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  • iMail , News October 16, 2014

    IAM Transportation Safety Program Wins National Safety Council Honors

    Pictured from left to right: Twana McFann Labor Division Vice-Chair, Deborah Hersman, Ron Miller, IAM Safety and Health Dept. Director Mike Flynn, Joe Grabinnski Labor Division Chair and Mark Johnson Labor Division Vice President. The IAM’s Joint Air Transport Safety Committee (JATSC) was recognized by the National Safety Council as a recipient of their “Exemplary

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  • iMail , News October 16, 2014

    Illinois Machinists Host Rally with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

    IAM District 9, Local 660 hosted AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, third from left, at a get-out-the-vote labor rally in East Alton, IL. From left to right: Local 660 Secretary-Treasurer B. Dean Webb, Rep. Bill Enyart (D-IL), Trumka, Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades President Dale Stewart, Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael T. Carrigan and Illinois AFL-CIO

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  • iMail , News October 16, 2014

    IAM Members Save with Union Plus Car Insurance

    Did you know that IAM members who’ve switched to Union Plus Auto Insurance have saved an average of $565 on car insurance? As an IAM member, you are entitled to over 30 special benefits and savings that Union Plus offers, including auto insurance. Coverage includes motorcycles, mobile homes, boats, ATVs and more. Your Union Plus

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  • iMail , News October 14, 2014

    Join the ‘Stop Fast Track’ Week of Action Nov. 8-14

    The IAM will be joining labor and other trade and advocacy organizations in a week-long push to stop Congress from passing “Fast Track Trade Authority” for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement – a secret deal negotiated behind closed doors by government bureaucrats and more than 600 corporate lobbyists. The #StopFastTrack Week of Action will

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  • iMail , News October 14, 2014

    Machinists Achieve Fifth Joint Contract at United Airlines

    The IAM announced it reached a tentative contract covering approximately 165 fleet technical and emergency procedures instructors at United Airlines. The tentative four-year deal calls for immediate wage and benefit improvements, retroactive and signing bonus payments, strengthened employment security provisions and increased defined-benefit pension benefits. “The IAM is proud of the work the negotiating team

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