Stung by Trump, machinists union campaigns for affordability in midterms

One of the largest labor unions in the US targets eight battleground states in ‘workers v billionaires’ campaign The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), one of the largest labor unions in the US, has launched a “workers v billionaires” political campaign tour targeting members in eight battleground states and encouraging them to support pro-worker candidates in the midterms. IAM has nearly 700,000 active and retired members in North America, covering workers at corporations that include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Airlines and Harley-Davidson. The union is targeting members and voters in Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Illinois. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Michael Sainato. Read the full story at the source.