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After 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
Read moreFirst 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
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