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Speaking at the union’s quadrennial convention in Portland, OR, and representing 110,000 federal employees in 40 separate departments and agencies, NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 President William Dougan announced NFFE-IAM’s enthusiastic endorsement of Barack Obama for a second term as President of the United States. “President Obama is a friend of the federal employee, no question,”
Read moreA Pennsylvania judge has blocked an unjust, Jim Crow-like voter ID law from going into effect on election day. However, the judge ruled the law – put in place by GOP lawmakers to discourage minorities and the elderly from voting – will go into effect next year. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson also ruled that
Read moreNFL referees voted in a new labor agreement over the weekend and are back to work. Their 115-day lockout by NFL owners, primarily to try and strip traditional pension benefits from the refs, was so out-of-bounds that even the political poster boy for union busting, Scott Walker, called for the regular referees’ return. All of
Read moreThe IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) have announced a partnership program that will make a Master of Science Degree in Labor Studies easily accessible to IAM members who already possess a Bachelor’s degree. The long-standing partnership success the IAM has had with the National Labor College,
Read moreThe cut-off date for discounted room rates for the 32nd Annual William W. Winpisinger Charity Banquet to Benefit Guide Dogs of America (GDA) is October 22, 2012. To reserve your room, call the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, at 866-227-5944. Register with the group code SCDOG2 to get the special GDA rate. The
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