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According to the White House, former Senator Alan Simpson will remain on the job as co-chair of President Barack Obama’s debt commission despite Simpson’s offensive remark that Social Security is “like a milk cow with 310 million tits.” In an e-mail to Ashley Carson, Executive Director of the National Older Women’s League, the former Republican
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 last week to approve the “proxy access” rule, giving a boost to the shareholder rights movement and loosening the iron grip board chairmen have traditionally maintained over publicly-held corporations. Under the old rules, shareholders who wanted to nominate their own candidates for the board were required to
Read moreDistrict 751 members at BAE Systems in Seattle, WA have unanimously ratified a new three-year agreement with the aerospace supplier. The Machinists at BAE test and install the precision electronic equipment the company supplies for Boeing’s commercial airplanes. Under the terms of the new contract, IAM members will receive wage increases of 3 percent in
Read moreChristine Diaz Houston, TX Mayor Annise Parker has named IAM Local 2339H member Christine Diaz to the city’s Ethics Committee, effective September 1, 2010. Diaz will hold the position in addition to her responsibilities as Local 2339H Vice President and Legislative Committee Chairperson, Harris County AFL-CIO Executive Board Member and Texas AFL-CIO Vice President. Diaz, who is employed
Read moreThe October 2, 2010 One Nation Working Together Rally follows in the tradition of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (above), which remains unchallenged as the most important civil rights gathering in U.S. history. Click to enlarge) The Machinists Union and a host of AFL-CIO unions are joining together as organizational sponsors
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