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  • iMail , News August 23, 2012

    Winners Named in 2012 Newsletter & Website Competition

    The results of the 2012 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest are in. The District and Local Lodge first place winners for each category are: In the Newsletter Category – Two districts tied for top honors for General Excellence: NFFE-IAM Federal District 1 in Washington, DC, for The Federal Employee and District Lodge 141 in Chicago

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    U.S. Bishops: Unions are Essential to Economic Recovery

    Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help lift workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” according to Bishop Stephen E. Blaire, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    Illinois Retiree Honored with 75-year Veterans Badge

    George Kober, a former Tool and Die Maker and member of IAM Local 1000 in Bloomington, IL, was recently presented with a 75-year veterans badge from District 8 Directing Business Representative Steve Jones. “This is the proudest day of my life receiving this from the organization I hold so near and dear to my heart,”

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    Service Staff at Albuquerque Greyhound Joins IAM

    A determined group of 19 Baggage Agents, Ticket Agents, Ground Package Handlers and Janitors who are employed by Greyhound in Albuquerque, NM, voted overwhelmingly to join the IAM.   “This is a victory worth celebrating,” said Ernest “Red” Dow, Directing Business Representative of Local 794 in Albuquerque, NM. “None of this would have been possible

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2012

    GOP Voter Suppression Campaign Rolls On

    The GOP race to suppress as many young, elderly and minority votes as possible by Election Day continues across the country with Pennsylvania and Florida dominating most recent headlines. Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law is now headed to the state Supreme Court after a judge upheld the unjust piece of legislation last week. “It was

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