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Immigrant families and supporters of immigration reform went to Washington Wednesday to plead Congress for a path to citizenship for more than 11 million undocumented Americans. IAM members joined a rally of more than 100,000 immigrant families and their supporters to send a simple message to Congress on Wednesday: the time for immigration reform is
Read morePresident Obama’s proposed budget contains important benefits to create jobs, invest in infrastructure and manufacturing and help America’s middle class, but could also change the way Social Security benefits are calculated and dramatically reduce payouts. It also has a provision to increase taxes on private planes which affects IAM members in a sector of the
Read morePoliticians and women’s advocacy groups have recognized April 9 as Equal Pay Day – marking how far into 2013 a woman would have to continue working to match what men earned in 2012. Women, who make up nearly half the country’s workforce, still earn 23 percent less than men. Over a 40-year career, this pay gap
Read moreRep. Phil Roe (R-TN) A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would shut down the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), stripping the country’s top labor agency of its power to investigate labor abuses and enforce rulings. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), who introduced the deceptively-titled “Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act” (H.R. 1120),
Read moreIAM members from across the Southern Territory march down a portion of Beale Street in Memphis, TN, renamed ‘1968 Strikers Lane,’ to commemorate the sanitation workers’ strike that coincided with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Members of the Machinists Union joined with members of the American Federation of State, City and Municipal
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