The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League
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The Machinists
Non-Partisan Political League
is the political arm of the International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers. It was created in 1947 to allow IAM members to gather
individual contributions, coordinate political activity, and elect candidates
who support IAM members and their families.
Candidates we support know that the MNPL stands for economic justice, security in the workplace and equality for every member. They do not take us for granted.
The MNPL scrutinizes each candidate thoroughly. We ask tough questions such as their positions on trade, labor law reform, economic conversion, transportation policies, and enhancement of the U.S. manufacturing base
The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League
is the political arm of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. It was created in 1947 to allow IAM members to gather individual contributions, coordinate political activity, and elect candidates who support IAM members and their families. Candidates we support know that the MNPL stands for economic justice, security in the workplace and equality for every member. They do not take us for granted. The MNPL scrutinizes each candidate thoroughly. We ask tough questions such as their positions on trade, labor law reform, economic conversion, transportation policies, and enhancement of the U.S. manufacturing base.
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and social security? Who's wrestling with the current administration
over CAFTA, Social Security and JOBS? Who's protecting your
health and safety, your right to organize, your job security?
Who's taking on the multi-national corporations' schemes to demean
the American Dream, to weaken North America's might? Who's battling
Corporate America's 34,000 high-priced lobbyists day in and day out?
MNPL is. The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League is IAM's heavyweight champion when it comes to politics and legislation. But these fights are expensive. Sadly, money buys access in the halls of power. And politicians listen more closely when contributors come calling. So, MNPL needs your contribution to wage these fights. Click here to make an online contribution today. |
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Oman Vote
Signals Trouble for Trade Agenda
JULY 21, 2006 - A House vote on July 20 signaled significant trouble ahead for the administration’s trade agenda in Congress, with Republican leaders narrowly averting an embarrassing defeat of a relatively minor trade pact. 
House Passes
Extension of Voting Rights Act
JULY 13, 2006 - By an overwhelming margin, the House on Thursday passed a 25-year extension of expiring portions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act after turning back four Republican-sponsored amendments.
Federal
Workers Win Key NSPS Ruling
March 1, 2006 - In a major victory for federal workers and unions everywhere, a federal judge in Washington yesterday blocked the Bush administration’s attempt to eviscerate collective bargaining rights for 700,000 civilian Defense Department employees.
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Politics and Legislation Articles
For the second time this year, Senate Republicans voted against giving the nation’s lowest-paid workers a pay raise, killing a proposal by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) to boost the minimum wage to $6.25 an hour.
Capitalizing on the increased scrutiny of federal spending in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, fiscal conservatives are renewing their calls on Congress to repeal or scale back the new drug benefit in Medicare.
Gulf state workers got a big setback in their struggle to rebuild their lives and their communities when President George W. Bush issued an executive order Sept. 8 that would allow contractors to pay substandard wages to construction workers in hurricane-hit states.
Departing from a well-rehearsed script, the House last week voted to preserve Amtrak funding as part of the Transportation- Treasury-Housing spending bill, while rejecting a series of amendments designed to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba.
The launch of a new pay and personnel system for civil service workers at the Defense Department, scheduled to begin next month, has been delayed