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The outcome of the special election in Massachusetts is being touted as a victory for Tea Party activists, who grabbed the public’s attention with a non-stop smear campaign against the proposed health care legislation. But an article by Roger Bybee in In These Times magazine, argues that Democrats who buy that reasoning are missing the
Read more(from left) U.S. Congressman John Garamendi, Chairman of US House Education and Labor Committee – George Miller, IAM Western Territory GVP Gary Allen (at podium), Executive Secretary of the California State AFL-CIO Art Pulaski is seated at right. A vocal contingent of Machinists union members took part in a recent rally in Concord, CA,
Read moreOn Friday, January 15, 2010, the IAM launched Ur Union of Unemployed– known as UCubed – an online community that aims to unify the unemployed in a unique and useful way. UCubed’s purpose is to assist the over 31 million Americans who have lost their jobs in this Grave Recession by helping them to organize,
Read moreThe IAM won another victory in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) service field after a group of Remote Pilot Operators, known as Ghost Pilots, voted to join the growing family of FAA service contract employees. The Ghost Pilots are part of the FAA’s training function at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
Read moreThe NFFE-IAM GSA Negotiating Team prepared for upcoming negotiations: Front row, from left, NFFE-IAM FD1 National Secretary-Treasurer Bill Fenaughty, Yolanda Gonzalez, Linda Aase, Sherry Grayson and Richard Warren. Back row, from left: Bill English, Jack Hanley, Charles Paidock, Kevin Metcalf and Michael Ward. The popular Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining Committees class at the IAM’s William
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