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A recent editorial published in the Richmond Times Dispatch by IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger and Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President Marion C. Blakey warns of grave threats to the nation’s national security if Congress allows the tsunami of across-the-board spending cuts known as “sequestration” to go forward. Recalling the lessons learned when America’s industrial
Read moreLast week, the Union of the Unemployed (UCubed) registered on the radar screens of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Daily Caller, Human Events aka the John Birch Society, the Drudge Report, the Romantic Poet, Fox Business News and literally thousands of their fruitcake friends went bananas over the idea that UCubed would even try to organize
Read moreIAM District 142 and Alaska Airlines this week reached a tentative agreement for approximately 600 Ramp and Stores employees at the carrier. The proposed deal took less than four months to bargain and the negotiating committee has unanimously recommended ratification. “Job security was our number one issue heading into these negotiations, and this agreement delivers not
Read moreThousands of bloggers, social justice activists and progressive labor leaders gathered last week in Providence, RI for Netroots 2012, a tech-savvy event that includes panel discussions, training sessions and distinguished speakers from the world of politics, business and beyond. Many attendees visited the IAM’s UCubed booth, showcasing resources for the unemployed and the need for
Read moreA leaked draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) investment chapter reveals that U.S. trade negotiators are considering a dispute resolution process that would grant transnational corporations unprecedented authority to challenge countries’ laws, regulations and court decisions in international tribunals that circumvent domestic judicial systems. “We are just beginning to analyze the new texts now, but
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