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This year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil and Human Rights Conference theme is “Change the Rules, Be the Power” and will take place January 15-18 in Washington, DC. Register before Wednesday, January 13 for the $175 young worker/student rate or the $300 attendee rate. More than 800 labor and civil rights activists have
Read moreFormer IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, left, administers the oath of office to new International President Bob Martinez, Jr. (Photo by Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Bob Martinez, Jr., officially became the 14th International President in the IAM’s 127-year history after taking his oath of office at IAM Headquarters in Upper Marlboro, MD. Martinez
Read moreIn addition to creating the largest global trade agreement since NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens to provide unprecedented perks and protections for pharmaceutical companies while threatening the sustainability of public health programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Older Americans should be very concerned about this deal,” warned Alliance for Retired Americans President Robert Roach, Jr.
Read moreCongress has decided to defer, until 2020, an excise tax on many employer health plans that will have a significant impact on middle-class workers. Following a groundswell of opposition led by the IAM and other labor organizations, members from both houses of Congress have delayed the tax’s implementation. The year-end budget deal struck by Democrats
Read moreThis year’s AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference theme is “Change the Rules, Be the Power” and will take place January 15-18, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Click here to get the details and register. Hurry because special rates end Friday, December 18, 2016. The conference was established to reinforce the
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