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  • iMail , News , Politics & Legislation November 2, 2017

    Tax Plan Released

    What you need to know: The GOP Leadership tax plan benefits wealthy and large corporation, while providing a massive tax giveaway for the rich.

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  • iMail , News , Politics & Legislation October 26, 2017

    Extremists in Congress Target Homemade Defense Products

    Machinists Union International President Bob Martinez sent a letter to Congress calling on House and Senate Armed Services leaders to abandon efforts to scrap domestic sourcing requirements, known as Buy American measures, for defense acquisitions.

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  • Politics & Legislation October 13, 2017

    NAFTA Update

    IAM Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization Owen E. Herrnstadt talks about the NAFTA trade agreement with Tanya Hutchins.

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  • iMail , News , Politics & Legislation October 12, 2017

    Fix NAFTA

    IAM recently joined other organizations in delivering more than 350,000 petitions demanding that NAFTA’s expansive corporate rights and protections and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) be eliminated during renegotiations. ISDS allows corporations to sue countries for alleged discriminatory practices, with outcomes determined by panels of private corporate attorneys who help advance the interests of corporations.

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  • iMail , News , Politics & Legislation October 10, 2017

    IAM Opposes China’s Unfair Trade Practices

    IAM Chief of Staff and Director of Trade and Globalization, Owen Herrnstadt, testified before the U.S. government regarding China’s unfair trade practices in the aerospace industry.  Citing numerous transfers of production to China, including the building of Boeing’s 737 finishing facility in China, Herrnstadt noted “China’s continuing development of its own aerospace industry and the

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