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In an unholy alliance that could cost tens of thousands of U.S. jobs, Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson is teaming up with the ultra-conservative Club for Growth to lobby against any increase in the funding cap for the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. The bank, which provides loan guarantees rather than direct loans to foreign
Read moreNational Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton (center) is joined with allies from the labor, womens’ and immigrant rights community to announce a five-day march that will trace the route of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March. Thousands of marchers from the civil, labor and human rights community are expected to take part
Read moreRead the IAM Journal, the award-winning magazine of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), that is more timely, more useful, more video intensive, more quickly read and more action-oriented. The IAM is among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, with nearly 700,000 active and retired members in dozens of industries.
Read moreYesterday, the White House detailed its new Veterans Jobs Corps that will put 20,000 vets to work over the next five years. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki described it as a “bold new effort” to lower the unemployment rate for veterans. And Interior Secretary Ken Salazar suggested that the program – aimed at preserving
Read moreHelp defeat a purely political attack on transportation workers’ voting rights. Congress is close to passing a four-year “FAA Reauthorization” bill, but the proposed legislation contains politically-motivated provisions inserted by House Republicans to hamper airline and railroad workers’ rights in union representation elections. These changes are unnecessary and have absolutely nothing to do with aviation
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