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Unions Sue Florida Cities over FTAA Riots An AFL-CIO lawsuit charges four Florida municipalities with violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of thousands of workers and retirees who traveled to Miami to protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) summit in 2003. The lawsuit documents extensive police use of tear gas, truncheons
Read moreIAM to Launch ‘America’s Edge’ Campaign The IAM is launching ‘America’s Edge: Our Skills, Our Kids,’ an issue campaign urging more public investment in skills development. By re-emphasizing technical and vocational education in America’s high schools, expanding industrial and manufacturing technology courses in America’s community colleges and creating High-Tech Institutes that will focus on 21st Century manufacturing technologies, the IAM
Read moreLabor Board Rulings Spark Outrage, Protests A three-block long column of union members, religious leaders and civil rights activists marched on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today in Washington, DC, to protest a series of anti-worker, pro-business rulings by the federal labor board. Simultaneous rallies took place at NLRB offices in more than 20
Read moreIAM Backs Massive Investment in Skills Training The IAM is joining with the Workforce Alliance, a coalition of business, civic and labor leaders calling for the largest investment in workforce training since the G.I. Bill. Members of the coalition this week announced the Skills2Compete campaign, a national effort to give every U.S. worker access to at least two
Read morePeru Trade Act Moves to Senate The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 285 – 132 to approve the controversial Peru Free Trade Agreement, despite strong objections from labor and human rights activists who are concerned the pact does not include adequate enforcement provisions. “We have repeatedly stressed that labor chapters in any trade agreement
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