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If you have just three minutes to spare, you should click here for an inspiring and thoroughly heart-warming video visit with the people and animals that make Guide Dogs of America (GDA) an organization like no other. Shot in and around GDA’s Sylmar, CA breeding and training facility, the video, titled ‘IAM’s Guide Dogs of
Read moreIAM members made their presence known outside Lockheed Martin’s corporate headquarters in Bethesda, MD. More than 150 activists showed up to support striking District 776 members in locations in Maryland, Texas and California. For the second time in two weeks, Machinists union members gathered outside the Lockheed Martin headquarters in Washington, DC, to show support
Read moreApproximately 40 Local Committee Chairmen from railroad locals around the country gathered this week at the William W. Winpisinger Center for the annual Railroad Local Chairmen’s Conference. The Local Chairmen, all members of District 19, spent the week immersed in topics that included human rights, federal law, grievance writing, arbitration, educational and communication structures and
Read moreIn a recent online poll, union activists said they’re anxious to show their support for workers by purchasing union-made products and services. But 82 percent also said that they don’t know which products are union-made or where they can purchase them. To resolve the dilemma, the blog at American Rights at Work (ARW) just launched
Read moreNFFE-IAM members attending the IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. lobbied hard on Capitol Hill last week calling on House members to defeat a proposed anti-worker amendment that would have limited the official time union representatives are given to represent employees, an essential component of effective labor-management relations in the federal sector. Thousands more members
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