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IAM CREST’s New Jersey Apprenticeship Program Secures $230K Grant

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IAM CREST’s Youth Transition to Work Program received another year of grant funding starting September 1, 2018. The nearly $230,000 grant is from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  Since October 2009, IAM CREST and District 15 have worked together on the program, which is designed to help students make a successful transition […]

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Machinists Condemn Announcement Cancelling Federal Worker Pay Increase

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The White House recently announced plans to cancel scheduled pay raises for civilian federal workers. An across-the-board 2.1 percent pay increase and locality pay increase for federal workers had been slated to take effect in January. The announcement was quickly condemned by IAM International President Bob Martinez and other labor leaders. “The President has decided

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Workers’ Rights Remain Critical as NAFTA Negotiations Continue

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A joint statement from six labor leaders, including International President Bob Martinez,  on the latest North American Free Trade Agreement announcement: “NAFTA is a rigged game that has been decimating communities and pushing working people down the income ladder for a quarter century, and today’s announcement is another step in the continuing process of renegotiating

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Labor Icon Linda Chavez-Thompson to Appear on Activate L!VE

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Coming up Wednesday on Activate L!VE, retired AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson will share her union story, her work with LIUNA and AFSCME and her hopes for workers moving forward. Chavez-Thompson was the first person to hold the post of AFL-CIO Executive Vice President and the first person of color elected to one of

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Machinists Show Solidarity to Puerto Rico

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Machinists Union members recently delivered a strong message of solidarity to Puerto Rico at the labor movement’s chief gathering of Latino activists. IAM International President Bob Martinez, the first Latino president of a major international union, gave the keynote address to the Labor Council for Latin-American Advancement (LCLAA). “I am here to tell you that

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U.S. Senators Call on Boeing to Negotiate in South Carolina

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Twenty-three U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), sent a letter urging the Boeing Co. to respect the decision of Flight Line Technicians in South Carolina who voted on May 31, 2018 to join the Machinists Union (IAM). South Carolina @Boeing workers who voted to join the Machinists Union have the support of @SenSherrodBrown

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Union Until I Die

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“I will be Union until the day that I die,” Larry Keel says without pause. This sentiment is one of many reasons that the organized labor community in Alabama presented him with the 2018 Labor Person of the Year Award. “When they told me, I said ‘Oh My God, I would be honored.’ It was such

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