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  • iMail , News August 2, 2011

    Legal Scholars Oppose Disclosure of NLRB Documents

    Last week, a group of 34 law and labor academics sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) urging him to stop interfering with the National Labor Relations Board’s law enforcement proceeding against the Boeing Company.  The professors assert that Issa’s request for documents serves little oversight purpose, but is instead a

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  • iMail , News August 2, 2011

    Voting Underway in UCubed’s ‘Pink Slip Primary’

    To refocus attention on the jobs crisis, UCubed is holding its own presidential primary – for jobless households – called the ‘Pink Slip Primary.’ Starting on August 1, at 7:00 a.m., the jobless of all political persuasions will be able to see what candidates running for president have said about jobs, what their campaign appeals

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  • iMail , News August 2, 2011

    IAM members at Finning Vote to End Five-Week Strike

    IAM members from 25 locations across British Columbia voted in favor of ratifying a four-year contract that ended a five-week strike at Finning. The 700 mechanics, parts department and support personnel repair and overhaul heavy equipment for mining, forestry and construction industries in British Columbia.   Wages, benefits, shifts and sub-contracting were the four major

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  • iMail , News August 2, 2011

    District 75 Committee Completes Bargaining Prep at WWW Center

    District 75, Local 20 Bargaining Committee: Front row, left to right – Lydia Benoit and Jack Skowronski; back row, left to right – Steve Jordan, BR, Brian Paulson, and Bill Haun District 75, Local 20, at Hurlburt AFB, FL is preparing for negotiations with Defense Support Services (DS2). The 200 newly-organized IAM members at the

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  • iMail , News July 28, 2011

    IKEA/Swedwood Workers Vote “Yes” for IAM

    A three-year struggle for fairness ended in victory when workers at a Swedwood plant in Danville, VA – a right-to-work (for less) state – voted 221 to 69 to join the IAM. Swedwood is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish furniture giant IKEA. The election win signals the beginning of negotiations with Swedwood to address the

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