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  • iMail , News April 5, 2012

    District 4 Committee Prepares for Bargaining with IKEA

    (Left to right around the table) District 4 ADBR Dave Sullivan, District 4 BR John Stillwell, Committee Members Bill Shrewsbery, Joshua Shuler, George Miller, John Jackson, Jeff Corker and Justin Berrell, District 4 ADBR Rick Compher and District 4 DBR Joe Flanders. Members of the IAM bargaining committee at the recently organized IKEA facility in

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  • iMail , News April 5, 2012

    Remembering César Chávez

    Members of District Lodge 776 and the Tarrant County (TX) chapter of LCLAA (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement) joined other labor and civil rights organization for a parade and rally celebrating the birthday of Cesar Chavez through downtown Fort Worth, TX last Saturday. IAM members across the country honored César Chávez on March 31,

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  • iMail , News April 5, 2012

    Tell Congress to Pass the Rebuild America Act

    Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) has introduced new sweeping legislation to restore the U.S. economy, revitalize the middle class, put unemployed and underemployed Americans back to work and help our nation compete globally. The Rebuild America Act includes a litany of pro-worker measures including a provision to save and create jobs, modernize our nation’s infrastructure, create

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  • iMail , News April 5, 2012

    Big Victory at Spirit AeroSystems in North Carolina

    Workers and IAM representatives outside the Spirit AeroSystems facility in Kinston, NC celebrate their winning vote to join the IAM. The IAM racked up a huge organizing win at Spirit AeroSystems in Kinston, NC when 126 Spirit workers voted 2-1 for the IAM. The new facility, where workers build aircraft components for Airbus, could grow

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  • iMail , News April 3, 2012

    IAM Files Lawsuit to Protect Union Rights in Canada

    The IAM announced it has launched a court challenge to the legislation known as Bill C-33, used by the Conservative government in Canada to deny Machinists Union members the right to strike Air Canada and to send them into a biased arbitration process. The government’s heavy-handed use of this back-to-work legislation prevented 8,300 Machinists members

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