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Walmart, McDonalds and thousands of other low-wage and fast food workers are staging strikes and rallies in hundreds of cities nationwide and 35 countries as part of the growing Fight for $15 movement to raise workers’ wages to $15 per hour and have the right to join a union. The movement is steadily growing and
Read moreFrom left, Calixto Tapia, IAM District 725 Organizer; Joe Solis, IAM Special Representative; Diane Babineaux, IAM General Vice President; Alfredo Silva, IAM District 160 Organizer; Steve Cooper, IAM Grand Lodge Representative; and Monica Silbas, IAM Legislative Representative at the AFL-CIO “We Rise!” immigration summit in Washington, DC. A group of IAM members spent a week
Read moreNewly-leaked classified documents show that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would greatly expand the “investor-state” provisions that permit corporations to use private World Bank or United Nations Tribunals to demand compensation for any environmental, labor, public health, consumer safety, financial regulation or other protective laws that could diminish any “expected future profits.” The
Read moreTransportation infrastructure links us to the places we need to go. We count on the construction and maintenance of highways, roads and bridges, as well as bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure to connect us to jobs, schools, housing, health care, grocery stores and more. But political uncertainty in Washington, DC has slowed or stopped work on
Read moreTime is running out to register for the 2015 IAM Legislative Conference. The conference will be held May 11-14 at the Hyatt Regency Washington, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Download the official call letter for more details on the 2015 IAM Legislative Conference. The IAM Legislative Conference is the perfect opportunity to speak
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