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In a November 19 letter to all U.S. Senators, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger urges support for an important amendment to strengthen “Buy American” requirements for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement contracts. The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is sponsored by Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and would ensure that U.S. tax
Read moreIn today’s GOP voter suppression news, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory defends his state’s recent and controversial changes to early voting, saying he and fellow GOP lawmakers “didn’t shorten early voting, we compacted the calendar.” “And Americans never enslaved people, we merely narrowed the scope of their free will,” reads the Huffington Post Hill newsletter.
Read moreA new round of negotiations on the extremely-flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade deal poised to kill more jobs than NAFTA, began November 19 in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the Obama administration’s top U.S. negotiators continue secret talks on the agreement, it’s worth taking a look back at a 2011 op-ed by then-former
Read moreDelegates to the 2013 IAM Retirees Conference converged on Las Vegas to strategize IAM retirees’ continued role in the fights to protect Social Security, expand Medicare and preserve pensions. Hundreds of retired IAM members converged on Las Vegas this week for the 2013 IAM Retirees Conference. In a year that the IAM is celebrating its
Read moreIAM District 26 and Pratt and Whitney (P&W) recently opened a new round of contract talks covering 2,700 members at LL 700 in Middletown, CT and LL 1746 in East Hartford, CT. IAM District 26 and Pratt and Whitney (P&W) recently opened a new round of contract talks covering 2,700 members at Local 700 in
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