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First chartered on May 14, 1920, IAM Local 192 has now been fighting for workers at Naval Air Station Pensacola for 95 years. “Today, all of the IAM celebrates the many years of solidarity and hard work of Local 192,” said IAM Southern Territory General Vice President Mark Blondin. “These dedicated unionists and American patriots
Read moreIAM International President Tom Buffenbarger addresses hundreds of delegates at the 2015 IAM Legislative Conference. (Photo: Bill Burke / Page One Photography) It took Machinists Union activists less than 24 hours to make their presence felt on Capitol Hill. The 2015 IAM Legislative Conference kicked off Monday, just as Congress was considering a bill to
Read moreA Missouri Senate subcommittee has approved legislation that moves the Show Me State closer to becoming the 26th right-to-work (for less) state in the country. The legislation – most recently passed and signed into law by anti-worker Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker – forces unions to represent workers who don’t pay their fair share of dues,
Read moreDr. William Barber, II, the outspokenly progressive North Carolina pastor, spoke at Georgetown University recently to drive home the importance of religion and organized labor working together to enact social and economic change. WATCH: “Preaching Labor Rights and Religion” Barber, leader of the Moral Monday movement, preached pro-labor policies, adequate education funding, universal health care
Read moreDon’t miss your chance to feature your Lodge members in the popular IAM Calendar. Just enter the IAM Photography Contest. The entry deadline is June 30, 2015. Photos must be taken by members in good standing and persons in the photos must be members in good standing, too. Subjects should be working at their job
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