The growing trade deficit with China has cost 3.7 million U.S. jobs between 2001 and 2018, including 700,000 jobs lost in the first two years of the Trump administration, according to a new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis. The study comes two weeks after the president signed a “phase one” trade deal […]
Month: January 2020
Submit Your Applications: 2020 IAM Scholarship Deadline February 21
The 2020 IAM Scholarship Competition is now accepting applications. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada. The deadline for applications is February 21, 2020. Apply for a 2020 IAM Scholarship. In 2019, the IAM awarded 16 scholarships valued at $64,000. The IAM now has a vocational-technical two-year […]
IAM Scores Major Legislative Victories
The IAM scored major legislative victories at the end of 2019. These victories included the repeal of the 40 percent Cadillac health care tax, the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and the signing of the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). ‘Cadillac Tax’ Repeal Vital legislation repealing the […]