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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leads thousands in a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, to protest the lack of voting rights for African Americans in 1965. He’s joined by then-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Chairman, now U.S. Congressman, John Lewis, right. The IAM will join thousands of civil, labor and human rights activists in
Read moreIllinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner wasted no time joining a growing gang of right-wing governors who attack the rights of workers. Less than a month after the private equity CEO took office, Rauner took executive action to block public employee unions from collecting fair share fees from workers. More than
Read moreSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s anti-union crusade is becoming increasingly at odds with her obligation to uphold labor law, says IAM General Counsel Mark Schneider. The National Labor Relations Act, the law that governs labor relations at most private companies, makes it the policy of the United States to “encourage the practice and procedure of
Read moreU.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez is calling on labor unions to boost organizing drives in 2015. The Machinists Union is heeding the words of U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez in his call for more community involvement as organized labor tries to help rebuild America’s middle class. Watch the new Machinists News Network video, “A Commitment
Read moreIAM members attending a recent Spanish Organizing I class at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center showed solidarity with 43 student teachers who disappeared in Mexico. IAM members added their voice to the global outrage sparked by the September 2014 disappearance and probable murder of 43 Mexican student teachers who were ambushed by police, and
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