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  • iMail , News May 20, 2014

    UPS and UPS Freight Negotiations Open In Florida

    IAM Automotive Coordinator Boysen Anderson, second from right, is leading a team of more than 30 IAM representatives at the opening of negotiations with UPS and UPS Freight that will cover more than 100 locations nationwide. (photo by Bill Ingram) Negotiations between the IAM and United Parcel Service (UPS) and UPS Freight formally opened today

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  • iMail , News May 20, 2014

    District 142 Flight Safety Conference Reaches New Levels of Training

    Former NTSB officials, from right, Greg Feith and John Goglia (also an IAM member at US Airways) teach participants how to conduct an accident investigation, and protect themselves from site contaminants, as part of the District 142 Flight Safety Committee training at the William W. Winpisinger Center in Southern Maryland. The IAM’s pioneering Flight Safety

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  • iMail , News May 20, 2014

    IAM and TCU-IAM Prepared to Strike Long Island Railroad

    IAM and TCU-IAM members at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will strike on Sunday, July 20, 2014 if the commuter rail company continues to refuse contract negotiations, say union leaders. “After a unanimous vote from the Long Island Rail Road Local Chairmen and pursuant to my authority under Article 13, Section 22 and Article

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  • iMail , News May 20, 2014

    May 20 Marks Primary Election Day in Six States

    Voters in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho, Pennsylvania and Oregon are getting primary election season started today, May 20th. If you live in one of these states, make the time to vote. Tuesday’s primaries will shape critical 2014 contests for working families across the U.S. Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky are battleground states for Democrats trying to

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  • News May 20, 2014

    New Vote Ends Strike at Stennis Space Center

    Members of IAM Local 2249 voted 41-7 on Tuesday, May 20 to ratify a new proposal from Lockheed Martin that will end the five-day strike at Stennis Space Center (SSC). The settlement includes improvements to wages and benefits but replaces the defined benefit pension plan with a 401k retirement plan. While united in opposition to

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