Jeff Adair

Trump on Trade: How Workers Can Benefit

With President-Elect Trump vowing to renegotiate our country’s trade deals, working families still have many questions about if the results will truly benefit them. The Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC), a coalition that helped stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, delivered Trump a letter challenging him to commit to replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and […]

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Kansas City Local 778 Honeywell Members Attend Negotiation Prep at WWW

IAM Local 778 Bargaining Committee members employed at Honeywell in Kansas City, MO completed the Negotiation Prep class at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. Front row from left: David Latta, Crafts; John Capriotti, Steward and Kert Maul, Steward. Back row from left: Landon Miner, Shop Committeeman; Lisa Hammond, Steward;

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Tell Your Representative: Hands Off Federal Workers’ Rights, Say No to the PAGE Act

Federal workers, just like the rest of us, deserve basic protections on the job. But a bill being circulated by U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) seeks to undermine our fundamental American values of decency, opportunity, and fairness. IAM International President Bob Martinez sent a letter to members of Congress detailing the reasons this is such

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Machinists Fighting Back Against Right to Work for Less

As the battle against “right-to-work” laws heats up across the country, some IAM members have gone into full “Fighting Machinist” mode. In the past two weeks, legislators in Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky and even West Chester Township, Ohio have either passed or are in the process of passing the anti-worker legislation. IAM member and Missouri

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An IAM Throwback to 1977: Assisting the NFL Players Association

William W. Winpisinger Forty years ago this month, IAM International President Elect William Winpisinger spoke to a convention of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) which was immersed in a nearly three-year battle with team owners for a contract. “Your fight is our fight,” said Winpisinger. “If the owners defeat your right to bargain,

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