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IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger announced that Southern Territory Special Representative Rickey Wallace will join the IAM Executive Council as a General Vice President. “Rickey Wallace has been a proven leader throughout his IAM career and will be a great asset to the Executive Council and our members,” said Buffenbarger. Wallace’s appointment will be effective
Read moreU.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) appears with “Roxy the TPP Tracking Bloodhound” at a news conference on Capitol Hill. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) fails to deliver on all but one of 15 key objectives for working people, say top U.S. labor leaders in a newly-released report. The Labor Advisory Committee (LAC), chaired by IAM International
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger says Hillary Clinton’s plans to revitalize the U.S. manufacturing sector marked the first serious strategic policy proposal of the 2016 presidential campaign. “If we are to have a real economic recovery in this country, we must take concrete steps to pump new life into our manufacturing sector,” said IAM International
Read moreIAM Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization Owen Herrnstadt lauds a bipartisan bill reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank during a news conference on Capitol Hill. Herrnstadt is flanked by Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Gwen Moore (D-WI), left, and Maxine Waters (D-CA), right. U.S. workers can breathe a bit easier after a bipartisan
Read moreFederal employees are scheduled to receive a 1.3 percent pay raise in 2016, the Office of Personnel Management announced. One percent of the adjustment will up base pay and the remaining adjustment will go toward locality rates. This pay adjustment will be the first time federal employees in 13 new pay localities – an estimated
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