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Labor Board Bias Detailed in ILO Complaint A new complaint filed by the AFL-CIO with the International Labor Organization (ILO) http://www.ilo.org/global/lang–en/index.htm charges that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions have so severely reduced the freedom of workers to join unions that they constitute a violation of international labor standards. The AFL-CIO charges that NLRB rulings “have
Read moreNovember US Sister of the Month Toni McBroom IAM Sister Toni McBroom has been an IAM member for nearly 25 years. Currently the Communicator/Educator for IAM LL 956 in Archbold, OH, Sister Toni has also served her local as Trustee and Recording Secretary and has previously served as District Lodge Vice President. Sister Toni first
Read moreIAM Journal Offers ‘Choices’ The 2008 presidential election takes center stage in the latest issue of the IAM Journal, the award-winning publication of the Machinists Union. After extensive polling revealed that one-third of the IAM membership routinely votes Republican and two-thirds regularly cast ballots for Democratic candidates, the IAM took the historic step of endorsing
Read moreKennedy Space Center Negotiations to Resume IAM negotiators announced today that mediated negotiations with United Space Alliance (USA) will resume next week in a bid to resolve the 134-day strike by nearly 500 members of Local 2061 over pensions and health care costs. Negotiations will take place Oct. 29 in Cape Canaveral, FL, and are
Read more**** Victory**** TRUTH RETURNED TO US CAPITOL **** Victory **** Many IAM Women’s Committees and Human Rights Committees worked together to rally support for HR 4510 — The Sojourner Truth Bill. This legislative push was an effort by the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. to add Soujourner Truth to the famous statue commemorating the work of
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