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  • iMail , News June 26, 2014

    Seattle District 751 Members’ Son Receives Medal of Honor

    IAM District 751 member Curt White (second from right) looks on as President Obama signs the order awarding his son, Kyle, the Medal of Honor. Also pictured are Kyle’s girlfriend, his mom Cheryl and grandfather Bruce Funk. IAM District 751 member Curt White was filled with pride as he stood in the White House recently

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  • iMail , News June 26, 2014

    Conservatives Looking to Kill Ex-Im Bank, 200K Jobs

    IAM members converged on a recent hearing on Capitol Hill to show their support for full reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank and the protection of more than 200,000 American jobs. (Photos by Rick Reinhard) House Finance Service Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and his right-wing extremist allies continued their assault on the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank

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  • iMail , News June 24, 2014

    Machinists Union Rallies Support for Ex-Im Bank

    The IAM is urging its 600,000 members to oppose efforts to defund the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, the independent federal agency that provides critical loan guarantees and supports more than 200,000 U.S. jobs. The bank has become the latest target for extinction by the GOP’s right-wing ideologues in the U.S. House of Representatives. “We are

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  • iMail , News June 24, 2014

    White House Convenes Summit on Working Families

      President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Summit on Working Families in Washington, DC. (Photo: WhiteHouse.gov) A workplace that provides flexibility and practices that benefit working families not only makes for a better workplace, but it also increases productivity and reduces turnover, said President Obama at a recent White House Summit on

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  • iMail , News June 24, 2014

    Living in Poverty? Get Married, Conservatives Say

    Members of a panel on poverty at the conservative Faith and Family Coalition’s annual Road to Majority Conference in Washington, DC had a somewhat predictable solution for low-income Americans trying to move up the economic ladder – get married, stay married and don’t have a child until you’ve gotten married. “It really does come down

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