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With a 63-35 vote, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to crack down on China’s unfair currency manipulation. The bipartisan Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 provides sanctions on China and any other nation that manipulates its currency. Economists across the political spectrum agree that China has been actively manipulating its currency to stay
Read moreWhile the nightly news focuses on GOP presidential debates, Wall Street protests and gridlock in Congress, a real revolution is taking place just under the radar that threatens to prevent millions of voters from casting ballots in next year’s presidential election. A new study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School
Read moreIAM District 10 in Milwaukee, WI, recently negotiated a new six-year agreement with Cudahy, Wisconsin–based Ladish Company, demonstrating what can be achieved when all sides honor the requirement to bargain in good faith. The terms of the new agreement include annual three percent wage increases, no change in the employee contribution toward health insurance, better
Read moreThe enrollment deadline for the IAM Communications Department’s Communicator Course is extended to October 21, 2011. The class will be held December 4-9, 2011 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland. The Communicator course is designed for new lodge Communicators, or Communicators who are not publishing websites or newsletters and
Read moreCalixto Tapia, Organizer for DL725, teaches an Advanced Steward class in Spanish Leadership II. Don’t miss the opportunity to send Spanish-speaking members to the 2011 Spanish Leadership II program at the William W. Winpisinger Center, located in Hollywood, MD. Local Lodges are encouraged to send their enrollments for the Spanish Leadership II (Nov 13 –
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