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What’s up, DC?!

This week is the 2019 IAM Legislative Conference. Follow along with #IAMLegConf19 as we hear from allies on Capitol Hill and go out in force to lobby on issues that matter to working families.

IAM Legislative Director Hasan Solomon kicks off #IAMLegConf19 by reminding us off the importance of making our voice heard on Capitol Hill. We’ll be 400 members strong in DC this week!

IAM International President Bob Martinez shares what we’re fighting for:

☑️ Fair trade
☑️ Workers’ rights
☑️ Good jobs
☑️ Universal healthcare
☑️ Retirement security
#IAMLegConf19

Today the IAM is proud to announce that our members will drive our 2020 presidential endorsement process, beginning with a membership vote. #IAMLegConf19 goiam.org/news/you-now-h…

“The candidates are already calling me,” @IAMBobMartinez said in an interview. “I am telling them that we’re rolling out this new process and that they need to go to our locals and our districts, our state councils, our conferences.” #IAMLegConf19 politico.com/story/2019/05/…

Last week, Boeing executives came to meet with @SenSherrodBrown. He handed them his letter demanding the company recognize IAM members in South Carolina. #IAMLegConf19

“We need a #NAFTA agreement with tough, enforceable labor protections. Nothing else is acceptable.”

- @SenSherrodBrown #IAMLegConf19

Federal employees endured a senseless 35-day, politically-driven government shutdown. It took the entire labor movement standing in solidarity to end it and get back pay for federal employees. Proud to work with our partners at @NFFE_Union. #IAMLegConf19

Together with @TCUnionHQ, we are the fiercest advocates for Amtrak. We must stop politicians from continuing to gut our nation’s passenger rail network and outsourcing good union jobs. #IAMLegConf19

Our gains in wages are being negated by rising healthcare costs. It’s not sustainable. The time is NOW for universal health care. Proud to stand with our allies at @LaborforSPayer. #IAMLegConf19

“When unions is strong, our economy is strong. When unions are strong, all workers are strong.”

- Senator @amyklobuchar #IAMLegConf19

Senator @amyklobuchar is talking about her plans to tackle the #OpioidCrisis. The IAM recently launched an addiction services department and 24-hour hotline to assist our membership. #IAMLegConf19

“Organized labor is the one organization that is bringing people together, regardless of what they look like, where they’re from or who they worship.”

- @RepRubenGallego #IAMLegConf19

“We need to remember our history. The pillars of the civil rights movement are workers’ rights.”

- Sen. @CoryBooker #IAMLegConf19

“Corporations are suppressing wages so they can increase profits. They have somehow twisted the idea of the American dream. This is why we fight.”

- Sen. @CoryBooker #IAMLegConf19

Welcome to Day 3 of the IAM Legislative Conference! We’re looking forward to hearing from:
☑️ @RepJoeCourtney
☑️ @DonaldNorcross
☑️ @SenGillibrand
☑️ @JohnDelaney
☑️ @RepTimRyan
☑️ @sethmoulton
☑️ @RepVeasey
☑️ @SenSanders

Follow along with #IAMLegConf19!

Thank you, @RepJoeCourtney, for being our champion to repeal the so-called “Cadillac Tax,” a 40% tax on our healthcare plans. We should not balance the budget by taxing working peoples’ health care. #IAMLegConf19

Together with @DonaldNorcross, we are determined to get back pay for employees of federal contractors. 1.2 million working people are still waiting for relief after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. #IAMLegConf19

“You all don’t just fight for your members. You fight for all working people.”

- @JohnDelaney #IAMLegConf19

“We have all it takes to compete. If taxpayer money is being spent, it should be used to support good American jobs.”

Amen, @SenGillibrand #IAMLegConf19

Corporation after corporation are taking our jobs and shipping them overseas.

“How many times does this have to happen before we take over the economic and political system and make it work for us?” asks @RepTimRyan. #IAMLegConf19