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The White House released its $3.8 trillion dollar budget this week, with $100 billion earmarked for its highly-touted jobs program. The program, designed to address the highest unemployment levels in decades, would be funded with 25 cents out of every 10 dollars the federal government will spend next year. Of the $100 billion, $33 billion
Read moreIAM members of Local 1471 in Columbus, OH, braved freezing temperatures and sub-zero wind chills last week to provide members and the community with updates regarding an attempt to eliminate pensions for workers at Center City International Trucks (CCIT). Local 1471 members have been working without a contract since the previous agreement expired in November
Read moreMembers of the House passed a resolution honoring the legacy of labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. Randolph is known as the father of the modern civil rights movement. He was a key player in organizing the March on Washington Movement and led the campaign to organize the Pullman Company which led to
Read moreDistrict 15 DBR James Conigliaro, Sr. was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Peggy Browning Fund, in recognition for a union career that spans more than three decades of fighting for workers’ rights and shows no sign of ending anytime soon. The Peggy Browning Fund was established in 1997 in honor of
Read moreOne year ago today, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became law, correcting a deplorable Supreme Court decision that would have left women similar to Lilly Ledbetter with virtually no recourse to address pay discrimination. While this was a great victory, we call on the Senate to take the next step and pass the Paycheck
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