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A bill to undo a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule ensuring workers can freely and fairly exercise their right to join a union is headed for a vote in the Senate this week. In December, the NLRB issued new rules that would make union representation elections fairer by simplifying procedures, deferring litigation and setting
Read moreIn a letter to San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger responded to reports that BART is considering a firm that outsources work to Mexico and China for a $3 billion contract to build 775 passenger cars. “These media reports are extremely disturbing to our union, but most
Read moreIAM representatives and delegates attending the 2012 Grand Lodge Convention in Toronto, Ontario, are reminded that they need a valid U.S. passport to enter Canada. If you do not have a current passport, you should apply for, or update, your passport as soon as possible. Click here to go to the U.S. State Department website
Read moreThe 2012 LCLAA National Convention will take place in Orlando, FL at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort on July 25 – 28, 2012, and will celebrate 40 years of service to the Latino community while serving as the launchpad to discuss the issues the labor movement and Latino working families are facing. As part of
Read moreThe relentless anti-worker, GOP attacks on working families continues in Wisconsin as Republican lawmakers recently repealed the state’s equal pay law. Governor Scott Walker (R) quietly signed the bill last week. The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was put in place to prevent wage discrimination against certain groups, particularly women, by giving workers more ways
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