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  • iMail , News February 3, 2015

    IAM Members Ratify New Accord, End Strike at Monofrax

    Burn barrels were an essential part of the five-month strike by members of Local 2105 in Falconer, NY, where temperatures on the picket line regularly dropped below zero. Members of Local 2105 in Falconer, NY this week voted to ratify a five-year agreement with Monofrax, a company that makes fusion cast refractories used in the

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  • iMail , News February 3, 2015

    New Right-to-Work (For Less) Battles at Local, State and Federal Levels

    IAM Local 219 members on strike at the Bluegrass Station Army Depot in Lexington, KY, recently showed up to the local county courthouse to protest a local effort by national conservative advocacy groups to pass right-to-work (for less) legislation at the county level. Thanks to their overwhelming show of opposition, the proposal was withdrawn “until

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  • iMail , News February 3, 2015

    IAM Steps in to Help Laid-Off Woodworkers

    The last piece of timber leaves the California Redwood Company’s Korbel, CA facility on January 29, 2015. With the holidays on the minds of IAM members at the California Redwood Company (CRC) in Korbel, CA in early December 2014, the company issued a notice informing employees of the plant’s impending closure. The company is transitioning

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  • iMail , News February 3, 2015

    2015 IAM Calendars Still Available

    The 2015 IAM Calendar is still available and features winners of the IAM Photo Contest. The 2015 IAM Calendar is still available. Individual calendars are $7 each. For Lodges that want to bulk order 100 calendars or more, the cost is $5 per calendar. To order, download the individual order form or bulk order form.

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  • iMail , News January 29, 2015

    Like the IAM Southern Territory Facebook Page

    Social media was at the top of the list for discussion during the recent IAM Southern Territory Staff Conference, and the attending leadership of the territory was excited about the use of social media and increased communications with region’s membership. Southern Territory General Vice President Mark Blondin directed the creation of the Southern Territory Facebook

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