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  • iMail , News January 31, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday January 31, 2006

    Greenspan’s Legacy: Lots of Debt and No Jobs Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan steps down today after 18 years and five terms as the most powerful man behind the U.S. economy. Pundits and politicians of all persuasions have entered a realm of “irrational exuberance,” ignoring record deficits and lost jobs to heap praise on Greenspan’s

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  • iMail , News January 26, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, January 26, 2006

    Join the Fight for Truckers’ and Loggers’ Rights The IAM campaign to win better wages and working conditions for non-union log truck operators in Washington took a major step forward on Jan. 24 with the filing of HB 3227, legislation that would establish a system of collective bargaining for timber cutters and log haulers in

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  • iMail , News January 24, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday, January 24, 2006

    Northwest Log Truckers Vote to Pursue IAM Affiliation By an overwhelming majority, members of the 500-strong Northwest Log Truckers Cooperative voted Jan. 21 to authorize their board of directors to develop a proposal that could lead to an historic affiliation with the IAM. The effort by non-union log truck operators to join forces the Machinists

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  • iMail , News January 19, 2006

    iMail for Thursday, January 19, 2006

    AFL-CIO President Rips Outsourcing as ‘Suicidal’ In a wide-ranging address before reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney renewed the federation’s call for universal health care, increases in the minimum wage and an end to the rampant outsourcing of U.S. jobs to low-wage foreign countries. Sweeney also predicted the Employee

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  • iMail , News January 17, 2006

    iMail for Tuesday January 17, 2006

      Gulf Coast Hurricane Survivors Honored Dozens of IAM members in Louisiana and Mississippi whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita gathered last week in Picayune, MS to mourn their losses, share experiences and draw strength from each other for the challenges ahead. “There are brothers and sisters here today who

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