Eric Dean, General President of Ironworkers International and Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association (PILMA) authored the following article on the importance of strong intellectual property protections for job growth. Click here to view the article on The Hill. As the general president of the Ironworkers union, representing 130,000 skilled craft workers in North […]
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Providence Journal: Labor, industry build R.I.
Tim Byrne, Business Manager of United Association Local 51 and George Nee, President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, authored the following post following the PILMA facility tour at Local 51 in East Providence, Rhode Island. Click here to view the article on the Providence Journal website. In Rhode Island and around the country, it is […]
LillyPad: Why Businesses and Labor Need to Work Together
Kathy Bilotas, State Government Affairs Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company authored the following post following the PILMA facility tour at Local 51 in East Providence, Rhode Island. Click here to view the post on the LillyPad website. Earlier this fall, I joined labor leaders, biopharmaceutical company representatives and Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo for […]
PILMA Condemns Pricing Practices of Turing and Valeant
PILMA released the following statement rejecting the ‘profit-over-patients’ philosophy of hedge-fund, acquisition-only creations and joins the research-based biopharmaceutical industry and others in condemning their practices. Click here to download the statement. PILMA stands with labor and industry trustees to condemn ‘profits-over-patients’ practices of hedge-fund, acquisition-only companies. For over ten years, the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association has […]
Governor Gina M. Raimondo Tours UA Local 51 East Providence Facility
On September 17, 2015 Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo toured the United Association’s Local 51 training center located in East Providence. The event, hosted by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, UA Local 51 and PILMA, highlighted the rigorous apprenticeship programs that prepare members to build and retrofit biopharmaceutical facilities. To learn more about the event click […]
MSNBC Video: Apprenticeships Offer Debt-Free Job Training
Sean McGarvey, President of North America’s Building Trades Unions, highlights in a San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece how apprenticeship programs help individuals learn trades. He joins to explain how the programs work and how they are “a much more cost-effective way of acquiring jobs skills than a traditional college degree. Click here to view the […]