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  • iMail , News August 21, 2014

    ITF Congress Elects IAM, TCU Reps to Key Leadership Positions

    IAM and TCU had a strong contingent of delegates at the 43rd International Transport Workers Federation Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria. From left, IAM Airline Coordinator Tim Klima, IAM Transportation Chief of Staff Joseph Tiberi, IAM Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja, IAM Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie, TCU National President Robert Scardelletti, TCU National

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2014

    Young Machinists Chart IAM’s Future at New WWW Class

    Twenty-seven IAM, TCU and NFFE members gathered at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland for the first-ever Young Machinists Strategy Workers class. Nearly 30 of the IAM’s next generation of leaders and activists gathered at the William W. Winpisinger (WWW) Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland for the first-ever

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2014

    Pelletier: ‘Employee Freedom Week’ is an Anti-Worker Sham

    The Big Business-backed “Employee Freedom Week,” which ran from August 10 to 16, was merely an attempt to turn public opinion against unions and convince workers to vote against their own interests, writes Connecticut AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer and IAM member Lori Pelletier. Ads in support of the “freedom week” sham appeared in Connecticut and across the

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  • iMail , News August 21, 2014

    Machinists Come Together to Support Native Veterans

    IAM District W24 Business Representative Wayne Thompson, right, and his wife, Kris, helped provide firewood for Native American ceremonies that help military personnel cope with PTSD and substance abuse. IAM members lent a helping hand to veterans at the American Lake Veterans Administration, just outside of Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma, WA. The base

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  • iMail , News August 19, 2014

    IAM Mourns Fallen Lobsterman Jeremy Philbrook

    IMLU member Jeremy Philbrook with his infant daughter, who turned one year old the day after his untimely passing. The IAM Maine Lobstering Union (IMLU) Local 207 mourns the loss of member Jeremy Philbrook, who died on the job last week after falling overboard and drowning, investigators believe. Philbrook, 36, was an early, key supporter

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