Labor issues you care about in streaming video.

Mind Games
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Playing with the American Labor Movement like it was a chess game, dissident union leaders are playing a dangerous game.

Bombs Bursting In Air
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Last week, Senator Hillary Clinton forced the Pentagon to admit that North Korea could place a nuclear warhead on a missile. On May 1, 2005, North Korea test fired a short missile into the Sea of Japan. This Bombs Bursting In Air video was created in May 2001 to educate IAM members about the proposed National Missile Defense System.

In Remembrance of Our Fallen Brothers and Sisters
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Family and friends gathered on April 28th at the William W. Winpisinger Center to remember those who lost their lives in the workplace.

Protect Social Security Don't Privatize It
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Thousands rallied on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 26th to stop President Bush's scheme to privatize the most successful program in our nation's history...social security.

Family Leave in the Crosshairs
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Mary McHugh from the IAM's Legal Department, talks about the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Department of Labor's proposed changes to the law.

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Act Now to Stop Extremist Judges

GOP leaders in Congress are about to pull the trigger on the “nuclear option” that will change Senate rules and take away the right to block extremist judges from being appointed to lifetime positions on the federal courts.

These extremist judges will have the power to overrule workers’ rights, environmental protections and other laws that protect working families. Democrats have so far confirmed more than 95 percent of President Bush’s court nominees, but have stood firm against a handful of extreme judges. As a last resort, Democrats have invoked a filibuster to block their nominations. Now, GOP Senate leaders want to do away with the filibuster and give President Bush unlimited power to appoint the most extreme judges to the federal bench.

Federal judges have the power to rule on our union contracts, organizing rights, workplace safety laws, workers' compensation and more. It is vital that we protect a way to block the President’s most extreme nominations.

To end the use of judicial filibusters, Republicans would move to confirm one of President Bush’s most controversial nominees. Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist then would ask the chair, most likely Vice President Dick Cheney, to rule that filibusters cannot be used. That could happen on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.

Senators who disagree would try to overturn Cheney’s ruling, but they would need a majority, 51 votes, to prevail. That would take all Democratic Senators and a handful of moderate Republicans to do.

Please take a moment to call your Senators (202) 224-3121 or send them a message and ask them to uphold the rights of the minority party to block extreme actions of the majority party.

Click here to find out more information on the President's extreme nominees.

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China Dolls
Behind China's economic miracle is a stark reality of oppressive working conditions for millions of Chinese women and men.

IAM Election Report IAM members in the United States and Canada have reelected national leaders to four-year terms commencing July 1, 2005.

Break out the camera and take it to work. It's time for the IAM Photography Contest.

We want to take www.goiam.org to the next level as a tool for the membership. You can help by completing this short survey. We'll use your feedback to guide our planning for the new site.

See who works for you, how the IAM is structured, and what services the IAM offers. Go to: IAM2005

With proposals based on labor’s strengths rather than weaknesses, the IAM has unveiled a seven-point strategy to help guide the debate over reform at the AFL-CIO. Take a look.

The 2005 IAM Calendar is now available. Send $7 to: IAM Calendar, 9000 Machinists Place,
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772

Who cares about us? Check out the online edition of the 2004 IAM Journal.

The winners of the 2004 Newsletter & Website Contest.

Check out NewsBriefs, a regular online news service for IAM editors, webstewards & communicators. En Francais.

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