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Extreme right-wingers in Congress have succeeded in hamstringing a critical tool to maintain and grow American jobs, the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, but a new effort is being made to revive the only government agency that funds U.S. exports. House Democrats and a group of House Republicans are working to gather support for a bill that
Read moreIAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes tells her trailblazing story of becoming a Latina labor leader in a recent interview with the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). READ: Trabajadoras in the Workplace “As a Latina, I have had to work twice as hard to earn the same respect and pay a man receives at
Read moreThe Maryland State Council of Machinists is proud to endorse Maryland State Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery), a true friend of organized labor and proven champion of progressive values, for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D). “This seat is an essential one for labor and Jamie has shown extraordinary
Read moreThe results of the 2014 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest are in. The Local and District Lodge first place winners for each category are: Newsletters First Place winners for General Excellence in Newsletters are Federal Local 125, Ogden, UT, The 125 Post and District 142, Kansas City, MO, 142 Observer. First place winners for Best
Read moreThe Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has for many years hosted a highly successful biennial National Labor Management Conference. This conference brings together hundreds of labor-management practitioners and features a wide variety of cutting edge topical workshops presented by well-known advocates, academics and national leaders in labor-management relations. In response to repeated inquiries from
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