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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Summit on Working Families in Washington, DC. (Photo: WhiteHouse.gov) A workplace that provides flexibility and practices that benefit working families not only makes for a better workplace, but it also increases productivity and reduces turnover, said President Obama at a recent White House Summit on
Read moreMembers of a panel on poverty at the conservative Faith and Family Coalition’s annual Road to Majority Conference in Washington, DC had a somewhat predictable solution for low-income Americans trying to move up the economic ladder – get married, stay married and don’t have a child until you’ve gotten married. “It really does come down
Read moreThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) reports concerns from passengers scheduled to fly on LAN and TAM flights due to a strike in Peru scheduled for Thursday, June 26. Unions report that more than 200 mechanics – over 70 percent of all LAN Peru mechanics – will not be certifying aircraft during the strike, which
Read moreThe IAM’s unioNation Band made history in July 2012 when 24 dedicated IAM members traveled from all over the U.S. and Canada to WWW for a week of creating music and performing. The group recorded their first album one year later. The IAM’s unioNation Band’s first album is now available for purchase at www.unionation.com. The
Read moreThe IAM is on the frontlines of fighting a dangerous Tea Party effort to shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, an independent federal agency that provides critical loan guarantees that support over 200,000 U.S. jobs, mostly in manufacturing. Ex-Im Bank loan guarantees create U.S. jobs by helping foreign companies buy American-made products, like Boeing aircraft
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