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  • iMail , News March 7, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, March 7, 2006

    Saskatchewan’s Newest Local Ready to Fly The training of temporary officers for the newest member of the IAM family in Canada, Local Lodge 32 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was completed in mid February 2006. The new temporary officers reviewed their responsibilities, the movement of funds, examined sample bylaws as possible templates for their lodge’s own

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  • iMail , News March 2, 2006

    iMail for Thursday March 2, 2006

    IAM Member’s Son Fulfills Olympic Dream Canada’s first Olympic ski jumping team since 1992 flew higher than many expected at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. The four young jumpers, including Calgary’s Graeme Gorham, the 18 year-old son of Local 1681 member and Air Canada employee Arthur Gorham, expected the 2006 games to be

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  • iMail , News February 28, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, February 28, 2006

    Federal Workers Win Key NSPS Ruling In a major victory for federal workers and unions everywhere, a federal judge in Washington yesterday blocked the Bush administration’s attempt to eviscerate collective bargaining rights for 700,000 civilian Defense Department employees. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan follows a lawsuit filed in November by the

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  • iMail , News February 23, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, February 23, 2006

    IAM Kicks Off Lockheed Contract Talks Job security, affordable healthcare and a secure retirement are among the top concerns for nearly 4,400 manufacturing and aircraft assembly workers who are geared up for contract talks at the Ft. Worth, Texas unit of Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Co. IP Tom Buffenbarger delivered the opening statement on behalf of IAM

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  • iMail , News February 21, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, February 21, 2006

    Giant Rat Stalks Arkansas Ford Dealer Members of LL 260 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, rolled out labor’s trademark symbol of corporate greed and thievery recently at Landers Ford in Bentonville, Arkansas, where workers have been seeking union recognition since July 2005. The auto technicians were locked out by Landers’ management immediately after petitioning for IAM

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