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Make plans now to join fellow IAM activists at the 2015 Women’s, Young Workers and Human Rights Conference from October 7-11, 2015 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Click here for the official call letter, hotel reservation form and conference reservation form. A discounted registration fee of $100 is available to participants
Read moreU.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) addresses Machinists Union activists at the 2015 IAM Legislative Conference. (Photo: Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Hundreds of IAM members concluded a busy week of lobbying elected officials on behalf of all working Americans at the 2015 IAM Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger stressed
Read moreAfter bowing to strong pressure from the White House, enough Senate Democrats made concessions on Thursday to advance a bill that would eventually “Fast Track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress without meaningful debate or any opportunity to offer amendments. The Senate, under pressure from IAM members and working people storming Capitol Hill this week,
Read moreThe AFL-CIO has released its latest Executive PayWatch report, and it isn’t pretty for America’s workers. The pay gap between CEOs and the typical worker widened to a whopping 373-to-1 in 2014. The average production and nonsupervisory worker earned only $36,000, while executives of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index received, on average, $13.5 million
Read moreWednesday, May 20 is the extended deadline for a special room rate at the IAM Industrial Conference, to be held June 15-19, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Click here for the official call and registration form. The conference will prepare IAM representatives and members in several key economic sectors to better meet the
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