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  • iMail , News February 5, 2015

    Longtime Activist Honored by Connecticut Machinists

    Longtime IAM activist Clarence Gaskins, second from right, is honored with the “Lifetime of Service to Working Families” award. From left, IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, Gaskins, and Connecticut State Council of Machinists President John Harrity. In 1960, IAM Local 700 member Clarence Gaskins was denied his right to vote. Last

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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 Thanks to their overwhelming show of opposition, the proposal was withdrawn “until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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