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  • iMail , News August 17, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, August 17, 2006

    Northwest Apologizes for Insulting Employees As if losing your job wasn’t bad enough, Northwest Airlines added salt to the wounds of IAM members facing furlough by handing about 60 employees a booklet containing an inconsiderate list of ideas on how to save money while they’re out of work. The list entitled, “101 Ways to Save

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  • iMail , News August 17, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, August 15, 2006

    Transportation Wins 900 US Airways Members The National Mediation Board (NMB) has certified the Machinists union as the collective bargaining representative for the Mechanic & Related Class and Craft at US Airways. The IAM and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were both competing for representation rights following the airline’s merger with America West Airlines. The

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  • iMail , News August 10, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, August 10, 2006

    IAM Responds to Transportation Threat British Authorities foiled a terrorist plot against aircraft flying between the United Kingdom and the United States. As a result, the U.S. threat level has been raised to Severe, or Red, for all commercial flights flying from the United Kingdom to the U.S. The U.S. threat level is raised to

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  • iMail , News August 8, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday August 8, 2006

    IAM Touts Governors in Chicago IAM leaders met with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and a pair of leading gubernatorial candidates at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Chicago this week. The event is part of an IAM campaign to raise awareness among union members about the high stakes in 36 upcoming gubernatorial contests. “More than

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  • iMail , News August 3, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, August 3, 2006

    Bush Picks Wal-Mart Attorney for Labor Board Paul DeCamp, the former Wal-Mart attorney and current Labor Department policy advisor nominated by President Bush to head the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour division, told a Senate panel this week that he believed many wage and hour violations resulted from an employer’s “good-faith misunderstanding” of

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