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IAM Local S6 Women’s Committee member Pauline Roderick prepares items to be donated to Maine domestic violence shelters. The Women’s Committee of IAM Local S6 hosted its third annual Domestic Violence Awareness Collection last month, raising nearly $1,400 in cash and more than $200 worth of donated items. Members of Local S6 are employed at
Read moreFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton picked up a key labor endorsement from the Service Employees International Union. The IAM endorsed Clinton in August. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has joined the Machinists and several other unions to endorse Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton secured SEIU’s endorsement with her recognition and
Read moreThe second of two IAM Federal Employees Basic Programs will take place February 28-March 4, 2016 at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The IAM is conducting a Federal Employees Basic Program February 28-March 4, 2016 at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. The deadline to enroll
Read moreWorkers at Office Remedies in Atlanta overcame a brutal anti-union campaign to vote for IAM representation. IAM District 131 in Georgia has seen lots of organizing action in recent months. First, new organizer Billy Barnwell organized over 100 new members at Local 2789 in Grovetown, GA on an internal organizing campaign at John Deere. It
Read moreBecause of the National Labor Relations Act, most American workers have the freedom to organize into unions and collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, hours and working conditions. This protection applies to employees of many tribal-owned and -operated businesses. But a union-busting bill in Congress would deny these basic on-the-job rights to the hundreds of
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