit your pet’s photo for a chance to win one of five grand prizes in the Union Plus Cutest Pet photo contest. Two winners will get a free year-long membership to Union Plus Pet Health Insurance, which provides head-to-tail accident and illness pet insurance for dogs and cats. Three winners will get a $100, $200
Read moreIn a Progressive Leaders Forum that aired on Sirius XM 127’s “The Agenda” radio show, IAM Retiree Diane Fleming joined Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and other Social Security advocates to discuss new ways to strengthen the country’s social safety net. Republicans in Congress have relentlessly targeted Social Security for cuts, even though the program doesn’t
Read moreIt’s day 95 on the picket line for members of IAM Local Lodge 79 on strike against Belshaw Adamatic, an international bakery equipment maker based in Auburn, WA. The 60 members traded their tools for picket signs when the company refused to pass health care costs savings – proposed by the local – back down
Read moreLess than 48 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, six Republican-led states are moving forward with laws proven to have adverse effects on the abilities of minorities, young people, the elderly and the poor to exercise their right to vote. In a 5-4 decision,
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