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  • iMail , News June 3, 2014

    Still Time to Enter IAM Photo Contest

    “Building the Gearbox” took first place in the 2013 photo contest. Here, Local 31 Journeyman John Stroy and Apprentice Kirk Allen rebuild a coal mill gearbox at the Omaha Power District’s North Station. Photographed by Michael Milledge, Local 31, Omaha Public Power District, Omaha, NE. IAM photographers still have a chance to showcase the work

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2014

    IAM Members in Puerto Rico Ratify a Restructuring at PepsiCo Frito-Lay

    IAM Local 2725 members at PepsiCo Frito-Lay in the island of Puerto Rico have ratified a new Sales Format Model by unanimous vote. The new sales format puts in place a new business model for IAM members and the company, allowing for a restructuring of classifications of sales format, routes and commission percentages. The 145

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2014

    Savoie Appointed Canadian Special Representative

    IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger has appointedDistrict 140 Organizer Robert Savoie to Special Representative for Canada. The appointment is effective June 1, 2014. Savoie began his career in 1979 at Canadian Pacific Air Lines, later Canadian Airlines International, where he occupied the functions of Shop Steward, Executive Committee member, and then President of Local 2309

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2014

    Pelletier Champions Working Women at Senate Hearing

    Lori Pelletier, an IAM Local 700 member and head of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, testifies at a recent Senate hearing on women’s economic security. IAM Local 700 member and Connecticut AFL-CIO Executive Secretary-Treasurer Lori Pelletier stressed the importance of collective bargaining to women’s economic security and called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage and

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  • iMail , News May 29, 2014

    Two Illinois Machinists Injured in Casting Facility Blast

    Two members of IAM Local 660 in East Alton, IL were injured in what is being described as an explosion in the casting facility at Olin Brass. One member was taken to the hospital, treated and released. Another was transported by helicopter to a St. Louis hospital and is in serious condition. Details of the

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