by ahounshell | Jul 30, 2020 | iMail
This Friday, July 31 – Sunday, August 2 is the last chance to participate in Guide Dogs of America’s “Walk, Run, Ride… Whatever” fundraiser. With in-person events cancelled for most of the year, Guide Dogs of America (GDA) had to come up with a new socially distant...
by ahounshell | Jul 30, 2020 | iMail
As the strike of 4,300 IAM Local S6 members at Bath Iron Works, a General Dynamics subsidiary, enters a sixth week, U.S. Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree are asking the U.S. Navy to clarify its position on the expanded use of subcontracting at the shipyard. The...
by ahounshell | Jul 30, 2020 | iMail
Power in numbers means collective strength, whether we’re negotiating together for a fair return on our work or doing what it takes to service the communities we live in. The same can be said for the AFL-CIO’s constituency groups, which address challenges that workers...
by ahounshell | Jul 30, 2020 | iMail
The GOP has released the details of their latest COVID-19 relief legislation named the “HEALS Act.” The proposed legislation not only cuts unemployment benefits to the 20 to 30 million Americans who are currently out of work, but falls short in just about every area...
by ahounshell | Jul 30, 2020 | iMail
At Joint Base Andrews (JBA) in Maryland, where Air Force One is housed, nearly 400 members of IAM Local 24, District 4 are once again covered under IAM contracts that protect their rights and their voice on the job. “The negotiating committee was able to secure three...