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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in a recent interview that he would eliminate federal funding for Amtrak if he is elected in November. In an interview with CNN’s Fortune Magazine, the presumptive GOP nominee identified the national passenger rail service as a program that would be on the chopping block in a Romney administration.
Read moreOn August 16, 96 individuals employed at Bradkens Engineered Products in Centralia, Washington voted to join the IAM. “We welcome them into the IAM,” said Bob Wilson, Directing Business Representative of District Lodge W24. “Special thanks go to Will Lukens, Frank Rouse, the Growth Coordinator of District Lodge W24, ADBR Chip Elliot, as well as
Read moreThe August 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the Journal features articles about the “Bee Mad @ the GOP” campaign, labor rallies in Philadelphia for a Second Bill of Rights and unjust voter suppression tactics target minorities and elderly. You can get the app on iPad, Android
Read moreLabor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help lift workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” according to Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic
Read moreGeorge Kober, a former Tool and Die Maker and member of IAM Local 1000 in Bloomington, IL, was recently presented with a 75-year veterans badge from District 8 Directing Business Representative Steve Jones. “This is the proudest day of my life receiving this from the organization I hold so near and dear to my heart,”
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