Eric J. Martinson, a business manager at Local 66, wrote the following op-ed highlighting a facility tour of the Western Washington Sheet Metal Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Everett, Washington.
Tour Of Sheet Metal Workers Local 66 Training Facility In Everett
Leaders from Washington’s biopharmaceutical industry, labor unions, and state legislature joined today at the Western Washington Sheet Metal Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Everett to discuss ways to work together to advance the goals of job creation, worker training and medical innovation.
Alliance Creates New Jobs and Life-Saving Technology
This article, published in the Courier-Post, highlights the PILMA partnership following a New Jersey iron workers facility tour attended by Sen. Robert Menendez.
A New Age in Intellectual Property
Fred D. Mason, President of the Maryland and DC AFL-CIO wrote the following op-ed published in the Prince George’s County Sentinel stressing the importance of 12 years of data exclusivity requirements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership in order to keep America competitive.
PILMA Applauds Senate’s Passage of S.3187 The FDA Safety and Innovation Act
The member companies and unions of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor Management Association (PILMA) applaud the Senate’s 96 to 1 vote today in favor of passage of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.
Keep America Competitive: Stem the Innovation Gap
Gregory S. Babe, President and CEO of Bayer Corp. wrote the following op-ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette emphasizing the need for higher education facilities to attract and retain women and minorities to pursue STEM degrees in order to keep America competitive.