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Don’t forget the deadline for the IAM Photo Contest and the Newsletter and Website Contest is May 13, 2011. The 2011 IAM Newsletter and Website Contest is open to all local and district lodges that publish an official newsletter or website. The contest is also open to TCU lodges. Click here or the official call,
Read moreMore than 800,000 federal employees breathed a sigh of relief when Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a tentative agreement to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. Finalized with less than two hours before the government would shut down, the agreement will
Read moreApril 12, 2011 marks Equal Pay Day for 2011, the length of time women must work into 2011 to make what men earned in 2010. “ Almost 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, equal pay for equal work remains elusive for millions of working women,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
Read moreUCubed is calling on Republican governors and state legislatures to cease their attacks on the unemployed and focus on creating the jobs their states and citizens so desperately need. As part of the latest installment of UCubed’s ad campaign on Facebook, meant to bring attention to the current jobs crisis, UCubed has put together
Read moreThe IAM commenced bargaining in Toronto on behalf of members at Air Canada and Aveos. Canadian General Vice-President Dave Ritchie is taking part in the talks from the outset. “We are looking for gains in this entire process,” said Chuck Atkinson, IAM District 140 President and Directing General Chairperson. “That is our message and that
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