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  • iMail , News October 8, 2009

    Cordone Re-Elected to DNC Senior Caucus

    IAM Community Services and Retirees Director Maria Cordone was re-elected as Executive Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Seniors Coordinating Council during the recent fall meeting of the 2009 Democratic National Committee in Austin, TX. “Seniors could very well swing the 2010 mid-term elections and the 2012 presidential race,” said Cordone. “We must ensure

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  • iMail , News October 8, 2009

    IAM Members on the Road to a College Degree

    In their final stretch of the Bachelor’s Program at the National Labor College (NLC), IAM members take a much needed break from studying to gather for a group picture. From left to right, John Chapman, FL 2196; Michael Poch, LL 847; Marla Ryan, LL 873; Charlie Micallef, PhD, IAM Advisor; Karen Blanchard, LL 743; Charlotte Andreachi, LL 713;

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2009

    Media Shifts Focus to Jobs Crisis

    The need for jobs and our nation’s leaders to address the growing unemployment crisis head-on, without further delay, has dominated headlines in The New York Times in recent days. “The Obama administration must flesh out its commitment to ensure that economic recovery does not leave middle-class and low-income families behind,” reads an editorial entitled “Wanted:

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2009

    U.S. Senate Funds C-17 Program, Saves 30,000 Jobs

    Thirty-thousand workers across America, including thousands of IAM members, are thankful that a bipartisan group of senators approved the continued funding of the C-17 Globemaster cargo plane. By a 64-36 vote, the Senate rejected Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) amendment to end production of popular plane and approved the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that includes an

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  • iMail , News October 6, 2009

    Daimler To Stay in Portland

    More than 600 union jobs, including 425 IAM workers of Local 1005, are off the chopping block at Daimler Trucks NA in Portland, OR. The company reversed plans to close its truck manufacturing plant after signing a new contract with the U.S. Army. Daimler said it would keep the facility open to produce Western Star

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