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  • iMail , News May 5, 2016

    Wisconsin Local 1260 Celebrates 50-Year Members

    IAM Local 1260 of New Holstein, WI, honored 85 men and women celebrating more than 50 years as members of the IAM.  Members had an enjoyable evening reconnecting with past co-workers, as IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Philip J. Gruber, along with District 10 Directing Business Representative Alex Hoekstra, awarded each of the 26

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  • Eastern , iMail , News May 5, 2016

    ‘A Labor of Love’: Massachusetts Machinist’s Non-Profit Helps Hundreds of Children

    IAM Local 447 member Ray O’Brien founded Children are Angels from Heaven, a non-profit which collects donations and supplies to help impoverished orphans and children in India. For IAM Local 447 member Ray O’Brien, what started as a simple wish to improve one child’s life has grown into a community effort and a non-profit organization

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  • iMail , News May 5, 2016

    Protect American Jobs by Avoiding Nabisco’s Mexican-Made Snacks

    Nabisco is moving some cookie and snack production, along with 600 union jobs, from Chicago to Mexico, and the workers there want you to make sure you aren’t buying Nabisco munchies that weren’t made by American workers. The AFL-CIO has endorsed the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union (BCTGM) boycott of only the

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  • iMail , News May 5, 2016

    Organizing Hat Trick in Canada Highlights Diversity

    Three recent organizing wins in Canada illustrate the diversity of industries and workers looking to the IAM for justice on the job. Healthcare and hospitality workers in Ontario and government employee union representatives make up 120 of the newest IAM members in Canada. Ontario Retirement Home Workers Choose IAM Employees at the Thorncliffe Retirement Home

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  • iMail , News May 5, 2016

    Happy Birthday IAM. Looking Good at 128.

    IAM members attending classes at the Winpisinger Center today were treated to a cake commemorating the 128th anniversary of the founding of the Machinists Union. IAM International President Bob Martinez issued the following statement commemorating the 128th anniversary of the IAM’s founding: “May 5 marks the 128th anniversary since 19 Machinists met in secret to

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